BBMC News and Press, JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Mid Cap Equity From 10/17/23

2023-10-17 02:10:00 ET Summary The current war situation is moving oil, bonds and stocks, as the worst-case scenario is a massive oil price spike, which overrode bottoming action in the stock market. A worst-case scenario would be bullish for bonds, no matter what happens to the p...

2023-10-16 20:00:00 ET Summary The economically-sensitive Russell 2000 stock index (RUT) has given back all of its early 2023 rebound and is now negative year to date. The US small-cap 600 index (SP600) is 20% lower than its November 1, 2021 cycle peak and 2.8% higher than five ye...

2023-10-16 19:25:00 ET Summary One aspect of the equity market advance this year is investors' heightened focus on a handful of stocks some are referring to as the Magnificent Seven. Year to date through Friday's market close, the combined average return for these seven stocks is ...

2023-10-16 12:52:00 ET Summary Considering the outbreak of geopolitical events in the past week, it may be surprising that the S&P 500 end the week higher than it closed in the previous week. The latest update for the alternative futures chart shows the S&P 500's trajector...

2023-10-16 11:05:00 ET Summary Our proprietary signal has flashed red twice in the last several weeks. Does the double signal something more ominous approaching? The Fed pointed to the soaring 10-year yields and term premiums as indicators that its job of tightening monetary polic...

2023-10-16 03:51:00 ET Summary Current 2024 EPS estimates expect 10%-12% S&P 500 EPS growth next year, after 1%-2% growth this year. The forward 4-quarter estimate fell last week to $239.22 from the prior week’s $239.93 and June 30th’s $224.01. Inflation data...

2023-10-10 00:30:00 ET Summary Few investors know that the notional dollar value in daily futures trading exceeds that of the cash trading at NYSE. The declines in S&P 500 futures in September have had a high correlation with the direction of the moves of the 10-year Treasury ...

2023-10-09 21:10:00 ET Summary The stock market trended down most of last week, but investors’ animal spirits were lifted on Friday after an unexpectedly positive jobs report was released, as well as some positive earnings reports. The S&P 500 rose 1.2% on Friday to hel...

2023-10-09 15:48:00 ET Summary Investors received some of the worst possible news they could have expected on Friday, 6 October 2023. The September employment numbers were higher than expected, elevating the probability of another rate hike by the Federal Reserve before the end of...

2023-10-09 04:53:00 ET Summary For the week, the S&P 500 was up 0.5%. The best performer last week was Volatility, as investors were willing to pay higher premiums to hedge their downside risk. The S&P Top 7 mega-cap tech stocks led the market higher last week. ...