BFOR News and Press, Barron's 400 From 06/28/24

2024-06-28 06:15:00 ET Summary Historically, the US stock market, on average, has performed well in the early stages of a Federal Reserve easing cycle. The expectation of an easing cycle and the normalization of the yield curve could help to again broaden market participation. ...

2024-06-25 08:50:00 ET Summary Goldman Sachs recently upped its price target to S&P 6300 for the end of this year, along with Evercore ISI upping its year-end target to 6000. Valuation contractions happen during recessionary and bear market periods. A bullish scenario enti...

2024-06-25 07:35:00 ET Summary The future for dividends to be paid during the remainder of 2024 by the firms that make up the S&P 500 dimmed since our previous update. This negative change in expectations took place during the past week, in the days ahead of the effective end ...

2024-06-24 05:30:00 ET Summary Forward revisions for the S&P 500 continue to be positive across all time trends, i.e., sequential, 4-week rate of change, and the 12-week rate of change for the quarterly estimates that were added for 2025, around April 1 ’24. A number of...

2024-06-22 23:57:00 ET Summary The bulls have long rationalized that low rates and increased liquidity justify overpaying for the underlying fundamentals. The fiscal policies implemented after the pandemic-driven economic shutdown created a surge in demand that further exacerbated...

2024-06-21 09:00:00 ET Summary I reflect on past bear markets caused by unsustainable debt levels and valuations, but do not see similar circumstances today. Current concerns about a looming bear market are addressed, with a focus on overbought conditions in the technology sector ...

2024-06-21 04:52:00 ET Summary As the first half wraps up, both US and foreign stocks are solidly positive amid AI euphoria. In the stock market, despite many calls for a broadening out of the rally, the mega-cap AI theme reasserted its dominance following small caps’ surge...

2024-06-20 19:45:00 ET Summary Below is a quick look at trailing 12-month price to sales ratios (P/S) over the last five years for the large-cap S&P 500 and small-cap Russell 2,000 along with each index's respective Technology sector. The Russell 2000's price to sales ratio is...

2024-06-20 11:25:00 ET Summary There are countless ways to engage in opportunistic portfolio rebalancing analytics, but a good way to start is by profiling performance. For US equities, the case for tamping down expectations looks persuasive. US Treasuries are starting to show...

2024-06-19 00:00:00 ET Summary Breadth has been the topic of the week, with the market cap weighted S&P 500 pushing to new highs, leaving behind cumulative AD lines and equal-weight measures of the same index. The combined market cap of what are currently the 30 largest stocks...