JHMM News and Press, John Hancock Multifactor Mid Cap From 07/08/24

2024-07-08 06:30:00 ET Summary The big banks start reporting next Friday, July 12th, ’24. The June CPI and PPI data are also due this week. The forward 4-quarter estimate jumped $9 this week as the old quarter (Q2 ’24-Q1 ’25) fell off and new quarter was added...

2024-07-04 20:05:00 ET Summary The 18-month annualized return for the S&P 500 is 28.55%. That’s a tad stretched. The 60%/40% standard balance portfolio returned 8.78% in the first half of 2024. The big difference between today and 24 years ago is sentiment: stock ma...

2024-07-04 12:30:00 ET Summary The French election: I discuss the investment implications of three possible scenarios: a far-right majority, a far-left majority, and a temporary administrative solution. We received two important data points that could bring us closer to the long-a...

2024-07-03 22:30:00 ET Summary Closing out the first half of 2024, the S&P 500 Total Return Index (which includes dividend reinvestment) is up an incredible +15.3%. According to Apollo asset management, Nvidia accounted for a record-breaking 34.5% of the total return in the S&...

2024-07-03 09:41:00 ET Summary Global stocks posted healthy gains in the first half of 2024, although second quarter performance moderated from the previous quarter’s breakneck pace. In a trend that has become familiar to equity investors, large-cap market breadth was again...

2024-07-03 07:42:00 ET Summary The second quarter of 2024 has come and gone, which was a surprisingly strong quarter for dividend-paying stocks. Focusing on June 2024, the year-over-year comparison with June 2023 is favorable. We find there is a bearish storm cloud potentially...

2024-07-03 02:30:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets are in a period of extended calm, with the benchmark S&P 500 Index closing in on one year since it last dropped 2% in a single day. An extended period of calm means investors must be vigilant and not become complacent. However...

2024-07-02 17:30:00 ET Summary Astonishingly, the top five giants of the S&P 500 now account for a staggering 27% of the entire index. I remember when I first started working in the financial services industry how glamorous it appeared to be a stockbroker, day-trading in the l...

2024-07-02 16:48:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-07-02 09:25:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 index surged +3.5% for the month. Despite the looming presidential election this November and the recent debate, the stock market has continued on a +56% bull market tear since the October 2023-low, eight months ago. The job and i...