LSAT News and Press, TWO RDS SHARED TR From 12/04/23

2023-12-04 20:00:00 ET Summary We have seen a big rotation out of tech and into financials, small caps and all sorts of under-performing sectors that have done little so far in 2023, until now. It is a bad idea for 90% of the gains in the S&P 500 index in 2023, going into the ...

2023-12-04 14:34:00 ET Summary S&P 500 rose nearly 0.8% to close at 4594.63, just 4.2% below its all-time record high. The spike in long-term U.S. Treasury yields, stock prices have risen as the outlook for economic growth in the U.S. economy shows signs of slowing. The CM...

2023-12-04 03:29:00 ET Summary The forward 4-quarter estimate jumped this week to $236.41 from last week’s $235.82 and 9/30/23’s $232.95. 2024’s S&P 500 EPS estimate is as of Friday, December 1, ’23, $245.75, versus the 2024 estimate as of 9/30/23 o...

2023-12-01 22:15:00 ET Summary With all this potential recession talk that has lasted two years, you would expect a lump of coal to arrive in your Christmas stocking this year. Quite the contrary, Santa Claus appears to have arrived early this year as evidenced by the +8.9% spike ...

2023-11-30 23:30:00 ET Summary Interest-rate hikes in the United States are on pause but may remain higher for longer with lagged effects likely to manifest in early 2024. There is renewed investor interest in fixed income as the asset class offers the potential for income and tot...

2023-11-28 13:13:00 ET Summary Sectors beyond big tech fueling gains. Why some industrial stocks are getting investor attention. The trends driving markets higher. The so-called magnificent seven tech stocks, including Apple and Nvidia, are often credited with being ...

2023-11-27 23:45:00 ET Summary While I have seen the VIX fall under 10 in more normal times, I don’t believe the present times could be considered normal. Why do I think this correction would be small? Because investors have been looking for dips to buy and dips have not be...

2023-11-25 00:30:00 ET Summary One trend investors have become used to over the last year is the outperformance of mega-cap stocks while seemingly every other stock in the S&P 500 struggles. Across the S&P 500, the average performance of stocks in the index is a gain of 9....

2023-11-23 01:10:00 ET Summary For much of the year, in fact, seven companies were the only thing driving the market – had it not been for their existence, the S&P 500 would have been underwater for much of the first half of the year. The pace has shifted a bit since th...

2023-11-22 02:15:00 ET Summary Q3 earnings season had many familiar refrains relative to the year’s first two quarters. One difference was a return to positive earnings growth for the first time since Q3 2022. Not unlike the first two quarters of the year, earnings for ...