RWL News and Press, Oppenheimer S&P 500 Revenue From 03/01/23

Summary Classic inflation hedges still play vital roles in inflation-protection strategies. Investing in future-resources equities requires balancing forward-looking optimism with pragmatism. Style-balanced construction would require more trading and rebalancing than a simple cap-we...

Summary The good news is that rising inflation does not necessarily mean the end of the bull market. The S&P 500 is currently valued at nearly 19x 2023 earnings. Stocks can go higher but in near-term, particularly when it comes to lower quality, volatile names. By Ru...

Summary The S&P 500 always offers two things at the same time: the chance to make a positive return, and the risk of loss - sometimes major loss. A while back, I created something called the S&P X-Ray, which shows my expected trading ranges over the coming weeks, months and year...

Summary The prospect of higher U.S. interest rates continues to loom large over the markets. The US is in the late stage of the economic cycle. What to expect in a late-stage economy. The prospect of higher U.S. interest rates continues to loom large over the marke...

Summary The S&P 500 (SPX) lost nearly 2.7% of its value during the Presidents' Day holiday-shortened trading week ending on Friday, 24 February 2023. The index closed the week at 3970.04. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tool's projection for real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2023...

Summary The S&P 500 has fallen in each of the last three weeks, down just over -4%. Since the market low in October, the S&P 500 Index does remain higher by 11.2%. Incorporating market technicals tends to be helpful in that a wide range of trading activity, including compute...

Summary We think value stocks can outperform as interest rates head higher. Regions and sectors help us find quality within value and growth at a reasonable price. Stocks slid after the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge showed persistently high inflation, reinforcing wh...

Summary Once upon a time, dividends played a starring role in equity markets—until 14 years of easy money whetted investors’ appetite for risk and created a massive tailwind for unprofitable, long-duration growth stocks. Valuations appear to be attractive: Stocks yielding ...

Summary Occasionally, there are brief episodes of deflation, but these are typically confined to a severe financial crisis or economic crash such as we saw during the Great Depression or following the Great Financial Crisis of 2007-2008. The Austrian economists gave us the true cause of...

Summary There’s a debate over whether or not the S&P 500’s 2022 closing low in October marked the start of a new bull market. From the bear’s perspective, the tepidness of the rally off those October lows stands out. The market may not exactly be following t...