Stock Market

2024 Was A Roaringly Good Year For Stocks

Jan 1, 2025 3 min read

This is the time of year when we all wish one another a healthy, happy, and prosperous new year. The past two years were certainly prosperous ones for equities investors, as the S&P 500 rose 23.3% following a 24.2% gain in 2023. Those gains more than offset the 19.4% loss during 2022. On average, the S&P 500 is up 9.4% per year

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

MARKET CALL: Crosscurrents & Riptides

Dec 29, 2024 3 min read paid

January could start the year off with some volatility in the bond and stock markets. There are lots of fundamental and technical crosscurrents and a few possible riptides. The Q4 earnings reporting season during January should show a solid increase in S&P 500 operating earnings per share of at least 8.5% y/y (chart). We expect closer to a 10.0% increase since positive earnings surprises regularly

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

Permabulls Versus Permabears

Dec 23, 2024 9 min read

I. The Light Side In a November 19 post titled “Yardeni And The Long History of Stock Market Prediction Problems,” Lance Roberts, the Chief Investment Strategist for RIA Advisors, wrote that I am a permabull. The slant of his article was critical of both my upbeat Roaring 2020s forecast and my often optimistic outlook for the economy and stock market: “In conclusion, while Yardeni’s optimistic forecast is enticing, several

Ed Yardeni

MARKET CALL: Get A Neck Brace

Dec 21, 2024 3 min read paid

Wednesday was a bad day for stocks after the release of the FOMC's Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), which showed two cuts in the federal funds rate in 2025 rather than the four cuts shown in September's SEP. Friday was a better day for stocks after two Fed officials suggested that November's PCED inflation report provided justification for rate cutting in 2025. * Goolsbee. "

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

MARKET CALL: Game of Drones

Dec 15, 2024 3 min read

Look up in the sky. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman! Nope, it's lots of drones flying over New Jersey, New York, and Maryland typically between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. They are reportedly the size of an SUV, so they aren't likely to be owned by hobbyists. Some folks are getting panicky about all these

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

Contrarian Indicators Showing Too Many Bulls

Dec 5, 2024 3 min read

We were very bullish at the start of this year with a Street-high year-end price target of 5400 for the S&P 500. That level was surpassed on June 12. We weren't bullish enough as the stampeding bulls left hoof marks on our backs. So we raised our target to 5800 on July 10, which was surpassed on November 6 (chart). So we raised our target to

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

MARKET CALL: The Trump/Musk/Vivek/Santa Rally

Dec 1, 2024 3 min read paid

For better or worse, Trump's New World Order will certainly be different from Biden's Old World Order. Moreover, the globalists of the World Economic Forum, headed by Klaus Schwab (and Greta Thunberg), are about to be seriously challenged by Trump's anti-globalists. Klaus has been calling for the "Great Reset" including a "stakeholder economy," replacing fossil fuels with solar and wind

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

In Bessent We Trust

Nov 25, 2024 3 min read paid

The Bond Vigilantes like Scott Bessent, who was nominated to be US Treasury Secretary by Donald Trump yesterday. Their vote of confidence was reflected in the 10-year US Treasury bond yield, which fell to 4.28% from 4.42% at the end of last week. We like him too. We are looking forward to having him in the Trump administration working hard to make our Roaring 2020s scenario great. Earlier

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

MARKET CALL: Bitcoin Going To The Moon, To Mars, To Infinity & Beyond!

Nov 25, 2024 3 min read

We are increasingly asked about the outlook for Bitcoin. We don't have a clue because it doesn't provide investors with any way to value it. We know that the supply of the cryptocurrency is limited, which is why the supply of alternative cryptocurrencies seems to be expanding as fast as the price of Bitcoin is soaring. However, the increased supply of alternatives doesn't seem

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

Lost Decade Ahead For Stocks With Only 3% Annual Returns?

Oct 22, 2024 3 min read

We've been asked to comment on yesterday's grim forecast by economists at Goldman Sachs that the S&P 500 will produce annualized returns of only 3% (before accounting for inflation) over the next 10 years. They reckon that the range of possible outcomes includes -1% at the low end and +7% nominal returns at the high end. In our opinion, even Goldman's optimistic

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

Anatomy of a Meltup

Oct 20, 2024 3 min read paid

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

Break Out The Bubbly: Lots Of New Record Highs

Oct 9, 2024 3 min read

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at records today. Leading the charge were technology stocks. Bank stocks also performed well. At the beginning of September, we wrote: "We are hard pressed to find what could possibly go wrong in September. So perhaps, the path of least resistance will continue to drive stock prices higher." We wrote the same at the start of October.

Ed Yardeni
Eric Wallerstein

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