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JPMorgan’s Kolanovic Says Stocks ‘Can Climb Out of This Hole’

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 07:29 PM By Joanna Ossinger Strategist believes there will be no recession this year ‘I almost refuse to talk about ‘where should I buy S&P?’” (Bloomberg) — Marko Kolanovic is resolute that things can get better for U.S. stocks as the year progresses, even with the S&P 500 tumbling and bullish catalysts seeming rare these days. “We […]

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Goldman, JPMorgan Strategists See Recession Fears as Overblown

Thursday, May 19, 2022 05:01 AM By Sagarika Jaisinghani, Ishika Mookerjee and Abhishek Vishnoi Market is pricing a recession, but it’s not inevitable: Kostin Other strategists see stock slump as only just beginning (Bloomberg) — Doom and gloom on the outlook for the US economy and its stock market may have gone too far, according to some top Wall […]

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Shanghai targets June COVID lockdown exit as China economy slumps

Reuters May 16, 20225:23 AM PDT By Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao Shanghai aims for return to normal from June 1 City’s residents frustrated with shifting schedules China’s retail sales, industrial output plunge in April SHANGHAI/BEIJING, May 16 (Reuters) – Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has […]

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Strategists’ S&P 500 Index Estimates for Year-End 2022

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 09:12 AM By Lu Wang (Bloomberg) — The table presents estimates from strategists for where the S&P 500 Index will finish 2022 and how much profit companies will generate. S&P 500 Index 2022 Close 2022 EPS Average 4,743 $228 Median 4,800 $227 High 5,330 $245 Low 3,900 $212 No. of replies 23 […]

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Ukraine war: Military intelligence chief ‘optimistic’ of Russian defeat saying war ‘will be over by end of year’

Major General Kyrylo Budanov spoke exclusively to Sky News and predicted the war will reach a turning point in August. He correctly predicted when Russia would invade earlier this year. International Affairs Editor @DominicWaghorn Saturday 14 May 2022 04:19, UK Ukraine’s head of military intelligence says the war with Russia is going so well, that […]

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Russia planned a major military overhaul, Ukraine shows the results

By Neil MacFarquhar (New York Times) — Russia wanted to build a leaner, more flexible fighting force and eliminate waste, bureaucracy and corruption. But entrenched, Soviet-era practices endure. Army vehicles were so decrepit that repair crews were stationed roughly every 15 miles. Some officers were so out of shape that the military budgeted $1.5 million […]

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US Retail Sales Show Consumer Standing Firm in Face of Inflation

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 06:01 AM By Olivia Rockeman Value of purchases climbed 0.9% in April after stronger March Spending gains were broad, potentially helped by credit cards (Bloomberg) — US retail sales grew at a solid pace in April, reflecting broad-based gains and suggesting demand for merchandise remains resilient despite rampant inflation. The value of overall retail […]

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JPMorgan’s Kolanovic Says Stock Markets Overprice Recession Risk

Monday, May 16, 2022 11:33 AM By Elena Popina Stock market pricing in higher recession risk than debt, rates Bullish strategist’s buy-the-dip calls haven’t worked in 2022 (Bloomberg) — Equity investors’ anxiety about a potential recession isn’t showing up in other parts of the market, which is giving JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategist Marko Kolanovicconfidence in his […]

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Historic tech sell-off is a ‘generational buying opportunity’ for the ‘right’ stocks, says analyst Dan Ives

PUBLISHED FRI, MAY 13 202212:20 PM EDTUPDATED 40 MIN AGO Sarah Min@_SARAHMIN In this article PANW+11.12 (+2.32%) TSLA+41.23 (+5.66%) LICY+0.78 (+12.36%) AAPL+3.90 (+2.73%) XOS-0.02 (-1.07%) The tech sell-off is not the second dot-com bubble — it’s a “buying opportunity” for the right stocks, according to Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives. “We view this historic sell-off as more of a generational buying […]

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U.S. INSIGHT: Will China Lockdown Knock Fed Off 50-bps Path?

Monday, May 9, 2022 02:39 PM By Anna Wong (Economist) (Bloomberg Economics) — At his press conference following the May FOMC meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell outlined the condition that would allow the committee to shift from 50-bps rate hikes to 25-bps: Inflation would have to come down on a sustained basis. One way that could happen […]

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