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The fear and anxiety that has captured the market this week rolled into Friday’s trade on Wall Street, with the combined impact of the Israel-Hamas battle and rising bond yields understandably spooking stock players.
Just when it looked like stock market optimists would get that proverbial ‘cigar’ for being believers and buyers of out-of-favour growth stocks, along comes a hotter-than-expected inflation reading
If you need reminding about the headwinds buffeting the stock market right now, well, you haven’t been paying attention. Over September, the S&P 500 Index was off 4.7%, while the Nasdaq gave up 5.3%.
If you need reminding about the headwinds buffeting the stock market right now, well, you haven’t been paying attention. Over September, the S&P 500 Index was off 4.7%, while the Nasdaq gave up 5.3%.
In case you have the jitters about stocks right now, well I must remind you that I did warn that September is historically the worst month for stocks. A Wall Street Journal story simply put it this way: “The ‘September effect’ means this month is the worst on average for the S&P 500.”
After a hugely positive day for stocks on Thursday, negativity returned to Wall Street. This up and down action underlines how crazy it is to get comfortable about what stocks will do in the short term.
The inflation battle in the US (and for that matter here too) is nearly over but few economists and key market players are prepared to say it.
The inflation battle in the US (and for that matter here too) is nearly over but few economists and key market players are prepared to say it.
Stocks rose overnight, with all three most-watched market indexes strongly higher, despite the Fed boss Jerome Powell not declaring victory with the fight against inflation.
Another negative day for US stocks, so put on your market-panic seatbelts but don’t make them too tight because at some time over the next few weeks you’ll want to be a buyer of quality companies caught up in this temporary sell-off. Why do I say that?
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