Retailers revive stock market, but support may be fleeting: analysts

Net inflows into US equities by retail investors continued to rise over the past week as the stock market kicked off the new year in a booming mood, but data analysts at Vanda Research said the pace of buying could easily ease if the bullish momentum stalls. Marco Iachini, senior vice president of Fanta Research, … Read more

The market still looks frothy. Here is one way to hedge your bets.

font size The VIX was recently around 20, down about 42% since late September, when recession fears rose. Michael M Santiago/Getty Images The only thing investors have to fear is the absence of fear itself. The stock market has surprisingly advanced in 2023, and many stocks have behaved better, as investors discount the prospect of … Read more

Opinion: How you can use the “January defect” in the stock market to your advantage

The US stock market has been in a positive mood since the S&P 500 SPX index, +0.53% It rose above 3880 recently. Now, the index has managed to overcome the resistance at 3940, and this should be a major bullish sign. There is the matter of a short-term negative seasonal pattern (check Market Insight), but … Read more