KEY TAKEAWAYS Stocks may keep going higher, but the easy gains likely have been made. Stock valuations, when compared with bond yields, are actually historically cheap. The overall technical backdrop supports a continuation of the bull market. Click here to download a...
AFTER NEARLY 10 YEARS of witnessing the U.S economy and stock market recover—and thrive—investors are starting to wonder if we’ve seen all this expansion and bull market have to offer. At LPL Research, we believe there’s more room to run, and don’t...
AFTER NEARLY 10 YEARS of witnessing the U.S economy and stock market recover—and thrive—investors are starting to wonder if we’ve seen all this expansion and bull market have to offer. At LPL Research, we believe there’s more room to run, and don’t...
KEY TAKEAWAYS The market rally continues, with stocks off to their best year’s start since 1991. Near-term stocks are quite overbought and a pullback could be warranted. Yet, from a sentiment perspective, we still aren’t seeing signs of the over-the-top optimism that...
KEY TAKEAWAYS Earnings growth for the fourth quarter is tracking to a solid 17%, above prior estimates but below the pace of the previous three quarters. The bar has been substantially lowered for the first quarter, setting up potential upside surprises, particularly...
