Summary:
Global equities fell Tuesday, Treasury yields rose on Powell's cautious tone, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 continued their record highs.
Global equities edged lower on Tuesday while Treasury yields rose with help from Powell's cautious tone. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 managed small advances, adding to their streak of record closing highs.
Oppenheimer Holdings just lifted its S&P 500 price target to 5900, marking the second-highest forecast on Wall Street. RBC recently raised its target to 5,700 but saw gains increasingly hard to come by.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management expects the US economy to grow at a slower clip of about 2% in the second half of 2024 with equity indexes seen largely flat due to declining earnings growth and political anxieties.
The BlackRock Investment Institute is bullish on US stocks and AI. With regards to Treasuries ahead of the presidential election, long-term debt prices are not sufficiently reflective of the prospect of widening fiscal deficits.
The experts added recent parliamentary elections in Britain had made valuation of UK equities attractive, while Japan stocks remained its favoured equity investment play.
JP Morgan maintains its contrarian stance, predicting a significant correction for the top 20 US stocks. The bank remains cautious about the benchmark index, suggesting a potential 20% downside. This forecast highlights JP Morgan's concerns about the current market conditions and the possibility of a substantial market adjustment.
It took little time for the Nasdaq 100 to climb above 20,000 which has served as support. RSI indicates the market could reach a fatigue point in the near term, although the bullish run should continue.
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