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A lower P/E ratio relative to similar companies may cause an analyst to upgrade a stock due to its favorable valuation. Changes in the industry: Changes in a company’s competitive position ...
The top 10 companies in the S&P 500 make up 35% of the market cap but only 23% of earnings, according to data from Apollo (the parent company of Yahoo Finance) chief economist Torsten Slok.
The Buffett indicator has been calculated for most international stock markets, however, caveats apply as other markets can have less stable compositions of listed corporations (e.g. the Saudi Arabia metric was materially impacted by the 2018 listing of Aramco), or a significantly higher/lower composition of private vs public firms (e.g ...
The slope of the implied volatility smile reflects the market's expectations for future changes in the stock price, with a steeper slope indicating higher expected volatility. The author shows that the slope of the implied volatility smile is a significant predictor of stock returns, even after controlling for traditional risk factors.
Mathematically a stock can be seen as an accumulation or integration of flows over time – with outflows subtracting from the stock. Stocks typically have a certain value at each moment of time – e.g. the number of population at a certain moment, or the quantity of water in a reservoir. A flow (or "rate") changes a stock over time. Usually ...
After two consecutive years of more than 20% gains for the S&P 500 — an achievement not seen since the late 1990s — Wall Street strategists foresee a slower pace of gains for the benchmark ...
In the short run, an economy-wide negative supply shock will shift the aggregate supply curve leftward, decreasing the output and increasing the price level. [1] For example, the imposition of an embargo on trade in oil would cause an adverse supply shock, since oil is a key factor of production for a wide variety of goods.
The S&P 500 is at record highs, but there are historical reasons that point to a potential pause on gains as other sectors catch up to the concentrated few that have been powering the market.