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Column: When Market Forecasters Should Earn Their Credentials: McGeever

Column: When Market Forecasters Should Earn Their Credentials: McGeever

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec 8 (Reuters) – When Yogi Berra said it was hard to make predictions, especially about the future, he probably didn’t have financial market analysts in mind. But the famous baseball player’s famous malapropism, also similarly expressed by others, probably applies as much to predicting the outlook for stocks, bonds and currencies as …

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Column: Dodging the Recession Could Whip the Markets: Mike Dolan

Column: Dodging the Recession Could Whip the Markets: Mike Dolan

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – A recession of sorts next year is quickly becoming a consensus – so much so that financial markets could find themselves whipped if they don’t materialize. The crux of most outlooks for 2023 is a year of contraction in activity at some point, disinflation and interest rate spikes. The result …

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Column: Wall Street gives thanks, look at year-end whoosh: McGeever

Column: Wall Street gives thanks, look at year-end whoosh: McGeever

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov 25 (Reuters) – As Wall Street reopens after the Thanksgiving holiday, investors are looking for a final boost to ensure 2022 ends up being simply bleak rather than the bloodbath most feared . Since hitting a two-year low in October, the S&P 500 has rebounded 15% even as interest rates, expectations of …

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