Wells Fargo's weekly commentary examines investor sentiment and believes it may be too bearish. "Recent surveys show business and consumer sentiment have increased to the highest levels in…
Roosevelt Investments' May commentary focuses on the rising risks coming out of Europe, despite favorable conditions in the U.S. "Although we believe current conditions remain favorable for equities…
Phil Orlando, Chief Market Strategist at Federated Investors, reviews the latest economic reports and answers the question, 'should you sell in May and go away?' "We continue to…
Navellier describes how they think Sunday's French election of Hollande could affect Europe's debt crisis. "The victory of the Socialist Party in France may eventually result in a…
Louis Navellier's latest commentary reviews the recent US GDP figures and compares them to Europe's declining net GDP. "The market roared back strongly last week, especially the NASDAQ…
Louis Navellier's latest commentary focuses on US corporate earnings and new fears coming out of Europe. "Early last week, Spain seemed to signal which way the market would…
Navellier takes a look at the latest sell-off in the markets and new fears coming out of the Euro zone. "Despite a better-than-expected start to first-quarter earnings season,…
Calamos Investments' April 2012 commentary focuses on rising debt and the implications for the market and economy. ""Risk on" is in favor and global markets have responded to…
Louis Navellier's commentary this week focuses on the run up in stocks over the last quarter, possible oil shortages, and the corporate tax rate in the US. "The…
Lord Abbett's Milton Ezrati looks into bankers' views on the economy and what they have actually done to help the situation. "The Federal Reserve recently released the results…
Federated Investors is out with their latest commentary for the Strategic Value Dividend (Equity Income) portfolio. A discussion of the markets and the portfolio's composition and dividend return…
Janus' Analyst Viewpoints offer their thoughts on natural gas pricing, implications for energy and industrial companies and growth opportunities for well-positioned firms. "At some point, the gas price…
Federated's Chief Investment Officer for Taxable Money Markets, Deborah Cunningham, explains the continued decline of bank credit rates and why it is a positive sign of the continued…
Roosevelt Investments' February market commentary looks at the improvements in the US economy and how many investors have missed the current rally in the market. "It has now…
Ihab Salib, Head of Fixed Income at Federated Investors, suggests that the tentative second Greek bailout will boost market confidence, but that investors should be looking towards Spain…
F-Squared Investments looks back at the events of 2011 and how their investment strategies performed throughout the year. A particular focus is on how the strategies achieved their…
Louis Navellier of money manager Navellier & Associates examines fourth quarter GDP growth and the current earnings season for US corporations. "So far, the fourth-quarter earnings announcement season…
Philip Orlando, Chief Equity Market Strategist at Federated Investors sees three headwinds to U.S. economic growth in 2012. "The U.S. economy was clearly gaining momentum as we headed…
Wells Fargo's Chief Macro Strategist Gary Thayer examines the potential help that foreign countries could provide to the U.S. via interest rate cuts. "The U.S. economy has weathered…
Chief Equity Strategist for BlackRock Bob Doll reviews their asset allocation outlook for 2012. Their equity, fixed income and municipal fixed income outlooks for 2012 are also discussed.…
BlackRock's annual list of predictions for the coming year is out. Chief Equity Strategist Bob Doll explains each and the reasoning behind them. "In summary, 2012 is likely…
Wells Fargo's Chief Macro Strategist Gary Thayer takes a look at the level of investor fear, which seems to be declining due to positive US economic news. "Recent…
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