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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Is Stock Market Volatility Over for 2025?
Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, wrote recently that the bulk of what happened to large cap U.S. stock indices over the last month was a stock options volatility spike, and a subsequent rapid VIX here now to elaborate. 1. Was this due to the uncertain landscape and how has this volatility whipsaw resolved itself? 2. What does this mean for stock market volatility going forward? 3. How long might it take for the market to gain a solid footing? 4. How do you view investor's risk appetite currently, especially in light of the U.S. and China Trade picture? 5. Tech stocks still appear to be strong. What have we learned from Q1 mega-cap tech reports? 6. For the last 10 years four mega-cap tech stocks drove the U.S. large cap indexes. But overall, what's the bull/bear story regarding these tech stocks? 7. Do you think there's another Big Tech rally around the corner after the group's strong Q1 earnings results? 8. Looking ahead, are the tech mega-caps a buy? 9. As for the Q1 earnings season in general, going into it investors had been hoping strong earnings could revive enthusiasm for stocks on the heels of the worst quarterly performance for the S&P 500 since 2022. Given recent volatility, do you think that's happened?10. A large cap Dutch grocery chain, a Canadian insurance group, and a Spanish Tech Services firm are on your stock radar. They include Ahold ADRNY, Fairfax Financial FRFHF and Amadeus IT Group AMADY. Our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, on stocks. With John, I'm Terry Ruffolo. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FRFHF) : Free Stock Analysis Report Ahold NV (ADRNY) : Free Stock Analysis Report Amadeus IT Group SA Unsponsored ADR (AMADY) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Globe and Mail
21-05-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
A Fresh Look into U.S. Real Estate
Now our Chief Equity Strategist and Economist, John Blank, is going to discuss real estate markets, both commercial and residential. 1. What's the significance to doing this now? 2. Are you concerned about a real estate price collapse in either commercial or residential? 3. What's the status of the U.S. real estate financial system in general? 4. What's the story with bank loan standards? 5. What real estate trends should we be concerned with at this point? 6. So, are you concerned about a housing crisis here going forward? If so, what might the triggers be? 7. Against this back drop, what are your economic projections going forward? 8. Will Moody's cutting the U.S. government's long term credit rating have any material economic impact going forward? 9. Strong Buy stocks on your radar currently include Amphenol APH, Carvana CVNA and Barclays BCS. Our Chief Equity Strategist & Economist, John Blank, on real estate and the economy. With John, I'm Terry Ruffolo. Zacks Names #1 Semiconductor Stock It's only 1/9,000th the size of NVIDIA which skyrocketed more than +800% since we recommended it. NVIDIA is still strong, but our new top chip stock has much more room to boom. With strong earnings growth and an expanding customer base, it's positioned to feed the rampant demand for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things. Global semiconductor manufacturing is projected to explode from $452 billion in 2021 to $803 billion by 2028. See This Stock Now for Free >> Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Barclays PLC (BCS): Free Stock Analysis Report Amphenol Corporation (APH): Free Stock Analysis Report Carvana Co. (CVNA): Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research (
