Here we go again. From late March 2020 till almost the end of last year, stock markets had been on an extraordinary tear. When the pandemic exploded, market plunged close to 30% in a matter of weeks. What the markets giveth, they taketh away.
Read moreJust How High Could the Dow Go?
U.S. stocks had been on fire. The technology and internet boom spurred a wave of day traders and investment mania that now seems quaint. But at the time, the Dow Jones industrial average index was hovering around 10,000. And even in those heady days, forecasting a near-quadrupling of the index appeared naïve at best and ridiculous at worst.
Read moreWhy You Should Be Wary of Claims That the Stock Market Is in a Bubble
Almost exactly a year ago at this time, I warned that markets were due for a sharp correction and that the emergence of COVID-19 was more than a valid reason.
Read moreThe COVID-19 Recession Should Be So Much Worse. Why Hasn't It Been?
And yet, as bad as things are economically, it remains an open question why things aren’t worse. The answer is simple, and challenging: we may all be in this together as humans facing a virus but we are not equally in this together in bearing the economic toll.
Read moreStocks Are Recovering While the Economy Collapses. That Makes More Sense Than You'd Think.
What is going on? How can it be that stocks are soaring when the economy is crashing?
Read moreThe Coronavirus Won’t Be an Economic Catastrophe — Unless We Let it Become One
It would be nice to be able to say when this will settle down, but as the old market cliché goes, no one rings a bell when markets hit a bottom.
Read moreA Stock Market Crash Was Coming, Coronavirus Was Just the Spark
It was the worst week for stocks since the financial crisis in October of 2008. It may get worse still.
Read moreStocks Higher on Trade Optimism
Zachary thinks that the markets’ focus on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is unnecessary: “She’s a junior representative on a committee of a House that can’t pass any laws because the Senate’s controlled by Republicans.”
Read moreNetflix Delivers a Mixed Bag of Earnings
Zachary weighs in on Netflix's mixed-bag earnings report, and whether it even matters for the streaming behemoth.
Read moreStocks Rally on Renewed Optimism over US-China Trade Talks
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Read moreWhat the Stock Selloff Tells us About the Future of Tech
The past three months have not been kind to large public technology companies. Amid crescendos of criticism about monopolistic power, these companies saw their market value plummet. The rampant selling has leveled off, at least for the moment, so it’s an opportune time to ask: What comes next?
Apple is Ditching the Mass Market and Focusing on Rich People
Zachary Talks Tesla and USMCA
Zach Karabell Head of Global Strategies Envestnet joins Yahoo Finance's Jen Rogers and Melody Hahm to discuss Tesla’s stock rebound and the US/Mexico/Canada trade deal.
Read moreIf You're Playing the 'What If Game' With Stocks, Market Watcher Zachary Karabell Says You’ll Sabotage Gains
The biggest risk in the markets may be inside investors' heads.
Read moreThe Market Drop was Machine-Made. The Freakout that Followed was Man-Made
"Dow plunges 391 points as fear grips markets." A headline from two days ago? Try two years ago. Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average was down about 1,600 points, the largest intraday point-drop ever, before ending the day down a mere 1,175 points, or 4.6 percent.
Read moreThis Week’s Stock Market Drop was Machine-Made. The Freakout That Followed Was Man-Made.
“Dow plunges 391 points as fear grips markets.” A headline from two days ago? Try two years ago. Jan. 15, 2016, to be precise. The last time stocks exhibited the sharp sell-off — followed by an equally sharp run-up — that characterized the past few days. Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average was down about 1,600 points, the largest intraday point-drop ever,
Read moreIs The Stock Market Reacting to the Health Care Bill Failure?
The Dow ended the day lower, but Netflix set a record high. Zachary Karabell, the president of River Twice Research and head of global strategies at Envestnet, joined CBSN to discuss the state of the market and whether the failure of the latest health care bill is having an impact.
Read moreIs FANG Taking Too Big a Bite Out of the Market?
With the S&P 500 up nearly 10% for the year through mid-June, many investors are nervous about what lies ahead. Even more nerve-wracking is that an outsized portion of the total returns have been generated by just a few stocks.
Read moreEven if Apple Breaks $1 Trillion, It Won’t Stay on Top Forever
APPLE JUST BECAME the first US company to surpass $800 billion in market capitalization. Speculation quickly followed that Apple would soon become the first $1 trillion company, with a rumored $1,000 iPhone 8 coming at year’s end. The company’s share price has been on a tear since the beginning of the year, and sales of the iPhone 7
Read moreBull Or Bear: Should Investors Still Care?
Not a day goes by without hearing what appears to be the predominant question for investors, namely, When will stocks come back down to earth? Variants of that query include, Isn’t this bull market getting long in the tooth? And, stocks go up and up, so we must be on the verge of a selloff, right?
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