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Market Strategy: Archive

John Blank

Time for a Big Small-Cap Run? Zacks March 2024 Strategy

Two-and-a-half years ago, traders saw a short-lived run-up in small-cap land. The broad blended small-cap RUT index peaked on Nov. 8th, 2021 at 2,458.

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John Blank

Stay Aggressive with a Cloudy 2024? Zacks FEB Market Strategy

Each month, in our monthly Market Strategy report, Zacks lists a short 1-pager, with suggested portfolio allocations for Conservative, Moderate, Aggressive & Income investors.

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John Blank

Homes for Sale Rise: Zacks JAN 2024 Market Strategy

With the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rates back down to 7.0% at year's end, the rise in Month's Supply at Current Sales Rates rose to 11.3 months.

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John Blank

The Return of the Risk-Chasers: Zacks DEC Market Strategy

In early 2023, Cathie Woods' 'Disruptive Innovation' ETFs started to rise. Then, across the middle section of 2023, that trading strength abated.

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John Blank

The Magnificent Seven: Zacks NOV Market Strategy

Multiple trillions of central bank liquidity and the trillion-dollar market caps of these top seven mega-cap tech stocks keep pushing the major U.S. benchmarks higher.

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John Blank

Time to Buy U.S. Stocks in Early October?

Zacks strategists (including John Blank) stay bullish. The S&P500 carries a 4,132 "fair value" estimate at YE 2023. Coming years show double-digit fundamental growth.

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John Blank

What's Alive for 2024 Pessimists? Zacks SEPT Market Strategy

After swift Fed Funds rate hikes, the U.S. Housing market cooling (in a curious way) and a higher 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, consider the following updates.

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John Blank

A Contrarian Call for Value & Income - Zacks JULY Strategy

This market cap-weighted large-cap index valuation gets held up by seven monster Info Tech stocks. But other S&P500 sectors are being hugely overlooked and under-bought.

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John Blank

Growth Stays in Favor: Zacks June Market Strategy

S&P 500 Info Tech and Consumer Discretionary sectors -- where the mega-cap tech stocks reside -- has been the sole source of the large-cap growth index rise.

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John Blank

Finding Top Computer & Tech Stocks: Zacks May Strategy

The Info Tech sector remains a key 2023 returns source. In turn, using the Price to Sales forward 12-month stock valuation ratio is helpful to identify top Computer and Technology stocks.

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