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In data out on Wednesday, new orders for U.S.-made goods increased less than expected in May, fanning fears of an economic slowdown. Meanwhile, China's services activity expanded at the slowest pace in five months in June, according to a private-sector survey.
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U.S. stocks' tendency to move in sync has plunged to near-record lows, but what might seem like a stock picker's dream may actually be a mirage, and investors may be in for a rude awakening.
U.S. stocks' tendency to move in sync has plunged to near-record lows, but what might seem like a stock picker's dream may actually be a mirage, and investors may be in for a rude awakening. ...
U.S. stocks' tendency to move in sync has plunged to near-record lows, but what might seem like a stock picker's dream may actually be a mirage, and investors may be in for a rude awakening. S&P 500 correlation - a gauge of herd behavior, which measures how closely daily returns of index constituents align over a month - slipped to 0.22 at the end of June, close to the lowest since November 2021, according to data from S&P Dow Jones Indices. Investors expect stocks to move increasingly out of sync as shown by the Cboe 3-Month Implied Correlation Index, which measures the...
Wall Street's main indexes were slightly lower on Wednesday following tepid economic data from the U.S. and China, while stocks held losses after the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's...