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Bloomberg Stock pickers are getting schooled on just how hard it is to outsmart the coronavirus pandemic-driven market. After the S&P 500’s biggest plunge since the March madness, expectations are rising that shares will move in lockstep again, a headwind for stock pickers looking to divine winners and losers. Add the fact that fewer companies are leading market gains this …

Bloomberg The recent rebound in emerging-market stocks isn’t over yet as investors move to assets that benefit from an improved outlook for the global economic recovery, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “We’re quite positive on EM stocks on a tactical basis,” said Caesar Maasry, a New York-based emerging-market strategist at the firm. “There has been an increasing preference for …

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe and Asia tumbled with US equity futures on Thursday after the Federal Reserve painted a long slog ahead for the economic recovery and as coronavirus infection rates jumped in parts of America. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index opened sharply lower, with sectors scooped up in the recent rally such as banks and travel leading declines. S&P …

Bloomberg India stocks fell as investors weighed whether valuations have become too stretched following two straight weeks of gains. The S&P BSE Sensex declined 1.2% to 33,831.42 as of 1:41 pm in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index slipped by the same magnitude. Both measures have rebounded about 30% from their record slide on March 23. The price-to-earnings ratio …

Bloomberg More traditional companies in Hong Kong and Singapore are set to benefit from a “new business cycle” globally as their economies recover from the pandemic, according to Citigroup Inc.’s private-banking arm. Cyclical and undervalued stocks will outperform in both jurisdictions supported by fiscal stimulus, with Hong Kong probably coming out of a yearlong recession this quarter, Ken Peng, head …

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe advanced along with US equity-index futures after a mixed session in Asia Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s next move on monetary policy. The dollar headed for a three-month low against a basket of peers. Financial services and retailers led a broad advance in the Stoxx Europe 600 index. S&P 500 futures rose after the …

Bloomberg Amid all the doubt surrounding Hong Kong’s future as a global financial hub, one thing is certain: the city’s stock market is an enticing target for the wave of cash that’s returning to the world’s equities. Rarely has the valuation case for the city’s shares been this compelling. Investors price the world’s fourth-largest bourse like a frontier market, with …

Bloomberg European stocks and US futures dropped as momentum in risk assets stalled after a historic rally. Treasuries advanced. Banks dragged the Stoxx Europe 600 Index lower. The dollar rose for the first time in nine days, while the euro weakened. Government bonds in the European periphery slipped. A gauge of European junk-grade credit risk increased. Brent crude oil slid …

Bloomberg Short sellers across Asia are being drawn to the health care sector, betting the region’s best-performing industry this year is poised for a retreat. The daily average amount of short interest among 324 biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks across Asia’s major equity benchmarks has more than doubled so far this year from 2019, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Australian …

Bloomberg European stocks dropped, the dollar weakened and US equity futures fluctuated as investors mulled how much further to take the global rally in risk assets. Technology and health-care shares led the Stoxx Europe 600 Index lower. The greenback fell against a basket of its peers and headed for the longest losing streak since 2011. Brent crude oil rose to …