The Stock Market Outlook Would Be More Positive

After a few years of struggle to find an alternative to over-leveraged financial models, the transition to a new era of a deleveraged economy has begun. Recently, the necessity of this transition is confirmed by rising European and Global financial uncertainties. Evidently, these are negative factors that still keep investing risk at higher than normal level. On the other hand, there are positive signs of recovery.

The third quarter US GDP almost doubled to 2.5%. The unemployment rate has improved from 9.1% to 9.0% in September. These two numbers cause some debates concerning how they are calculated and if they are able actually to reflect the reality of economics, however, other numbers also look good. The most important numbers that push the shares prices are corporate earnings. They are relatively healthy. Therefore, the possibility of a double recession now seem less likely than before.

Furthermore, S&P-500 is trading below historical price-earning ratio. Many stocks look cheap and attractive. Since most investors are still scared by the market volatility of the recent years, they keep a lot of cash and potentially able to lift the demand and prices. If the future outlook of the stock market stays strong, further uptrend can be just a matter of time.

November 2010: The Stock Market Is Taking Break

The US stock market reached the highest level in two years after a strong two-month rally. However, good news about improving retail results and a four-month low jobless claims rate were unable to push the market higher. Since the current market is driven mostly by news, it was a relatively rare case when technical indicators were able to predict a downtrend. A massive insider selling was another factor that contributed to the decline. If the correction is deep, then a consequent cyclical reaction might send the market up again.

The GDP grew at a 2% pace in the third quarter that is slightly better than the 1.7% growth during the second quarter. The government says that the improvement of GDP-to-deficit ratio is the biggest since fiscal 1987 year. Many analysts expect that the US corporate earnings will aspire higher despite a weakening dollar and a slow-speed recovery will lead eventually to an economic normalization.