Market Overview
Since the third quarter, well-performing assets include the Russell 2000 Index, gold prices, financial stocks, and U.S. Treasuries, while poorly performing assets include Ethereum, crude oil, and the U.S. dollar. Bitcoin has remained nearly flat, and the Nasdaq 100 has been the same.
For the US stock market, the current market is still in a bull market, and the main trend remains upward. However, the trading environment in the last few months of the year will be relatively lacking in performance themes, and both the upside and downside potential of the market will be limited. The market continues to revise down Q3 earnings expectations.
Recently, the valuation has pulled back, but the rebound was also quick, with a 21 times PE still far above the 5-year average.
93% of companies in the S&P 500 index have reported actual results, of which 79% exceeded earnings per share expectations, and 60% exceeded revenue expectations. The stock price performance of companies that exceeded expectations is basically in line with historical averages, while the stock price performance of companies that fell short of expectations is worse than historical averages.
The repurchase is currently American stocks.