Secular Bear Underway, How 80%+ Decline for Dow & S&P Possible?

Mar 17, 2025 | Markets, Rypplzz

According to my analyses a secular bear market for the S&P 500 began on 2/18/2025, the date which the S&P 500 reached its all-time high.  The date also coincides with the ending of the 16 years 2009 to 2025   secular bull market.  The S&P 500 was the last...

BYD unveils new super-charging EV tech, to build charging network in China

Mar 17, 2025 | Markets

BYD on Monday unveiled a new platform for electric vehicles (EVs) that it said could charge EVs as quickly as it takes to pump gas and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China. The so-called “super e-platform” will be capable of...

RBC lowers S&P 500 year-end target, citing economic growth concerns

Mar 17, 2025 | Markets

Another Wall Street strategist is lowering her year-end target on the S&P 500 (^GSPC), citing economic growth concerns. Following the S&P 500’s recent 10% drawdown, RBC Capital Markets head of US equity strategy Lori Calvasina lowered her year-end target...

US Homebuilder Sentiment Drops to Seven-Month Low on Costs

Mar 17, 2025 | Markets

Confidence among US homebuilders slid this month to the lowest level since August, dragged down by worry over tariffs, higher construction costs and economic uncertainty heading into the spring selling season. An index of housing market conditions from the National...

Retail sales rise less than expected in February

Mar 17, 2025 | Markets

Retail sales rose less than expected in February and saw downward revisions for January amid fears the US economy may be growing slower than Wall Street initially thought to start 2025. Headline retail sales rose 0.2% in February, less than the 0.6% increase...

Canada Home Sales Plunge as Buyers Pulled Back From Trade War Uncertainty

Mar 17, 2025 | Markets

Canadian home sales in February dropped to the lowest level since November 2023 as the uncertainty of a trade war with the US kept buyers on the sidelines. Transactions fell 9.8% from a month earlier, according to data released Monday by the Canadian Real Estate...