Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says the recent rise in bond yields doesn’t mean stocks are headed for trouble. When rates start to rise, Sonders says, ”the real bite on stocks” typically doesn’t hit for “quite some time”. Sonders — who says it’s tough to say whether the recent increase in yields is […]
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Sonders On The Manufacturing & Energy Renaissance
May 30, 2013 
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Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says pessimism is still dominating the market — and that has her feeling bullish. “It is shocking that four years into a bull market we still have massive outflows out of equity. I’m amazed at how much skepticism I’m still met with after four years,” Sonders said […]
Read moreSonders On How The Market Keeps Rising
May 23, 2013 1 Comment
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says that “traditional supports” remain in place to back the stock market’s recent gains, and also notes that some non-traditional supports are also present — for the moment, at least. “There remain traditional supports for the market’s advance, notably very strong earnings and still-reasonable valuations,” Sonders writes […]
Read moreSonders On The Economy-Market Relationship
May 10, 2013 1 Comment
While many investors have avoided stocks in recent years because of economic concerns, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says history shows that to be a bad idea. “The connection between the stock market and the economy seems obvious,” Sonders writes in commentary on Schwab’s site. “If the latter is performing well, the […]
Read moreSonders On The Bond Bubble
April 24, 2013 0 Comments
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says that, while we’re probably past the low point for interest rates, she’s not expecting a big spike in rates in the near future. “The view from our fixed-income group has been lower for longer,” Sonders tells The Motley Fool. “Yes, you are probably well past the […]
Read moreSonders: Market’s Rise Justified
April 17, 2013 0 Comments
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders’s thinks the big recent gains for the stock market have been justified. “I don’t think we’ve come too far too fast, nor do I think that there [isn't] economic fundamental justification for what the market has done,” Sonders tells The Motley Fool. “If you look at the […]
Read moreThe Pros and Cons of Different P/Es
April 5, 2013 0 Comments
When it comes to valuation metrics, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and in recent commentary she reviews how a number of price/earnings ratios can give varying views of the market. “Ask a bear about valuation and he’ll likely say the market is very […]
Read moreSonders On Valuations, The Economy, And How The Wealth Effect Is Helping
March 21, 2013 0 Comments
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says she doesn’t think growth will exceed 2% or 3% for the U.S. “for an extended time”, but thinks stocks will continue to do well. “That’s not a bad environment for the stock market, because it keeps inflation low and keeps the Fed’s liquidity flowing,” Sonders tells […]
Read moreBuy If A Correction Hits, Sonders Says
February 22, 2013 1 Comment
Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says she remains optimistic on the United States, and thinks that stocks look attractive for long-term investors. “Stock market resiliency continues to impress, although the possibility of a near-term correction exists and we would view such an event as a buying opportunity,” Sonders writes in recent commentary […]
Read moreSonders on “Rational Exuberance”
February 8, 2013 1 Comment
Retail investors have, at long last, been coming back to stocks in the first month or so of 2013, and Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders says it’s a rational move for them. In her latest market commentary, Sonders looks at how negative sentiment and mutual fund flows have gone over the past […]
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