Akane Otani
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1,333 appearances
33 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Mar 2023
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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Why Investors Feel Glum Even as Markets Flirt With Records · 25 Jun 2019
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So you contrast that to what we're seeing now, where we're seeing a lot more sort of back and forth, markets sort of treading water.
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And some analysts say that they're actually taking more comfort in the type of rally that we're seeing today.
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Thanks for having me.
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It depends a little bit on who you ask.
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And certainly on Thursday, we did see stocks take a little bit of a tumble because we saw some negative developments related to the trade negotiations going on and also some weak data out of the European Union.
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But that being said, a lot of indicators have suggested that investors and analysts are pretty optimistic that eventually, maybe not soon, but eventually there's going to be some kind of trade deal.
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So one of them is the Bank of America monthly survey of fund managers around the world.
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And that has shown that fund managers' expectations for future profits are actually at a nine-month high.
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And then gold prices, which we tend to track because they tend to rise when investors are a bit nervous about market swings and fall in the reverse scenario.
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So gold prices have actually barely moved for the entire month.
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So both those things kind of suggest to us that there's not a tremendous amount of fear being baked in at the moment.
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That's right.
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And I think part of that has to do with just the overall trend when you look at the last 10 years, basically.
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Every time there have been market routes, whether it's due to geopolitics or some bumpy global growth data, stocks have eventually climbed.
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I mean, that has been the trend throughout the bull market.
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So it's been really hard for investors who've been quite
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bearish to call the end of the bull market, essentially.
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And this year, I think a lot of investors say, you know, they do acknowledge that growth is slowing down around the world and also in the US.
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And that's certainly something to be a little bit wary of.
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The US and China's trade negotiations could hamper growth even more.
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