S&P500 has staged a whopping 683 points, or 31% rebound from its intraday low of 2,192 to close 2,875 on 17 Apr 20. Many clients have asked me (almost daily) whether we have already seen the bottom and is this a good time to buy stocks etc. At 2,875, S&P500 is just 15% away from its record intraday high of 3,394 on 19 Feb 2020. The rally in Wall Street is at a stark contrast to grim news from Main Street in terms of job losses; significant number of deaths from Covid 19; lockdowns and poor corporate results.
Both bull and bear camps have some valid points and I have compiled them, together with my thoughts at the end.
Factors pointing to market HAS already bottomed
1.Capitulation may have already occurred with a simultaneous drop in most asset classes
Some market watchers point to a simultaneous drop in bonds,...