3 months ago • 5:45 mins
In investing, you always want to look for opportunities where the upside potential looks bigger than the downside. And at its current levels, the S&P 500 may be one of those – at least for the next few months. Let’s take a look at the five factors that are likely to drive the key US stock index higher between now and the end of the year…
The index is likely to see a rush of buying interest, mostly fueled by three types of market players. First are the rules-based traders known as Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs): they’ve overall been betting against the index for a long time, and Goldman Sachs estimates we could see more than $200 billion in buying from these types of investors if the S&P 500 climbs from here. CTAs are trend-followi
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