More funny predictions from these Strategists.....
Feels like 2007 all over again when one after another said the markets were going higher, higher, higher and even higher.
S&P Will Reach 1,300 Next Year: Strategist
Published: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | 11:15 AM ET Text Size By: JeeYeon Park
CNBC News Associate
Markets opened lower on Wednesday after a report showed that housing starts fell sharply in October. Where do stocks go from here? Chris Hyzy, investment strategist at U.S. Trust, and Maury Fertig, chief investment officer of Relative Value Partners, shared their outlooks.
âThis market is headed higher,â Fertig told CNBC. âWeâll hit 1,200 on the S&P sometime in the first quarter of 2010.â
Fertig said he expects earnings news to be positive throughout the first quarter of 2010 and more merger-and-acquisition activities to take place.
âAnd the flow of funds,â he added. âThe first of the nine months of this year, $267 billion has flowed into bond mutual funds and only $4 billion into equity fundsâso the retail investor is eventually going to come back into the market.â
In the meantime, Hyzy said he is neither a bull nor a bearâbut a "moose" instead.
Markets are "going higherâwe have one more push before the year end,â said Hyzy.
âBut the key isâ¦we believe job growth will come in at the early part of the first quarter, then you'll have a constructive marketplace. That's why we expect 1,300 on the S&P by the end of next year.â
Feels like 2007 all over again when one after another said the markets were going higher, higher, higher and even higher.
S&P Will Reach 1,300 Next Year: Strategist
Published: Wednesday, 18 Nov 2009 | 11:15 AM ET Text Size By: JeeYeon Park
CNBC News Associate
Markets opened lower on Wednesday after a report showed that housing starts fell sharply in October. Where do stocks go from here? Chris Hyzy, investment strategist at U.S. Trust, and Maury Fertig, chief investment officer of Relative Value Partners, shared their outlooks.
âThis market is headed higher,â Fertig told CNBC. âWeâll hit 1,200 on the S&P sometime in the first quarter of 2010.â
Fertig said he expects earnings news to be positive throughout the first quarter of 2010 and more merger-and-acquisition activities to take place.
âAnd the flow of funds,â he added. âThe first of the nine months of this year, $267 billion has flowed into bond mutual funds and only $4 billion into equity fundsâso the retail investor is eventually going to come back into the market.â
In the meantime, Hyzy said he is neither a bull nor a bearâbut a "moose" instead.
Markets are "going higherâwe have one more push before the year end,â said Hyzy.
âBut the key isâ¦we believe job growth will come in at the early part of the first quarter, then you'll have a constructive marketplace. That's why we expect 1,300 on the S&P by the end of next year.â
