The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that the latest leg in the eight-year
bull run has
brought on a renewed rash of
warnings over heightened valuations.
The Globe's Tim Shufelt writes that the Dow Jones Industrial Average
ended Monday's trading with
a 12th consecutive record high,
matching the longest such streak
first set in 1987. Meanwhile, the
S&P/TSX composite index, despite
a broad sell-off on Friday
and a further 70-point drop on
Monday, is on its own record run,
on track to post a 13th consecutive
positive monthly return on
Tuesday.
The stock market's red-hot
streak is "an unprecedented run
warranting an equity downgrade," says Canaccord Genuity Group's
Martin Roberge. He recommends
investors reduce both U.S. and
Canadian equity positions to underweight.
The recent inflation in trading
multiples has also put Gluskin, Sheff + Assoc. economist David Rosenberg on
the defensive when it comes to
U.S. stocks. Mr. Rosenberg says in a note:
"Correction is a certainty. The question
is only one of timing and magnitude." Although the
main Canadian benchmark did
briefly dip into bear-market territory
early last year, it has since
rallied by more than 30 per cent.
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