(Bloomberg) — Jeff Bezos is still the world’s richest person, but he’s a lot closer to No. 2 Bill Gates than just a few months ago.
The Amazon.com Inc. founder lost $19.2 billion over the past two trading days — the most ever in that time, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — amid a global market selloff fueled by fears of further trade tensions. Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg held the previous record, set in July, when the social-media giant reported revenue and user growth that missed estimates, lopping $16.5 billion from his fortune.
Technology stocks led Monday’s declines, with the Nasdaq Composite Index sliding to its lowest since April. Shares of Amazon tumbled 6.3 percent, on top of Friday’s 7.8 percent drop, leaving Bezos with $128.1 billion, down from a peak of $167.7 billion early last month.
- Amazon dropped 14 percent in two days, marking its worst two-day tumble since February 2014.
- The company reported disappointing financial results on Thursday.
- Tech stocks fell broadly on Monday, with the Nasdaq closing down 1.6 percent.
Advertising demand, growth projections and rising costs in addressing safety are items to watch, as it reports earnings
October sell-off ‘morphing’ into bear market…
- “The rolling bear market continues to make progress and there is growing evidence that it is morphing into a proper cyclical bear market,” Morgan Stanley writes.
- Morgan Stanley’s top stock strategist is concerned that actions by the Federal Reserve are drying up liquidity more than most investors predicted.
- The S&P 500 is off more than 8.5 percent from its all-time high in September, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off by more than 7.6 percent.
Morgan Stanley disagrees with the rest of Wall Street: The bank’s top strategists are gearing up for a much longer bear market while others are betting the sell-off is short-lived.
“The rolling bear market continues to make progress and there is growing evidence that it is morphing into a proper cyclical bear market in the context of a secular bull,” wrote Michael Wilson, the bank’s chief equity strategist. “We think the evidence is building and the message from Mr. Market is clear: the consensus outlook for earnings growth is too rosy next year.”
Strategists on Wall Street refer to bear markets that are shorter in duration as “cyclical.”
Morgan Stanley is concerned that actions by the Federal Reserve and other central banks are drying up liquidity more than most market participants predicted, putting stocks in a precarious position. The Fed, which influences the financial markets by adjusting the overnight lending rate, has hiked interest rates three times this year and is widely expected to do so again in December.
ALL FANG stocks are now in a bear market. The same consistent pattern is occurring and the feedback loop is resulting in a bear market for half of the S&P. U.S. stocks were up until just recently the last safe haven in global equities but that has suddenly changed. With global quantitative tightening piling up on top of geopolitical issues, what can push the market up to new highs?
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www.marketwatch.com/story/stocks-set-to-attempt-rebound-after-last-weeks-slide-2018-10-29
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