Jeffrey Buchbinder

So far in 2021, the Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF (NYSE: VTV) is up 17.4% nearly double the year-to-date return of the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLK). Over the past decade, periods of time in which tech stocks have lagged value stocks have been short and sweet, but LPL Financial...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is now up roughly 90% from its March 2020 lows in just 13 months. A number of traditional valuation metrics are now indicating stocks are extremely overvalued relative to historical norms, but LPL Financial analyst Jeffrey Buchbinder said Monday ...

The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Last week ended positively on news that a Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing the virus in participants without evidence of prior infection. Remember This: “We believe the...

The Vanguard European Stock Index Fund ETF (NYSE: VGK) is down 5.7% this week as a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic slams Europe. On Thursday, LPL Financial Equity Strategist Jeffrey Buchbinder said spiking COVID-19 cases in Europe have him reconsidering his bullish stance on European...

While second-quarter earnings for S&P 500 companies are down 33% year-over-year, 82% of companies reporting have exceeded analyst expectations, the highest percentage in FactSet’s tracking history. Q2 Takeaways: LPL Research analyst Jeffrey Buchbinder recently discussed the blowout second...

Last Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department reported nearly 1.2 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 1, the 20th consecutive week of at least one million new unemployment claims. Yet since March 23, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) is up 50.9%, including...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) is up 36.1% since it bottomed on March 23, but the potential for a second wave of coronavirus infections has investors concerned about whether or not US stocks are still the best place to be invested. In a report last week, LPL Financial analyst...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has now rallied 37.3% since March 23, but there has been a subtle shift in market leadership in the past couple of weeks. Value stocks have outperformed growth stocks as buying volume has rotated out of the best-performing stocks of the year and into some...

Regardless of your sector, it’s been a pretty good year. Health Care SPDR (ETF) (NYSE: XLV) is up 21.4 percent since President Donald Trump won last November’s election. Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLK) is up 36.1 percent, Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLF) is...