The firm lays out how the S&P 500 could break out above its current trading range between 5,000 and 5,500.
"When people are vomiting up stocks, you gotta be in there cleaning it up," Craig Johnson told Business Insider.
"While downside risks do remain, we believe the risk of a more severe economic downturn is now more limited," UBS said.
The dramatic moves intraday — and the flimsy basis for the sudden rally — show how starved investors are for good news that could stop the sell-off.
"Our intermediate-term indicators suggest the correction will resume mid- to late April," technical analyst Katie Stockton said this week.
Goldman's chief US equity strategist lowered his year-end price target for the S&P 500, but said there's a path to recovery for stocks.
After struggling in 2024, China's stock market is roaring as its AI trade soars. Meanwhile, US peers are hobbled by growth concerns and waning enthusiasm.
Buybacks have historically been an ace in the hole for companies looking to generate stock gains during lean times.
Volatile trading this week as investors react to Trump's tariffs has pushed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 to an important technical threshold.
Money market cash has been steadily declining as a percentage of the S&P 500's total market capitalization even as the absolute number hits records.
"Retail has to remember, things go up fast and they go down fast. Take your profits and don't be greedy," an investor from Michigan told BI.
Trade wars and bond market disruptions loom over an otherwise buoyant stock market. Technical weakness is also a concern, investors told BI.
For every $100 of dividends paid by the S&P 500, the bottom 493 companies contribute $94 but receive just $68 or reinvestment.
Lower construction spending on data centers because of DeepSeek could negatively impact heavy equipment stocks like Caterpillar, JPMorgan said.
The breaching of the US debt limit could expose 2 bullish catalysts for stock prices: lower interest rates and gridlock among the Republican party.
Stocks are approaching records in the first couple of days of Trump's presidency, with more pronounced moves in specific corners of the market this week.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said a lot has to go right for the stock market to continue its record rally.
Markets hope that Trump's pro-business agenda can unlock more stock gains, but Stanley Druckenmiller says it might be more complicated than that.
Michael Batnick said the outperformance of consumer discretionary stocks relative to consumer staples is "the most bullish chart in the world."
Small-caps need to break above a key resistance level to signal more bullish momentum for stocks. Otherwise, it could signal broader weakness, BofA said.