Investors see few gains in stocks the rest of 2022, CNBC survey shows

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A majority of Wall Avenue traders imagine the market stands just about useless within the water for the remainder of 2022 and, because of this, assume it is time to purchase dividend-paying shares, in response to the brand new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor survey. 

We polled about 500 chief funding officers, fairness strategists, portfolio managers and CNBC contributors who handle cash about the place they stood on the markets for the remainder of 2022. The survey was performed this week.

When requested “what are you almost certainly to purchase now?,” 42% of respondents mentioned shares paying excessive dividends. Lower than 18% mentioned they’d purchase megacap tech shares proper now.

In contrast to progress shares, dividend shares sometimes do not provide dramatic value appreciation, however they do present traders with a steady supply of revenue throughout occasions of uncertainty. A dividend is a portion of an organization’s earnings which are paid out to shareholders.

The market has had a tumultuous 12 months, with the S&P 500 on tempo to wrap up its worst first half since 1970. Buyers worry that the Federal Reserve will hold climbing charges aggressively to tame inflation, on the danger of inflicting an financial downturn. The fairness benchmark has tumbled right into a bear market, down greater than 20% from its report excessive reached within the first week of January.

Forty % of the survey respondents imagine the S&P 500 might finish the 12 months above 4,000, which represents a 6% achieve from Thursday’s intraday stage round 3,767 however nonetheless effectively under the place it began the 12 months at 4,766. Solely 5% assume the index might finish the 12 months above 5,000.

Many notable traders, from Stanley Druckenmiller to David Einhorn to Leon Cooperman, have been skeptical that the central financial institution will have the ability to engineer a so-called “tender touchdown,” the place progress slows however would not contract.

Druckenmiller, for instance, mentioned the bear market has a methods to run, whereas Cooperman just lately referred to as the S&P 500 to drop 40% from peak to trough and predicted a recession subsequent 12 months.

When requested what their most secure play is correct now, half of the respondents mentioned money. Fifteen % selected actual property, whereas 13% mentioned Treasuries have the bottom danger.