Published on 15 Sep 2022 on Zacks via Yahoo Finance

Is Most-Watched Stock JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Worth Betting on Now?

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.

Shares of this company have returned -5.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -7.6% change. The Zacks Banks - Major Regional industry, to which JPMorgan Chase & Co. belongs, has lost 6.2% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?

While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.