Inflation is running at 8% or higher, depending on how you count it (and who’s counting). The Federal Reserve is clearly panicking. And the markets are clearly panicking too. So at this point, Uncle S...
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The Dow just joined the S&P 500 in a bear market: What investors need to know
The Dow Jones Industrial Average couldn’t outrun the bear. The blue-chip gauge on Monday fell 329.60 points, or 1.1%, to close at 29,260.81. That left the Dow DJIA, -1.11% 20.5% below its Jan. 4 recor...
A surging U.S. dollar is creating an ‘untenable situation’ for the stock market, warns Morgan Stanley’s Wilson
The U.S. dollar’s unrelenting surge is raising worries over corporate earnings, warned a closely followed Wall Street analyst, who noted that similar performances by the currency have historically led...
The stock market could be on the verge of a ‘tradeable’ rebound, according to a key technical indicator
Heading into the close on Monday, U.S. stocks appear poised for another difficult week as Treasury yields rose and the dollar’s global rampage continued. With the S&P 500 poised to record its lowe...
Stock market ‘on cusp’ of important test: Watch this S&P 500 level if 2022 low gives way, says RBC
The S&P 500 is approaching an important level to watch beyond its 2022 low, as investors anticipate a spike in jobless claims amid recession fears and soured sentiment in the U.S. stock market, ac...
‘I would not have been able to do it without him’: I built a property portfolio with 23 units while we were dating. How much should I give to my fiancé in our prenup?
I’m about to marry a wonderful man. I built an investment portfolio of 23 units while we were dating. Now we’re questioning how to create a prenuptial agreement. Over the years, I have identified, pur...
APEs sink toward new low after AMC discloses deal for sale of up to $1.4 billion worth of shares
Shares of AMC Preferred Equity Units APE, -5.87%, known as “APEs,” dropped 7.8% toward a new low in morning trading Monday, after AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC, -14.52% disclosed a d...
Morgan Stanley says investors should consider this port in the market storm right now
The great British pound selloff, credited with exacerbating a global rout for markets last week, looks set to continue wreaking some havoc on Monday. Economic woes in Old Blighty are adding to the mar...
If chip production is recovering, why are automakers still making fewer cars?
Automakers trimmed 76,000 vehicles from global production plans in mid-September, according to analysts from AutoForecast Solutions. They’ll produce about 3.23 million fewer this year than planned, th...
The one question to ask yourself about your 401(k) when stock indexes are dropping
With the Dow DJIA, -1.62%, S&P 500 SPX, -1.72% and Nasdaq COMP, -1.80% indexes dipping into the red right now, looking at your retirement portfolio may have your heart racing. Retirement Tip of t...
I’m a trustee for my brother: How should I handle his assets in a bear market?
Dear Harry, As a trustee for my brother, I am concerned with the current bear market and wondering if I should get out of the market altogether and place the funds in a money-market account until thin...
Don’t panic about your 401(k)
I’ve been doing this—writing about the stock market and investments—for a quarter of a century. It’s been a heckuva turbulent ride, including Russian defaults, emerging market crises, dot-com disaster...
Why the ‘sell Rosh Hashanah, buy Yom Kippur’ trade is a tough call as stock-market selloff deepens
It might seem arbitrary to take investing advice from old market adages, but there is one market strategy commonly mentioned ahead of the Jewish holidays – “Sell Rosh Hashanah, Buy Yom Kippur.” This ...
Micron forecast expected to shed light on how two years of unprecedented supply problems may resolve
Micron Technology Inc. investors are hoping the memory-chip maker’s forecast will provide more color into the unprecedented supply-and-demand dynamics created by two years of COVID-19-related disrupti...
How to get a guaranteed return of 1.3% per year above inflation
TIPS in recent months have become an increasingly attractive option for the fixed-income portion of your retirement portfolio. I’m referring, of course, to the Treasury’s Inflation-Protected Securitie...
Stocks crashing? No, but here’s why this bear market feels so painful — and what you can do about it.
Hashtags about a stock-market crash may be trending on Twitter, but the selloff that has sent U.S. equities into a bear market has been relatively orderly, say market professionals. But it’s likely to...
Don’t look for a stock market bottom until a soaring dollar cools down. Here’s why.
It will be difficult for the stock market to stop its slide and find a bottom as long as the U.S. dollar keeps soaring versus its rivals, according to market analysts. Global stocks suffered a bruisin...
Raymond James launches coverage of insurance companies with strong buys on three names
Raymond James on Thursday launched analyst coverage of six insurers, with Prudential Financial Inc. PRU, -2.53% (price target $115), Voya Financial Inc. VOYA, -2.53% (price target $84) and Globe Life ...
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel accuses Fed of making one of the biggest policy mistakes in its 110-year history
““I think we’re giving Powell too much praise. … The last two years are one of the biggest policy mistakes in the 110-year history of the Fed by staying so easy when everything was booming.”” — Jeremy...
Dow’s lower low triggers Dow Theory sell signal
The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, -1.62% 767-point tumble in afternoon trading Friday, to break down below the June 17 closing low (29,888.78), not only showed that the bear market was al...
Netflix chief accounting officer gives up $2.4 million position after just 4 months on the job
Netflix Inc. is seeking a new chief accounting officer after its current one quit the role after less than four months. The streaming giant NFLX, -5.69% said in a regulatory filing Friday that Ken Bar...
A historic global bond-market crash threatens the liquidation of world’s most crowded trades, says BofA
Global government-bond markets are stuck in what BofA Securities strategists are calling one of their greatest bear markets ever — which, in turn, is threatening the ease with which investors will be ...
Dow falls below June low — here’s what it would take to enter bear market
An ugly Friday for global equities led to a sharply lower start for Wall Street, as investors eye a potential retest of crucial support on the price charts at the June lows. The Dow Jones Industrial A...
If you’re selling stocks because the Fed is hiking interest rates, you may be suffering from ‘inflation illusion’
Forget everything you think you know about the relationship between interest rates and the stock market. Take the notion that higher interest rates are bad for the stock market, which is almost univer...
Growling Powell causes Goldman to cut its S&P 500 price target. Again.
During the height of the bull market – which, boy, seems so long ago – the call-option crazy punters inhabiting the Wallstreetbets channel had a favorite meme to explain why stocks would keep going hi...
Josh Brown: ‘If people don’t get fired, then it’s not a recession’
““You can’t have a recession if people still have their jobs and have no problem getting their next job. So I don’t care what the NBER says. … If people don’t get fired, then it’s not a recession.”” T...
22 dividend stocks screened for quality and safety
Now that the S&P 500 has hit a new closing low for 2022, it is a good time to rerun a screen of low-volatility dividend stocks that may perform relatively better. An initial screen of the S&P ...