The Federal Reserve can’t see the probable economic crash that is coming because it’s still looking into the rearview mirror, where it sees nothing but high inflation. The danger arises because the co...
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Opinion: 4 reasons you should buy energy stocks right now if you are a long-term investor
This has been a painful year for stock market investors, as nothing seems to be working. There is an exception: Energy. It’s the best-performing sector and might still be a bargain for those who can b...
Opinion: Adobe’s stock got slammed for spending $20 billion on Figma. But it now owns a rare company.
Adobe beat revenue and profit expectations, and on the same day announced it would acquire a smaller but faster-growing rival in online design-collaboration tools. The stock market rewarded the compan...
Opinion: Surprise! CDs are back in vogue with Treasurys and I-bonds as safe havens for your cash
If there’s a silver lining to the current economic situation that features soaring inflation and falling stocks, it’s that savers can get more for their money. Even after just a few months of rising i...
Opinion: Billionaires typically own concentrated stock positions — this investor posted a 30-fold gain over 10 years on one little-known company
True or false: To build big wealth in the stock market, it pays to be widely diversified. If you guessed “true,” you might want to reconsider. Successful investors from Warren Buffett to Ron Baron tea...
Opinion: The Alieno Unum is purported to be a 5,221-horsepower EV funded by its own crypto. We tried to get to the bottom of this $2.7 million hypercar.
The first Rimac Nevera was delivered to a customer last month, marking a historic moment in electric vehicles. The Croatian hypercar takes the crown as the most powerful (1,813 horsepower) and fastest...
Opinion: The stock market is unrelentingly bearish but still nowhere close to triggering a ‘buy’ signal
The S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.07% has been in a bearish phase since the mid-summer rally fizzled out near 4,300 points. The declining 200-day moving average of the benchmark index happened to be close...
Opinion: Don’t forget that the big money in stocks is usually made during down markets
The VanEck Semiconductors ETF SMH, -0.90% is down 12%. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.29% is down 9%, and the S&P 500 SPX, -0.47%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.58% and the Russel...
Opinion: The fundamentals of the stock market have improved markedly, but few investors have noticed
You’ll know that the bear market in stocks is nearing an end when investors remind anyone who’ll listen that equities are fairly or even undervalued. We’re not there yet. When bull market sentiment is...
Opinion: U.S.-China relations just got a whole lot better, boosting the prospects of these three stocks
If you are laser-focused on inflation and the Federal Reserve’s policy, you might have missed a key breakthrough in U.S.-China relations that will boost U.S.-listed China stocks over the next six mont...
Opinion: I tried ‘quiet quitting’ before it was cool — and regretted it ever since
For much of my 35 or so years in the workforce, I’ve prided myself on going the extra mile — such as trying to put in a solid 8-hour day that has sometimes stretched into a 10 or 12-hour day. And I’ve...
Opinion: The stock market in all likelihood has entered a new bull phase — so you’ll want to own these five stocks
That didn’t take long. The slump in the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.41% and Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +1.67% after their meteoric rise off mid-June lows has a lot of market commentators asking two ke...
Opinion: The Federal Reserve’s Powell has a lot of explaining to do
The Federal Reserve runs a symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year. It’s a rite of passage for many in central banking, in monetary economics and for Fed-watching. Sometimes there is a key Fed ...
Opinion: These 3 safe stocks yield more than 10-year Treasurys
After the volatility of early 2022 and the aggressive rate tightening by the Fed, there’s a return of chatter about the “Great Rotation” – that is, a broad move among investors to reduce exposure to g...
Opinion: Nvidia has faced this type of downturn before, and seems to have a specific goal in mind this time
Nvidia Corp. has been through this type of downturn before, and this time executives are taking more aggressive tactics to overcome it. Nvidia NVDA, +0.24% executives warned Wall Street on Wednesday t...
Opinion: Ford’s job cuts are just the beginning of another EV earthquake
Electric vehicles, or EVs, promise a green automotive revolution, but this will not come without uncomfortable transitions in the labor force. Those trade-offs are coming starkly into focus, raising q...
Opinion: You work hard to pay off debt. Here’s the secret to keep you from backsliding as the economy slows
Credit-card debt has surged 13% this past year — the largest increase in 20 years. If you find yourself with a growing amount of debt, you need to get yourself back on solid footing before it snowball...
Opinion: Stop misreading the Fed: It’s not getting cold feet about wrestling inflation to the ground
The Federal Reserve isn’t as mysterious as it’s made out to be. It’s not hiding coded messages in its communications. It’s not using obscure metaphors that seem to say one thing but actually mean the ...
Opinion: Evidence for a new bull market in stocks is rapidly piling up
“Gradually, then suddenly.” This was the answer Mike gave to the question about how he went bankrupt in Earnest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises.” It’s a good way to think about how any change occurs ...
Opinion: These small-cap stocks will lead the market if the rally has legs
If stock market FOMO is starting to bug you, but you’re hesitant to buy stocks, here’s a fix: Go small. Small companies are still super-cheap. These aren’t companies whose CEOs grab headlines when the...
Opinion: Inflation report brings 2 pieces of good news for retirees and retirement savers
Retirees and those seeking secure income got two items of very good news this week, though you may only have heard about one. July’s inflation came in below fears (although a debate now rages on what ...
Opinion: Semiconductor companies have split into two groups — the resilient and the risky
Semiconductor industry CEOs this week celebrated on the White House lawn as the long overdue Chips and Science Act was signed into law by President Biden. While there is still contention on the bill, ...
Opinion: Step aside, FAANMGs. This new crop of tech companies are the ones to watch for the next decade.
Investors have had a change of heart after selling technology stocks for the better part of eight months. There has been a trend reversal after bellwether tech companies reported earnings for the mo...
Opinion: The FAANMGs have been whittled down to the fantastic four
The anticipation of second-quarter Big Tech earnings was palpable. With a broad set of indicators pointing to a slowdown in the global economy, the highest inflation in four decades and a big jump in ...
Opinion: Energy stocks have a sustainable future: it’s in their dividends
One of the few numbers growing faster than energy stock dividends is the size of crowds convinced they are not sustainable. I’ve never witnessed a consensus opinion as negative on an entire sector as ...
Opinion: Fidelity’s bitcoin move getting all the wrong publicity
What would Ned Johnson do? The late, great Fidelity Investments honcho built his family’s Boston-based money management firm into one of the biggest in the world over the course of a long career. John...
Opinion: Market instability replaces inflation as the biggest risk, raising the chances of a pivot by the Federal Reserve
Market instability is the biggest risk to central banks globally, replacing inflation, owing to massive amounts of leverage. So far, the U.S. Federal Reserve is fortunate because there’s low volatilit...