What will the Fed and Jerome Powell do next week?

Jittery U.S. investors are still in “bad news is good news” mode because they want to see interest rates decline. And they expect to get what they want, as shown by the inverse yield curve. Two-year U...

The 1980s was the blueprint for the upcoming disinflation cycle and these are the stocks for it, strategists say

Stocks logged a third-straight losing session on Thursday as investors continue to deal with a mixed bag of economic data. That followed Wednesday’s session and extremely weak industrial production th...

Opinion: The stock market is range-bound over the short term. Don’t expect that to last long.

The U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, +1.75%, has struggled this week overall, during what is typically a seasonally bullish period. That is what Yale Hirsch termed “the San...

Opinion: A seasonal stock market trade that tends to be reliable begins Thursday

The stock market has broken through technical resistance, and as a result the rally is trying to extend itself. Specifically, the S&P 500’s SPX, +2.46% close above 3800 points was a strong technic...

Bond Yields Are Finally Looking Attractive. What to Buy Now.

It has taken a historic selloff, but the bond rout may finally be winding down. Yields are also looking plump enough to be attractive again. A two-year Treasury now gets you 4.1%, a yield not seen sin...

Procter & Gamble Sounds a Warning After Strong Quarter

Updated July 29, 2022 9:17 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) Procter & Gamble maker of Tide detergent and Pampers diapers, is predicting the slowest sales growth in years as consumer belt-tighte...

Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are Hours for Easter Monday 2022.

Text size Dreamstime U.S. investors eager to trade after the holiday weekend will have plenty of news to digest, thanks to corporate earnings. More than 100 companies are slated to report this week—an...

Opinion: These 10 dividend-paying stocks show why cash isn’t trash in a brutal market

The best shareholders love dividend stocks —and anyone concerned about the current global financial market turmoil should consider them. Dividend stocks give shareholders regular cash payouts year aft...

What CEOs Are Saying About Inflation: ‘The World Has Changed’

This is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said on their quarterly earnings calls this week about what they are seeing and doing about inflation. “We’re seeing inflation.…Logistics, as I’ve me...