Americans woke up Monday morning to a stock market in sharp decline. In many ways, it was a replay of what investors have seen in recent weeks. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.57%...
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Panic-like selling emerges Monday as stock market tumbles and Dow skids over 1,000 points
Panic-like behavior was starting to set in on Wall Street, at least from a technical perspective. Trading in New York Stock Exchange-listed stocks at midday Monday exhibited panic-like-selling action ...
Dow tumbles over 600 points early Monday as Wall Street extends decline ahead of Fed decision, earnings wave
U.S. stock benchmarks were under pressure early Monday, falling sharply as the downtrend that has pressured stocks this year continues apace. Investors are watching for an important two-day meeting of...
Opinion: Peloton’s stock price is disconnected from reality, and it will fall below $15 before hitting bottom
We have been recommending that investors short Peloton since October 2020. Even after falling 76% in 2021 and continuing to drop this month, Peloton’s valuation remains disconnected from the reality o...
These money and investing tips can shelter your portfolio from the stock market’s worst storms
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Can you name today’s biggest r...
Is the market crashing? No. Here’s what’s happening to stocks, bonds as the Fed aims to end the days of easy money, analysts say
As the stock market has convulsed lower and yields for bonds have surged in recent weeks, culminating in a so-called correction for the Nasdaq Composite Index, average Americans are wondering what’s a...
Wall Street: $100 Oil Might Just Be the Beginning
Text size The big question now for oil is where the U.S. dollar goes. Oil is priced in dollars and a strong dollar tends to hurt oil prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images A bet on $100 oil has gone from a l...
How a Russian invasion of Ukraine could trigger market shock waves
The threat of a devastating European ground war hasn’t done much to rattle financial markets so far, but investors still appear likely to snap up traditional safe-haven assets should Russia attack Ukr...
As stock-market turbulence revs up, this ETF theme has drawn 32% of flows in 2022 so far: ‘This isn’t a flash in the pan’
Thank god its Thursday! The Nasdaq Composite posted its first correction since March and equity benchmarks were trying to stage a mini rally, at last check on Thursday. Is this the beginning of the en...
Stock Market Suffers Worst Week Since 2020. Here’s What Comes Next.
Text size The decline has been painful for investors who have been trained to buy on the dips. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg A bad start to 2022 just got a whole lot worse. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
Bitcoin drops below $40,000 as global market selloff spreads to cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin prices were trading at levels not seen since August, pushing below a key support level on Friday, as a selloff of perceived riskier assets spread to cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.06%, t...
Opinion: A bullish sign? Nasdaq investor sentiment is worse now than it was in March 2020
Bearishness has fallen to such an extreme that it supports a significant stock market rally. Sentiment certainly has taken its time reaching this extreme. Just two weeks ago, when I last devoted a col...
When no stock-market lead is safe, here’s what history shows the Nasdaq’s near-term returns look like (it’s not pretty)
Rallies are getting squashed and no lead appears to be safe for the stock market in recent trade. In fact, the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.30%’s intraday reversal on Thursday — when it was up 2.1% at it...
‘Good luck! We’ll all need it’: U.S. market approaches end of ‘superbubble,’ says Jeremy Grantham
The U.S. is approaching the end of a “superbubble” spanning across stocks, bonds, real estate and commodities following massive stimulus during the COVID pandemic, potentially leading to the largest m...
Peloton’s stock skids, following report it will pause production of bikes, treadmills
Shares of Peloton Interactive PTON, -17.24% were sinking Thursday afternoon, trading below where it first listed, after a report said the exercise-equipment maker was temporarily pausing production of...
‘We Were Wrong’ About Exxon’s Prospects, Analyst Says
Text size Scott Olson/Getty Images A former bear on Exxon Mobil has changed his tune, and acknowledged that he underestimated the company’s comeback last year. RBC Capital Markets analyst Biraj Borkha...
At least 6 signs show the stock market is starting to break down
Strap in! It could be a bumpy ride this year. Financial markets are off to a woeful start for the bulls in 2022. Blame surging inflation, an out-of-step Federal Reserve, or a nagging pandemic. But wha...
The Nasdaq Composite just logged its 66th correction since 1971—here’s what history says happens next in the stock market
The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -1.15% on Wednesday booked its first close in correction territory since March with a rapid surge in Treasury yields, and expectations for interest-rate increases from...
The 60/40 portfolio ‘is in danger’ as Federal Reserve gears up for a rate-hike cycle in coming months
The traditional portfolio mix of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, historically seen as the safest allocation for investors of moderate-risk tolerance, “is in danger” as the Federal Reserve gears up for its f...
Monday’s worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 are down as much as 42% for 2022
Monday’s stock-market decline accelerated, and a closer look at the day’s worst performers highlighted painful double-digit year-to-date drops. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.92% was down a...