The S&P 500 SPX, +0.28% snapped a five-session losing streak on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed the central bank would use its “tools” to get inflation under control wi...
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Fed has to be ‘far more aggressive…than the Street thinks,’ says academic who called Dow 20,000: ‘This is too much money chasing too few goods’
Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, on Wednesday sounded sanguine about the equity market, even as he conceded that inflation is likely ...
Opinion: Citadel’s $1.15 billion cash infusion isn’t a bailout but the final test of Ken Griffin’s ‘Death Star’
When you add more than a billion dollars’ worth of liquidity to a market maker that already executed more than one of every four trades in the U.S. markets on a daily basis, while simultaneously givin...
These 14 bank stocks are in the best position to benefit from rising interest rates
What would you say if you were told about a company whose stock was trading much lower to expected earnings per share than the S&P 500 Index? At the same time, it’s also expected to increase EPS n...
Worried About Inflation? Check Out This 7% Treasury Savings Bond.
Text size The Treasury Building Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images One of the best deals for savers now are Treasury Series I savings bonds now paying a 7.12% interest rate. The savings bonds, available el...
Cathie Wood is expecting a ‘bloodbath’ in this segment of the market: ‘autos are one example of…many disturbances out there in the world order’
Cathie Wood, the star fund manager and chief executive of ARK Invest, in a Tuesday monthly market update said that the used car market is where she is expecting possible losses after a surge in values...
Expect more than 4 rate increases in 2022, and a lot of market volatility, says JPMorgan’s Dimon: ‘If we’re lucky’ the Fed can engineer a “soft landing.”‘
JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, +0.10% CEO Jamie Dimon said the consumer remains in great shape in 2022 but also said volatility could be elevated in financial markets as the Federal Reserve aims to nav...
Can Energy Stocks Stay Hot in 2022?
By most measures, 2021 was a good year to be an energy investor. According to research firm Morningstar Inc., energy outperformed every other funds sector, and asset flows into these funds grew a net ...
Nasdaq Composite ends 3 percentage points from correction, as investors react to Fed, Friday’s jobs report
U.S. stocks ended lower Friday, in a turbulent session that concluded with all three major benchmarks suffering weekly declines, following a monthly jobs report whose headline figure came in far below...
Bitcoin Price Falls to 3-Month Low. Has It Fallen Too Fast?
Text size Bitcoin Dreamstime Bitcoin declined to three-month lows on Friday as minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting raised the possibility the central bank could boost interest rates as soon ...
Value stocks have pulled ahead of growth in recent weeks. Is it a head-fake?
U.S. value stocks are beating growth equities in the first week of 2022, extending their outperformance in December and faring better through the broad market slump sparked Wednesday by investor conce...
Unprofitable tech trades are off to an ugly 2022. Here are the ETFs to consider as Cathie Wood’s Ark sinks.
Happy Thursday! In mythology, Janus is a god of transitions who is often depicted as a two-faced deity. A mere three sessions into the month of January, and some investors already may be feeling whipl...
Tesla Stock Is Falling Again. Why Shares Are Giving Back Big Delivery Gains.
Text size Tesla stock is up about 3% this year after giving back its double-digit gain from the first trading day of 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Tesla opened the year with strong fourth-quarter...
20 cheap value stocks that Wall Street expects to rise up to 58%
There are plenty of arguments for why the bull market for U.S. stocks will continue in 2022. But investors’ focus appears to have shifted recently in favor of value stocks, rather than the growth stoc...
Bitcoin Tanked After the Fed Minutes Were Released. Here’s Why.
Text size Proponents of Bitcoin argue that its limited supply should make it an inflation-proof asset akin to gold. Dreamstime Bitcoin slid sharply after the Federal Reserve released minutes of its De...
Rivian Stock Is Dropping Like a Stone. Blame Amazon.
Text size Amazon has ordered 100,000 delivery vans from Rivian. Courtesy Amazon Stock in Rivian Automotive is falling fast because it seems the start-up has competition in supplying electric trucks to...
Stocks Tumble as Fed Minutes Confirm Rate Hikes Are Coming
Text size Interest rate hikes are coming. The stock market is taking note. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Stocks fell Wednesday after the minutes from the last FOMC meeting confirmed that the Federal R...
Dow sheds over 300 points, Nasdaq skids 2.9% after Fed minutes surprise with talk of shrinking balance sheet
Stocks traded lower Wednesday afternoon, with the Dow turning negative, after the release of the Federal Reserve’s last policy gathering in 2021 showed robust discussion around a potentially faster pa...
Ignore Tesla and Apple Stock for Massive Returns in Tech. Look Here Instead.
Text size Apple recently became the first public company to briefly reach a market cap of more than $3 trillion. Chris McGrath/Getty Images In the past few years, total U.S. stock market returns have ...
AT&T exceeds HBO Max subscriber outlook
Shares of AT&T Inc. are up about 1% in premarket trading Wednesday after the telecommunications company offered some fourth-quarter metrics ahead of an investor conference. AT&T T, +0.83% saw ...
Tesla and Moderna Stock Started 2022 Differently—What History Says Happens Next
The first trading day of 2022 saw both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 finish at record highs for only the sixth time in history and the second time in 30 years. The stock market acti...
Opinion: Four reasons why value stocks are poised to outperform growth in 2022 — and 14 stocks to consider
Investing is all about being in tune with the trends. Here’s one to be aware of for 2022: Value stocks will most likely beat their growth counterparts. The trend is already under way. Consider: * The ...