Cooling global demand and steady improvements in supply should result in falling rates of inflation for goods over the next year, New York Fed President John Williams said Monday. “These factors shoul...
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Opinion: Stock markets will drop another 40% as a severe stagflationary debt crisis hits an overleveraged global economy
NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)—For a year now, I have argued that the increase in inflation would be persistent, that its causes include not only bad policies but also negative supply shocks, and that c...
Stocks will continue falling even after Fed pivots, warns Morgan Stanley strategist who predicted bear market
Morgan Stanley Chief Equity Strategist Mike Wilson on Monday has doubled down on his call for stocks to continue falling into the end of 2022 partly because of a shrinking supply of dollars in some of...
Treasury yields pull back sharply amid concerns over Credit Suisse
Treasury yields pulled back sharply on Monday as investors assessed worries over the financial health of a large European bank and a gauge on the U.S. manufacturing sector produced the weakest reading...
Oil prices jump on reports OPEC+ will cut production
Oil prices jumped on Monday following reports that the OPEC+ cartel is planning a large production cut. Price action West Texas Intermediate crude CLX22, +4.20% for November delivery rose $3.20, or 4%...
Credit Suisse: What’s going on, and why its stock is falling
Credit Suisse was trending for all the wrong reasons this weekend, as social media was in a frenzy debating whether one of the 30 global systemically important banks would collapse altogether. The ban...
We Have to Rely on 70-Year-Old Case Law to Determine What’s a Security or Commodity – Regulation Bitcoin News
The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says his agency and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “have to rely on 70-year-old case law to determine what’s a security or...
These money and investing tips can get your portfolio running again after September’s breakdown
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 Forget the 4% retirement spend...
Micron faces ‘unprecedented’ supply issues, and analysts are split on if the bottom has been hit
Micron Technology Inc. is dealing with an “unprecedented” oversupply problem, but whether it gets worse or better in the near-term is up for debate. However, analysts had different ideas about when th...
Bond Market Turmoil Could Last a While. How to Ride It Out.
It is an exciting time for fixed income—and a terrifying one, too. Central banks are in the midst of the most dramatic tightening of monetary policy in a generation, which has helped push yields on so...
Short U.S. stocks and short-term Treasurys until Halloween, Bank of America strategist says
Short U.S. stocks as well as short-term bonds until Halloween, a Bank of America strategist advises. Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at Bank of America Securities, said he’s a tactical b...
These 20 stocks in the S&P 500 tumbled between 20% and 30% in September
Stocks declined again on Friday, closing out September with large losses across the board as the rally from the June lows partway through August faded into memory. The S&P 500 SPX fell 1.5% on Fri...
Forget the 4% retirement spending rule. How do you feel about 1.9%?
Retirees and near-retirees have known for some time that the famed 4% rule needs to be revised downwards. But by how much? Would you believe 1.9%? That’s the conclusion of new research that replicates...
How Low Will the Stock Market Go? S&P 3300 Might Just Be the Start.
The stock market desperately wants to put in a low. The Federal Reserve won’t let it. You wouldn’t know that from looking at the market this past week. On the one hand, U.S. economic data remains stro...
AT&T, Verizon and Comcast stocks just had their worst quarter in two decades
Some of the biggest telecommunications stocks just posted their steepest quarterly declines in two decades amid pressures both new and old on the cable and wireless industries. Shares of wireless comp...
CFTC Commissioner – “Ethereum Is A Commodity, Even With Proof-of-Stake”
CFTC Commissioner Christy Romero reiterates that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) still considers Ethereum as a commodity even after the proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. CFTC Chair Rost...
Stock-market turnaround? Why October is known as a ‘bear killer.’
While September lived up to its reputation as a brutal month for stocks, October tends to be a “bear-market killer,” associated with historically strong returns, especially in midterm election years. ...
‘Painfully slow capitulation’: Why investors keep getting inflation wrong
A brutal third quarter in financial markets came to a close on Friday and one thing is overwhelmingly clear: Inflation is the single most important factor driving asset valuations right now and yet fe...
Young people shouldn’t save for retirement, new research says
Most financial planners advise young people to start saving early — and often — for retirement so they can take advantage of the so-called eighth wonder of the world – the power of compound interest. ...
This is the time when ‘accidents’ like Enron have happened — this JPMorgan quant says yields have peaked and prefers bonds over stocks
The old expression is when the tide goes out, you get to see who’s swimming naked. In financial markets, the tide is going out when central banks are raising interest rates and growth is slowing. That...
‘We are in deep trouble’: Billionaire investor Druckenmiller believes Fed’s monetary tightening will push the economy into recession in 2023
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller sees a “hard landing” for the U.S. economy by the end of 2023 as the Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary tightening will result in a recession. “I will be...
It’s the worst September for stocks since 2008. What that means for October.
September is traditionally the toughest month for stocks, but this one is shaping up to be the worst since 2008, during the bleak days of the financial crisis. Seasonally inclined investors may wonder...
Dividend yields on preferred stocks have soared. This is how to pick the best ones for your portfolio.
This year nearly every type of security has declined — bad news if you look at your portfolio’s value each day and have difficulty sleeping at night. On the other hand, it’s good news if you’re lookin...
This stock market strategist says the coming recession could be the biggest ever. ‘I recommend prayer.’
Keith McCullough, founder and CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management, isn’t one to mince words about financial markets, the Federal Reserve or the economy. Right now he has a few less-than-charitable things t...