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2-year Treasury yield rises to highest level since 2007
Treasury yields rose on Friday, with the two-year yield rising to its highest level since 2007 as Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank would likely hike its benchmark rate by another 7...
These two ETFs point to a potential stock-market drop, says this market analyst
Growth and technology stocks, as measured by the Nasdaq-100 index, have gotten more expensive and appear poised for a potential fall in the next couple weeks, according to Michael Kramer, founder of M...
Oil Prices Slump as Recession Fears Grow
Another turbulent week in oil markets carried crude prices to their lowest point since January, with thin trading and a blurry outlook for supply and demand driving a fitful 30% decline from this year...
Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ Is Disrupting Crypto Trading and Lending
Text size Ethereum’s “Merge” is a hotly anticipated and long-awaited upgrade. Dreamstime Crypto markets linked to Ether are facing disruption as the blockchain network behind the wor...
U.S. stocks suffer largest weekly outflows in 11 weeks as investors brace for possible jumbo Fed rate hike
Investors withdrew billions of dollars out of U.S. equities funds over the past week as central bankers’ hawkish messaging fueled fears of deeper economic downturn. U.S. stock funds recorded the bigg...
A surging U.S. dollar is already sending ‘danger signals,’ economists warn
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive efforts to wring out inflation have sent the U.S. dollar soaring to historic highs — further aiding the effort to get price pressures under control. Beware, however, t...
How low can the stock market go? 4 bear scenarios investors should keep in mind
Bears who reckon the S&P 500 hasn’t yet found its bottom see the large-cap benchmark falling 15% to 35% from current levels, according to DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas. With that in ...
Inflation Could Be Harder to Tame Than the Fed Anticipates
Text size Another 75-basis-point hike in the federal-funds target is looking very, very likely. Ting Shen/Bloomberg Market participants returned from their summer holidays apparently undaunted by the ...
The Stock Market Had a Crazy Good Week. One Way to Make Sense of It All.
Text size Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Traders prefer a volatile market, and they’ve gotten one in 2022. Stocks have declined, rallied, and dropped again, driven by ever-evolving expectations for ...
Europe’s Unfolding Crises Could Impact U.S. Stocks. Here’s How.
U.S. investors are watching the Federal Reserve but the European Central Bank is likely to keep hiking rates to pull down prices, and those moves deserve more attention. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Text si...
A strong market rally could be just weeks away if the U.S. midterm elections can put anxious stock investors at ease
If the U.S. midterm election cycle this year is like past ones, the stock market will carve out an important low right around Election Day in November. That should give some hope to beleaguered invest...
The stock market’s June lows ‘need to be back in the conversation,’ says top chart watcher
Stock market investors may be facing another bear-market surprise, according to a technical strategy report from BTIG. The S&P 500’s monthly relative strength index is at 48, pointing to the possi...
Paul Volcker didn’t wait for inflation to get back to 2% before pivoting
Paul Volcker is back in the limelight after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell approvingly cited his interest rate-hiking flurry to tame inflation back in the 1970s. But what’s less talked about is t...
Why Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Sees Stocks Falling Another 20% by Mid-October
Text size Scott Minerd says ‘we should see a really sharp adjustment in prices very fast.’ Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Guggenheim Securities Chief Investment Officer Scott Miner...
Spirit AeroSystems Catches Rare Double Downgrade. It’s Good for Boeing.
Text size Spirit AeroSystems generates roughly 60% of its sales from Boeing Scott Barbour/Getty Images A key Boeing supplier is facing some headwinds, and the reason why could be good news for Boeing...
Why the ECB’s jumbo rate hike isn’t helping the beaten-down euro
The European Central Bank went big on Thursday, delivering a historically outsize 75 basis-point interest rate increase in its effort to get a grip on record inflation. Yet the euro, after a brief bou...
Inflation expectations are ‘collapsing’ — here’s why that could spur a rebound in stocks
A closely watched U.S. bond-market gauge of near-term inflation expectations has fallen below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target for the first time in two years in a sign that stocks could find some near...
Crude Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’
Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...
Oil Prices Tick Higher After Putin Threatens to Let Europe ‘Freeze’
Text size Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices inched up on Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might tear up supply c...
Preferred stocks can offer hidden opportunities for dividend investors. Just look at this JPMorgan Chase example.
This is shaping up to be a brutal year for bank stocks. But a deeper look can highlight an opportunity for income-seeking investors to make money on banks’ preferred stocks. But the S&P 500 SPX, +...
U.S. stock futures edge higher ahead of key speech from Fed’s Brainard
U.S. stock futures inched higher Wednesday, ahead of a key speech from Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and the release of the latest Fed-compiled look at the U.S. economy. What’s happening Fu...
These quant funds poured nearly $1 billion into Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway last quarter
Some of the biggest hedge funds have increased their stakes in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.26% BRK.B, -0.39% amounting to over $900 million. The likes of Bridgewater Associates and q...
U.K. may be on road to another IMF bailout, strategist warns
Is the U.K. on the road to an International Monetary Fund bailout? That’s the view of Peter Chatwell, head of global macro strategies trading at Mizuho Securities, as expressed in an interview on Bloo...
12 semiconductor stocks bucking the downcycle trend
Semiconductor stocks have been great outperformers over long periods, but their movement this year underscores how cyclical the industry can be. Here is a look behind the numbers that are driving down...
Polestar Gets Sell Rating. Its Shares Rise.
Text size Lucid stock is down 74% from its 52-week high. Courtesy Lucid Motors The bubble in small capitalization electric vehicle stocks inflated then popped. Small EV shares still trade strangely, h...