Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday joined the chorus of U.S. central bankers who want to move faster on raising interest rates. “It is appropriate in my view to be moving a little more...
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Blackstone’s Earnings Beat Estimates. Assets Under Management Are Rising.
Text size Blackstone Group had net inflows of $50 billion in the quarter. Munshi Ahmed/Bloomberg Blackstone, the private-equity giant, reported higher distributable earnings than expected and came clo...
As Putin eyes a date to declare victory, here’s a Ukraine scenario that could slam stocks by another 10%
Stocks are set to get a major bump on Thursday, thanks to blowout results from Tesla, which go some way in easing the sting over Netflix disappointment. With earnings sharply in focus for now, market ...
Mining stocks must dig deep as they show weakness despite rising commodity prices
The start of the year was not kind to mining stocks despite most commodity prices touching highs or all-time highs early in March 2022. Slowdowns in 2015 and the early days of the Covid pandemic saw ...
Shipping Stocks Are Exploding Amid A Commodity Supercycle
Market experts consider rising inflation and the Ukraine crisis as the two biggest market risks this year. Runaway inflation has been corroding asset values, limiting buying power and eating away at c...
‘The Fed always screws up.’ This forecaster sees inflation peaking and U.S. stocks in a bear market by summer
Keith McCullough, founder and CEO of Hedgeye Risk Management, has been bullish on gold, silver and utilities since the start of the year, when his investment-research firm’s economic models turned bea...
Fed may need to be even more aggressive fighting inflation as U.S. household cash exceeds debt for first time in three decades, warns Deutsche Bank
With U.S. households looking in good financial shape, the Federal Reserve may need to be even more aggressive raising interest rates to cool the economy and bring down high inflation, according to a r...
Why you should retire with more money than you need
I’m frequently asked some variation of this question: Can I afford to retire? The question seems simple, but it’s trickier than you might think. The simple answer is: It depends on how much you need f...
Forward Prices In Commodity And Bond Markets Consistent With Rapid Slowdown In CPI
Commodity and Interest Rate Markets Anticipate Taming of Inflation getty Annualized CPI at 8%. Crude oil at $105/barrel. 10-year bond yields at 2.7%. These price levels that continually scroll over co...
Here are 30 stocks that Goldman Sachs likes when the economy stutters and markets gyrate
Wall Street is finding some traction for Tuesday, as investors wade through big earnings and ample, gloomy distractions. Fighting has ramped up again in Ukraine as the battle begins for the country’s ...
You need to pay more attention to dividends — this math shows why they beat inflation
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – One of the best bear-market-protection strategies is hidden in plain sight: Dividend-paying stocks. Most investors pay little attention to them. Because the stock market’s dividend...
What the rising probability of a ‘growth scare’ means for the stock market, according to Citigroup
Recession worries are working their way into equities, according to Citigroup. A “mild recession in 2023” could lead to a drop of about 20% for the S&P 500 index from its late March high of around...
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...
U.S. stock futures slip headed into big earnings week
U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, ahead of a big week of earnings reports. As of midnight Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.16% futures were down about 80 points, or 0.2%, whi...
Bond Rout Promises More Pain for Investors
The worst bond rout in decades shows few signs of abating, threatening further pain for both investors and borrowers. Battered by high inflation readings and sharp messages from Federal Reserve offici...
These money and investing tips are what you need when markets aren’t giving what you want
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Quest for Pricing Power Drives Stock Gains
Investors are on the hunt for companies with the magic words during any spell of inflation: pricing power. With consumer prices rising at their fastest pace in 40 years and stocks wobbly over the Fede...
Opinion: Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter spells trouble for Tesla investors — here’s why
For years, Elon Musk has used hype to prop up Tesla’s stock. It’s worked so well that other companies have followed his lead. But now we think the world has seen that the emperor has no clothes. The a...
Utility Stocks Are Hot Right Now. Here’s Why.
Text size A Dominion Energy solar-power facility in Selmer, Tenn. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Higher bond yields are roiling the stock market. Utility shares have benefited—and it doesn’t look like their r...
Selling Your Stocks in May and Go Away Could Be the Best Strategy This Year
Text size A trader at the New York Stock Exchange. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images This could be the year to follow the adage: Sell in May and go away. It was a pretty lousy holiday-shortened week. T...
Recession fears and the stock market — Is it too late to play defense?
Recession fears are on the rise as the Federal Reserve gears up to fight inflation. Many stock-market investors are already playing defense and may wonder if those strategies have more room to run. Bu...
Municipal Bonds Are Down So Much That They’re Buys Again
Text size Al Drago/Bloomberg A funny thing happened in the past week, as news emerged of inflation hitting a four-decade high. A few strategists started looking a bit more positively on bonds, or at l...
U.S. natural gas is trading at an ‘insane’ price — Why it hit a 14-year high
Natural-gas futures on Thursday posted a gain for the holiday-shortened week, their fifth weekly climb in a row, with prices for the fuel settling at their highest in close to 14 years. The front-mont...
Opinion: Why the United States is reluctant to become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas
OXFORD, England (Project Syndicate)—With images of Russian aggression and war crimes in Ukraine continuing to dominate the media in Europe and around the world, Germany has pledged to cut its imports ...
Here’s how to craft student-loan forgiveness in a way that cuts out those who don’t need help
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Thursday released new analyses on student loans, with one blog post focused on who would benefit from various approaches to canceling such debt — as well as eac...