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Gold at $10,000? Death of the 40-year bull market in bonds? What’s next for the global financial system after Russia’s central bank gets cancelled
The shockwaves are still being felt by the incredible Western sanctions that have rendered the $630 billion in reserves the Russian central bank accumulated virtually unusable. Can the current dollar-...
China Gives Alibaba, Other Stocks a Lifeline. Can It Last?
Text size China said it would roll out market-friendly policies to help boost the stock market. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images With a handful of vague comments about rolling out market-friendly poli...
Remember the stock market before the war in Ukraine? JP Morgan says negativity is overblown, offers 4 hedges
“Markets appear to have been trafficking in an odd mix of hope, fear and uncertainty.” That was Mizuho Bank, summing up the state of play for markets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three we...
Dow futures climb nearly 400 points, with Fed interest-rate hike in the spotlight
U.S. stock futures on Wednesday pointed to an extension of the previous session’s rally, as traders wait for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision and react to China’s statement of support fo...
Alibaba, JD.com and Other China Stocks Soar. Here’s What Sparked the Turnaround.
Text size Shares in Alibaba and other Chinese companies have come under intense pressure recently. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares in some of China’s largest companies notched eye-watering gain...
Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Fed Decision Ahead, Alibaba and JD.com Soar
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Graeme Jennings / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were moving higher Wednesday as markets readied for a long-await...
Portfolio manager with 50 years of experience shares 1970s bear-market lesson, and three stocks to buy now
A previous version of this column gave the incorrect date for the Fed policy decision. The story has been corrected. Investors looking at their screens this morning might feel a bit of relief, with oi...
GE Builds 350-Ton Turbines at Its Power Facilities. Here’s What We Found on a Tour.
Text size 7HA.03 gas turbine in GE’s Greenville, S.C., factory. Courtesy GE Power General Electric led a tour of one of its South Carolina gas power facilities as part of its Investor Day on Thursday—...
Berkshire Hathaway Bought Back About $2 Billion of Stock This Year
Text size Warren Buffett. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway bought back about $2 billion of stock in the first quarter through early March, Barron’s estimates. Our estimate is based ...
Chinese Stocks Plunge After SEC Stokes Delisting Concerns
A further step by the Securities and Exchange Commission toward forcing companies from China off American exchanges helped trigger the worst decline in U.S.-listed Chinese stocks since the global fina...
Whether or not a bottom is in, here’s what will ride to the stock market’s rescue over 12 months, one strategist forecasts
So, is this it? After the powerful 2.6% rebound for the S&P 500 SPX, -0.43% on Wednesday, is the bottom in? Arguing yes is Mark Newton, head of technical strategy at Fundstrat, who notes that whil...
JD.com Stock Falls After Earnings Top Estimates but Revenue Growth Slows
Text size A JD.com distribution center in Beijing. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Shares of JD.com fell in premarket trading Thursday after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnin...
Should You Buy the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Fund? It’s on Sale—and That Could Be a Trap.
In closed-end funds, anything trading around 70 cents on the dollar might seem too good to pass up. Investors can get that kind of bargain now in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust . But this may be a case w...
The 8 worst-performing S&P 500 stocks with the highest ratings are expected to rebound by more than 50% over the next year
Investors don’t need to be told that stocks have been volatile. There’s a market of extremes as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and investors wait to see what the Federal Open Market Committee does ...