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There Are Signs Inflation May Have Peaked, but Can It Come Down Fast Enough?
Growing signs that price pressures are easing suggest that June’s distressingly high 9.1% increase in consumer prices will probably be the peak. But even if inflation indeed comes down, economists see...
Here’s the incredibly strong signal for stocks that is coming from the corporate bond market
Is it a false dawn in the stock market or is there something real? The S&P 500 has never lost ground over the following year when advancing volume was at least 85% of volume for two out of three d...
Natural Gas Stocks Are Beating Oil Names. Here’s Why.
Text size Unlike oil, natural gas has no cartel to stabilize prices, so they are likely to remain volatile. Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Oil prices have traded lower for most of July, with U.S.-traded cru...
Why the 60/40 model suddenly has life again
The good ol’ 60/40 portfolio, designed to produce decent returns in all environments, is having one of its worst years ever. Going by the simplest possible construction — 60% in the S&P 500 SPX, +...
Stock Investors, After Brutal Stretch, Have Rarely Been This Pessimistic
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Lumber Prices Tumble After Huge Gains in 2021
Shopping for lumber at a Home Depot in Alhambra, Calif., earlier this year Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images Text size The lumber market has taken some big hits from rising inflation and a slowdown i...
U.S. stock futures inch up ahead of CPI data that could show inflation at 40-year high
U.S. equity futures inched higher on Wednesday, though trading was timid ahead of U.S. data that could show stubborn inflation forcing a faster pace of rate rises from the Federal Reserve. How are sto...
Why crude released from U.S. oil reserves may have ended up being exported overseas
U.S. drivers had high hopes that the historic release of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve would help ease triple-digit prices of crude oil and reduce gasoline prices at the pump, but ...
This strategist warned investors not to chase momentum at the top. Now he says it’s time to be a contrarian.
Michael Darda, chief economist and market strategist at MKM Partners, was no fan of the stock market when it was registering record highs. “Blinded by liquidity and false expectations of the proverbia...
The Stock Market Is Closed Today. It’s Dropping Anyway.
Text size The stock market roller-coaster ride continued Monday even with trading in the U.S. closed for the Fourth of July holiday. Lie Ma/Xinhua via Getty The stock market is dropping even though it...
European natural gas prices surge as Norwegian outage adds to supply woes
Natural gas prices in Europe surged on Monday to their most expensive since the early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as proposed strikes in Norway increased fears about inadequate supply. Natu...
Stock Market Today: U.S. Futures Wobble, Global Stocks Rise on July 4 Holiday
Text size Wall Street is closed for the Fourth of July. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Global stocks were mostly higher and U.S. futures wavered on the Fourth of July. While it is set to be a quiet day...
The 60-40 portfolio is supposed to protect investors from volatility: so why is it having such a bad year?
The first half of 2022 has been a historically bad stretch for markets, and the carnage hasn’t been limited to stocks. As stocks and bonds have sold off in tandem, investors who for years have relied ...
U.S. stock futures struggle for gains ahead of GDP data
U.S. stock futures struggled for direction on Wednesday, leaving Wall Street potentially on course for a third consecutive day of losses, as investors fret that soaring inflation is damaging the world...
How long will stocks stay in a bear market? It hinges on if a recession hits, says Wells Fargo Institute
When the S&P 500 officially dropped into a bear market on June 13, closing down more than 20% from its last peak, it stirred debate about whether investors should hold tight or think about buying ...
U.S. stock futures drop as Powell testimony looms, recession worries return to the spotlight
Recession worries were back in the spotlight for Wall Street on Wednesday, with equity futures and oil prices dropping, as investors looked ahead to Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairm...
What the Fed’s biggest rate hike in decades means for the bear market in bonds
Historically bad. That’s how the mammoth $53 trillion U.S. fixed-income market has performed this year as the Federal Reserve works to curtail high inflation threatening to wreck the economy. To turbo...
Dow futures slump over 500 points as post-Fed meeting gains evaporate
U.S. stock index futures slumped early Thursday, as the gains seen after the Federal Reserve’s biggest interest rate hike since 1994 quickly faded. What’s happening Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial...
Dow futures slump nearly 600 points as second day of selling in store after inflation shock
U.S. stock futures looked set to break below the lows of May, as financial markets continue to reel from a surprise acceleration in inflation just days ahead of a Federal Reserve interest-rate decisio...
S&P 500 Poised for Bear Market as Stock Futures Drop
The S&P 500 was on track to open in bear market territory, while global stocks tumbled and bond yields jumped as fears over inflation rattled investors around the world. Futures for the S&P 50...
U.S. stock futures sink Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January
U.S. stock-index futures sank Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.54% fell more than 170 points, or 0.5%, late Sunday, while S&P 500 ...
U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Lower on Monday Ahead of Fed Week
Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks were poised for a lower opening on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on...
Inflation is Hot and Stocks Are Cold. Now the Fed Needs to Rethink Its Rosy Projections.
Text size As the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee meets this coming week, it will have to confront the challenge of controlling higher-than-anticipated Inflation, driven by rising food and fue...
U.S. stock futures rise in holiday trade as Shanghai sets reopening plans
U.S. stock futures rose on Monday in light holiday volume, helped by plans from the world’s number-two economy to lift some restrictions as it fights COVID more aggressively than the rest of the world...
Stock Market Today: Global Stocks, U.S. Futures Move Higher on Memorial Day
Text size Stock and bond trading will resume on Wall Street on Tuesday after Memorial Day. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Global stocks and U.S. futures rose on Monday amid a quiet day for markets due ...
‘Squeezable’ AMC, GameStop stocks break out to multi-month highs
Shares of both AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. and GameStop Corp. surged to multi-month highs Wednesday, as they extended breakouts above previous chart resistance levels. The rallies come after Ihor ...