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A punishing selloff in short-term debt is pushing one rate near the ‘magic’ level that ‘frightens’ markets
The yield on the 1-year Treasury note is testing 4%, a level that traders say could spill over into other rates and send shivers through financial markets, as the Federal Reserve presses forward in ea...
S&P, Nasdaq And Dow Have Negative Weekly Charts. Here’s How To Trade Them.
(Photo by Andrew Burton) Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 Index (SPX), Nasdaq Composite (IXIC), Dow Jones Transport Average (DJT) and Russell 2000 Index (RUT) have nega...
Inflation Hit the Stock Market. These Stocks Could Benefit From Rising Prices.
Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** John Deere tractors Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Inflation doesn’t want to go away—and the stock market is reeling. Some stocks, though, could benefit if inflation remai...
Tesla Talks About a Lower-Priced Car. When It’s Coming.
Text size If it wasn’t for lousy inflation data, Tesla bulls might be feeling very happy with the company. Getty Images Tesla stock is down with the rest of the market on a bad day for stocks. T...
U.S. inflation roars back in August, CPI shows, despite falling gas prices
The numbers: Falling gas price delivered a second low U.S. inflation reading in a row as the consumer price index rose by just 0.1% in August. But the report also showed inflation has spread more broa...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
Tesla Is Planning a New Business
Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...
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...
Tesla’s Planning a New Business. It’s a License to Print Money, Says Musk.
Text size Tesla has new plans to lower its lithium-ion battery costs. Ronny Hartmann/AFP via Getty Images Auto makers around the world are scrambling to secure raw materials to expand battery capacity...
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...
Lucid Stock Takes a Tumble. Why? Look at the Shareholder Mix.
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size A sudden drop in Lucid Group ’s stock price highlights a key investing insight: Shareholder mix matters. The electric-vehicle maker’s shares (ticker: LCID) fell 6...
Bonds Are in a Bear Market. How to Play What Happens Next.
Text size A shift in Federal Reserve monetary policy has helped ratchet up bond yields, hitting prices. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Red-hot inflation and rising interest rates have hammered the globa...
‘The psychology has changed so quickly’: Why stock-market lows may be retested as S&P 500 enters its weakest stretch of year
With summer winding down, the U.S. stock market is set up for a potentially shaky fall. “Recession fears are the most likely trigger of a retest of the June lows,” said Ed Clissold, chief U.S. strate...
The Stock Market Looked Ready to Recover Before Falling Apart. What Went Wrong.
Text size Jonathan Alpeyrie/Bloomberg August’s payrolls data was greeted with chants of “Goldilocks” for being not too hot and not too cold. Investors, however, forgot that “Goldilocks and the Three B...
Toyota Is Upping Its EV Game to Catch GM, Ford, and Tesla
Text size An all-electric 2023 BZ4X from Toyota. The company sold only 14,000 all-electric vehicles in 2021. Courtesy of Toyota The automotive giant Toyota Motor is starting to pivot away from hybrid ...
What does Friday’s jobs report mean for the market? ‘Too hot’ and stocks could tumble, says market pro
With Federal Reserve Chair Powell last week reaffirming plans to keep raising interest rates to bring down inflation despite the risk of recession, Friday’s monthly U.S. jobs report may once again car...
‘Don’t be a hero’ — Cramer says unprofitable stocks may have even more room to fall
Investors should continue to shun money-losing companies, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday, contending the turbulence that dominated earlier this year has returned with vigor. “It’s a...
Jeremy Grantham warns ‘tragedy’ looms as stock ‘superbubble’ may burst
A “superbubble” appears dangerously near its “final act” after the recent rally in U.S. stocks lured some investors back into the market just ahead of potential “tragedy,” according to Jeremy Grantham...
Ray Dalio says watch out for rates reaching this level, because Wall Street stocks will take a 20% hit
After that CPI shock earlier in the week, Wall Street is fielding a fresh batch of data on Thursday, with the headline retail sales number coming in stronger than expected. And a disastrous rail strik...