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 ...

Boeing Stock Gains Despite Airbus Win on China Jet Orders

Text size Competition between Boeing and Airbus has long been fierce, and will remain so. Scott Barbour/Getty Images Airbus started the second half of the year with a nice win, taking potential busine...

Opinion: Stocks could drop 50%, Nouriel Roubini argues. Things will get much worse before they get better.

NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)—The global financial and economic outlook for the year ahead has soured rapidly in recent months, with policy makers, investors, and households now asking how much they sh...

Here’s why this trader is piling back into one of the year’s hottest commodities

The end of June is nigh and good riddance. Down about 7%, only March has delivered a win for S&P 500 SPX, -0.07% investors this year, as pandemic fallout has been compounded by Russia’s brutal and...

What’s next for the stock market after the worst 1st half since 1970? Here’s the history.

A bear market that began shortly after the calendar flipped over to 2022 has the S&P 500 on track for its worst first half in 52 years. Investors looking ahead to the end of the year might have so...

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...

Why the S&P 500 may be in for a 1966-style bear market, according to DWS Group

The S&P 500 has found good support recently and, while in a bear market, the large-cap index may not fall much further this year, said David Bianco, chief investment officer of the Americas for fu...

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 ...

Why UPS Stock Could Be a Winner. Margins Are Improving.

Text size UPS CEO Carol Tome.. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Until recently, United Parcel Service operated a little like the New York Yan...

Wall Street bear who called stock-market selloff sees S&P 500 up another 7% before turning lower

Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson is one of Wall Street’s most vocal bears. But even he thinks this bear-market rally has more room to run. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.20%, S&P 500 ...

EV Newcomer Polestar Stock Has a Big and Wild First Trading Day

Text size Thomas Ingenlath, CEO of Polestar AB, will run the new company. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg The merger of the special-purpose acquisition company Gores Guggenheim and the electric-vehicle make...

Boeing Says ‘Drip, Drip’ of Bad News Should Stop. Investors Don’t Believe It.

Text size Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun expects air travel demand to stay. Dreamstime Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun spoke Wednesday at an conference in Qatar arranged by Bloomberg. For investors, there was some g...

Toyota Stock Falls After It Cuts Production Again. Bad News for Car Prices.

Text size Toyota reduced its output forecast, citing parts shortages. Above, a dealership in Houston. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Toyota Motor updated its production plans, unveiling more cuts. Wednesda...

Biden Proposes Gas Tax Suspension. That’s Not Why Oil Prices Are Falling.

Text size Crude prices fall as the Biden administration takes more steps to try to lower gasoline prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices were falling Wednesday as President Joe Biden prepared to a...

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...

The stock market’s big Tuesday bounce is likely to fizzle out: Capital Economics

It was Turnaround Tuesday for the stock market as investors returned from a three-day weekend following the S&P 500’s worst weekly tumble since 2020. Skeptics see a bear-market bounce that’s likel...

Exxon Stock Has Surged This Year. Why One Analyst Sees More Gains Ahead.

Text size Exxon stock is rising after getting upgraded at Credit Suisse. Dreamstime Exxon Mobil stock is jumping after Credit Suisse upgraded its shares from Neutral to Outperform on Tuesday.  Unlike ...

Tesla Sued for Employee Layoffs. Musk Calls Suit Trivial.

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Getty Images Employees laid off by Tesla have sued in response, giving investors in the electric-vehicle company one more issue to worry about. Employment has been on th...

Elon Musk joins the growing chorus fearing a U.S. recession. But there are stocks for that.

Look out above, the dip buyers are back in town. Stocks are soaring — for now — as Wall Street returns from a long holiday weekend, with Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifying in front of Congress...

Is the U.S. stock market closed today? What investors need to know on Juneteenth.

U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed Monday, June 20, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday, which commemorates the end of slavery in America. Officially known as the Juneteenth National Indep...

Asian markets mostly fall ahead of U.S. holiday

TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring...

Is the Stock Market Closed Today? Here Are the Hours for Juneteenth.

June 19, or Juneteenth, marks the end of slavery in the U.S. The U.S. designated the day a federal holiday in 2021. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Text size The Juneteenth holiday wee...

The Fed Turns Aggressive as Inflation Meets Signs of an Economic Slowdown

Text size At the news conference following the rate hike, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell admitted that the policy-setting committee was taken aback by news of rising prices and weaker-than-expected retail...

Stock Market Today: The Dow Edged Higher, While Tech Stocks Rallied

Text size A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market largely gained on Friday, closing out a volatile week of trading. Stability in the bon...

Stock Market Has a Very Bad Week. Why It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better.

After a three-year hiatus, the Golden State Warriors are the best team in basketball again—and they had to navigate an injury-driven tumble from the top to the absolute bottom to do it. There’s a less...

Bitcoin crash ‘absolutely’ a buying opportunity, Michael Saylor says

“‘Nobody has ever lost money investing in bitcoin for four years.’” That was MicroStrategy MSTR, +3.88% CEO and bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.27% optimist Michael Saylor talking about the recent dip in bitcoin p...

‘The economy is going to collapse,’ says Wall Street veteran Novogratz. ‘We are going to go into a really fast recession.’

Veteran investor and bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz doesn’t have a rosy outlook on the economy, which he described as headed for a substantial downturn, with the likelihood of a “fast recession” on th...

Why stocks and bonds went into relief-rally mode after Fed’s jumbo rate hike

Financial markets suffered an absolute bloodbath in the days leading up to Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, with stocks plunging and bond yields soaring in the wake of surprisingly hot inflation ...

Inflation and Fed sparking one way trip to market misery: Jim Bianco

Until inflation peaks and the Federal Reserve stops hiking rates, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns Wall Street is on a one way trip to misery. “The Fed only has one tool to bring in inflation ...

FedEx Raises Dividend, Stock Jumps 9%. Is ‘New Day Dawning?’

FedEx stock is soaring after the company announced a dividend increase. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size FedEx stock was soaring after the delivery company raised its dividend and said it would ad...

Bitcoin down 70% from all-time high. Why is crypto market crashing?

Cryptocurrencies have been crashing. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -3.21% plunged to as low as $20,834 late Monday, the lowest level since December 2020 and down about 70% from its all-time high in November. The No...

Strategist who nailed the recent S&P 500 top says three things are needed for a market bottom

Wariness is in order after the S&P 500’s bear-market finish and a potential 75 basis-point Fed hike just one day away. Gains for stock futures and a potential bounce are fading fast. Morgan Stanle...