Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...
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Recession is `the most likely’ outcome for U.S. economy, says Larry Summers
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, whose out-of-consensus views about the risks of persistent inflation have come true, is reiterating his concerns about a potential U.S. downturn: He now says a...
Three value stocks that can provide safety as interest rates rise
Stocks have been on a rocky road this year, as investors have tried to anticipate every possible move by the Federal Reserve to combat inflation. Value strategies have held up better than growth strat...
The silver lining of surging inflation: I-bond yields should climb above 9%
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. –Want to lock in a greater-than-8% return with U.S. Treasurys over the next 12 months? Of course you would, especially given the higher-than-expected inflation numbers reported this ...
‘Calamity’ may be coming, stock-market setup similar to 1999: Jeffrey Gundlach
A “calamity” may be coming for markets, potentially in 2023, Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of DoubleLine, warned Tuesday on stage at the Exchange ETF conferen...
As inflation hits a new 40-year high, 5 financial advisers on what they’re doing with their own money amid high inflation
Getty Images/iStockphoto The annual rate of inflation in the U.S. rose to 8.5%, which is a four-decade high, new consumer price index data revealed. Inflation hasn’t been this high since the early 198...
The Safe Investment That Will Soon Yield Almost 10%
There’s no such thing as a free lunch in finance. Except maybe this: The interest rate on inflation-adjusted U.S. savings bonds will approach 10% beginning in May. U.S. Treasury Series I Bonds, or I B...
How to Handle the Taxes on the AT&T Spinoff of Warner Bros.
Text size The Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif. AT&T shareholders have received a 0.242 share of Warner Bros. Discovery for each AT&T share. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg Bing Guan/B...
Bitcoin Prices, Other Cryptos Fall—and Why One Trader Sees a Tumble to $30,000
Text size Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto space has come under pressure amid a shift in Fed policy. Rutmer Visser/Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies slipped lower on Monday, continuing t...
Here’s Another Reason to Do a Roth IRA Conversion. Your Heirs Will Thank You.
Dreamstime Text size If you’re planning to leave a tax-deferred account to your children, you may be able to save them a lot of money by doing Roth conversions while you’re alive. Suppose you have a ...
The housing market is running hot. Can the Fed cool it before it crashes?
When the “Bond King” Bill Gross sat down recently with Barry Ritholtz for an episode of “The Big Picture” podcast, the billionaire investor and PIMCO founder took a pretty skeptical view of who might ...
Inflation Is Here to Stay. How to Adjust Your Portfolio.
Inflation is rampant and ubiquitous today, from the gas pump to the grocery store. The U.S. consumer price index has quadrupled in the past year, from a 1.7% annual rate in February 2021 to 7.9% this ...
Three things to take care of when you retire—your future self will thank you for it
After a working lifetime of alarm clocks and meetings, you might be looking forward to a lot more unstructured time once you retire. But taking care of one more to-do list early on can set you up for ...
Why Russia Doesn’t Want to Default—Even in a Time of War
Behind the fight over whether Russia should be allowed to pay off its debts is an age-old issue: Borrowers, even in times of war, want to keep their reputations for making investors whole. The U.S. Tr...
The Fed’s plan to rapidly slash its balance sheet is out. Here’s what happens to money in the system.
Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s March meeting released on Wednesday detailed plans for shrinking its nearly $9 trillion balance sheet to help cool U.S. inflation running at 40-year highs, but tricky ...
Another Recession Indicator Just Flashed Red
An index tracking plane, train, and ground transportation stocks has dropped more than 20% from its recent high. Dreamstime.com Text size The Dow Jones Transportation Average slipped into bear market ...
Opinion: Want to beat the stock market over the next decade? Add bonds to your portfolio
The death of the 60/40 portfolio has been widely accepted as growth and technology stocks overwhelmed gains in fixed-income securities since the end of the financial meltdown over 10 years ago. Howeve...
Fed primed to jack up interest rates in 1/2-point steps if inflation stays high
The Federal Reserve signaled its plans to increase a key U.S. interest rate by 1/2 percentage point steps at upcoming meetings if inflation remains high or gets even worse, according to minutes of the...
Fed must ‘inflict more losses’ on stock-market investors to tame inflation, says former central banker
So much for the Fed put. “‘It’s hard to know how much the U.S. Federal Reserve will need to do to get inflation under control. But one thing is certain: To be effective, it’ll have to inflict more los...
Millennials have solved the retirement crisis
Wow. It looks like millennials have totally solved the retirement crisis. And it turns out it was a lot easier than anyone realized. The solution? Cryptocurrencies, of course. A new survey of 4,000 pe...
Recession Warning Bells Are Ringing. These Banks Look Strong.
Text size Truist identified several banks that would likely be hurt less than their rivals in a mild recession. Dreamstime Concern that the economy could be about to shrink is growing, so bank analyst...
Worried About a Recession? Buy IBM Stock, Morgan Stanley Says.
Text size IMB stock is a buy according to Morgan Stanley. Dreamstime Worried about recession? Then maybe you want to take a fresh look at IBM stock. That advice comes courtesy of Morgan Stanley analys...