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How to Invest During a Bear Market: 6 Tips
If you’re new to the stock market, you’ve probably had a rude awakening: The value of your investments has declined in the past few months. While that may be worrisome, don’t panic. A bear market—defi...
Is China Headed for a Lehman-Style Crisis? This Property Bust Is Different.
Text size The downturn in China’s property market is unlikely to lead to a meltdown that triggers a financial crisis. STR/AFP via Getty Images China’s property slump and suffering economy is lea...
The Bear Market Has Brought ‘Fear and Uncertainty’ for Gen Z. How They’re Coping.
Ella Gupta made her first investment when she was 10. With the help of her parents, she took half the profits of her bracelet-making business and invested in the stock market. At 14, she opened a Roth...
Is the Stock Market Going Up? It Depends on the Definition of Recession.
Text size Tradersat the New York Stock Exchange. Seth Wenig/AP Not since Bill Clinton testified about the meaning of the word “is” has so much hinged on the meaning of one simple word. The word is “re...
Apple and Microsoft Report Earnings Next Week. Can a Fed Rate Hike Top Them?
Text size Earnings from Big Tech are next week. But so is the Federal Reserve’s announcement on interest rates. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Big Tech earnings season will shift into fifth gear next...
TIPS, I Bonds Are Smart Ways to Buy Inflation Protection
Illustration by Liam Eisenberg Text size As a consumer, it is almost impossible to escape the ravages of inflation, which rose at a 9.1% clip in the 12 months ended June, based on the U.S. Consumer Pr...
It’s a Bear-Market Rally. Whether it Lasts Depends on the Fed.
Text size This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Powell the Volckerizer? Intraday Strategy Edge Eve...
Expect Two Recessions, and a Quick End to the Fed’s Hikes
Forward guidance sounds like a great idea. Central bankers should lay out their longer-term goals to influence financial markets. Just as hockey great Wayne Gretzky would skate where the puck was head...
Senate Votes on Chips Act Today. What It Means for Intel and Other Stocks.
Text size The Senate votes Tuesday on a bill that would authorize more than $50 billion in subsidies and tax credits for U.S. chip makers. Tim Herman/Intel Corporation Semiconductor stocks rose Tuesda...
The Stock Market May Have Hit Bottom. Here’s Why.
Text size Commodity prices have tumbled in the past month, with oil and copper down 17% and 33%, respectively. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images It never feels good when the stock market turns big gain...
Bear Market Have You Down? Here Are 3 Tips for Managing Anxiety During Tumult.
While investors and retirement savers grapple with a host of stressors from a bear market to surging inflation, financial advisors and psychologists say there are steps to take to ease anxiety. Illust...
A Strong U.S. Dollar Raises Risks for Everyone
Text size The strong dollar is especially bad news for tech companies that realize much of their profits abroad. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Nothing can stop the dollar—and until something does, expect m...
Jeremy Siegel on Why Today’s Inflation Is Different From the 1970s
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size This isn’t a rerun of the 1970s, argues Jeremy Siegel, the author of the seminal Stocks for the Long Run and a professor emeritus of finance at the University of ...
Fed Finally Is Focusing on the Big Picture in Inflation Fight
Text size A modest decline in gasoline prices has raised some hope that inflation is abating. Gene J. Puskar/AP/Shutterstock “Don’t fight the Fed” has long been the mantra of investors. As the U.S. ce...
Stock Market Had Finished Up on Friday. It’s Still a Bear Market.
Text size The S&P 500 has had many chances to rally, and has missed all of them Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Hope springs eternal, even during a bear market. Just don’t make the mistake of gettin...
Gasoline Demand Is the Lowest in a Year. Blame Remote Work, Not Pump Prices.
Text size U.S. crude oil inventory levels still remain 5% below the five-year average for this time of year. Brandon Bell/Getty Images It isn’t just high oil prices, but Americans working from home th...
The S&P 500 Has a New Price Target. The Market Is Getting Dicey.
Text size Bank of America’s strategists believe that earnings forecasts will fall, bringing stock prices down with them. Amir Hamja/Bloomberg Bank of America strategists lowered their price targ...
Money Is Pouring Into Bonds Again. What It Means.
Text size The renewed interest in government bonds comes as the 10-year Treasury yield has surged to around 3%. Dreamstime Investors are pouring money into bond funds—a reversal from a trend seen for ...
A Double-Dip Recession Is Coming. It Will Be Worse if the Fed Caves on Inflation
A double-dip recession like the one experienced in the early 1980s is likely, writes Robert Heller. Above, a line of people waiting to apply for jobs at a hotel in Tampa Bay, Fla., in 1982. AP/Shutter...
Coal Is on Its Way Out, Despite Supreme Court EPA Ruling
Text size A NextEra Energy wind farm in Whitewater, Calif. Bing Guan/Bloomberg The U.S. utility industry’s shift from coal and toward renewables likely will be unaffected by a recent Supreme Court rul...
Stock Outlook Brightens as Jobs Stay Strong, Commodities Prices Decline
Text size The jobless rate held steady at 3.6% in June. Above, looking for work at a job fair in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The economy looks resilient, and inflation is coming down. That combin...
JPMorgan, Delta, Morgan Stanley, TSMC, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
Text size Second-quarter earnings season is here. More than a dozen S&P 500 firms report this week, including several major banks. JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley go first on Thursday, followed ...
Car Repos Are Exploding. That’s a Bad Omen.
The jobs report and minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June meeting were the economic highlights of the week, but they are, respectively, a lagging indicator and old news. This column instead digs int...
Energy Stocks Are Cheap. Just Ask Warren Buffett.
Energy stocks are on sale, after a sharp selloff since oil and natural-gas prices peaked in early June. Oil is down 18% from its high, to $102 a barrel, while gas has fallen by a third, to about $6 pe...
Toys Are Staples, Making Mattel a Buy in a Recession, Says Analyst
Shares of Mattel rose this past Monday, but fell for the week, after an upgrade from Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng, who argued that the toy maker had the ability to navigate economic uncertainties....