After a volatile week, Wall Street is bracing for more losses as U.S. stock-index futures fell sharply late Sunday. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.08% were last down more than 300 point...
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Bitcoin Falls to Half Its Peak as Investors Shun Risk
The cryptocurrency’s market tumble over the weekend echoed the broader stock market’s decline last week as investors moved away from riskier assets. Dreamstime Text size The price of Bitcoin fell 5.3%...
Most Americans were feeling gloomy even before last week’s dramatic dive in stocks — and now they fear a prolonged bear market
In a matter of hours, promising signs of a stock market rally turned into pessimism, even panic. For retail investors trying to get their legs during a volatile moment, Thursday’s deep downward lurch ...
Consider These Signs When Deciding Whether to Wade Into the Market
Text size Some strategists see more pain ahead for global stocks even as they plan for better days. Dreamstime The hesitancy to buy this dip in global stocks is real. Whether it’s concern that the Fed...
Fed hawks say they’re not so behind the curve combatting inflation
In the wake of the Federal Reserve policy meeting this week, stock markets have tumbled, raising howls of criticism that U.S. central bank policy will fail to bring down inflation. Read: ‘Unhinged’ ma...
The Stock Market Looks Like a Bear. How to Avoid Getting Eaten.
It could be very difficult for Powell and the Fed to tame inflation without causing an economic slowdown. Photo illustration by Barron’s staff; (reference) Dreamstime (5) Text size Like Winnie t...
‘Unhinged’ markets followed ‘unforced error’ by Fed’s Powell, says David Tepper
“‘Taking the optionality of 75 basis points off the table was an unforced error the Fed didn’t have to do. The Bank of England making a similar mistake the next day caused the market to become a bit u...
Stock market selloff in ‘liquidation’ stage. Why it needs to get ‘hotter’ before it burns out.
This week’s violent U.S. stock-market turnabout may have left investors feeling shaken, but a liquidation phase that may finally be under way will probably need to “get hotter” before it burns itself ...
Based on 19 bear markets in the last 140 years, here’s where the current downturn may end, says Bank of America
At nearly the halfway mark in a volatile year of trading, the S&P 500 index is down, but not out to the point of an official bear market yet. According to a widely followed definition, a bear mark...
The only two stock funds you’ll ever need
Let’s face it: You’re probably reading this article because you want to make more money from your investments. That’s the No. 1 motivation of investors. So I’m going to tell you how to achieve one of ...
Opinion: 8 ways to protect your money if you think stocks are headed even lower
I know what you’re thinking: Why, oh why, didn’t we all just “sell in May and go away” like that stupid Wall Street saying recommended? Plenty of other articles will hash out the hows and whys behind ...
Why did the Dow plunge more than 1,000 points? Should I wait for stocks to sink lower? Here’s what some pros think.
What a difference a day makes. Fresh off the best percentage gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.12% since Nov. 9, 2020, the blue-chip index got clobbered, along with the rest of the st...
As Dow sinks over 1,000 points, signs of panic-selling emerge in stock market
Panicky behavior was starting to set in on Wall Street on Thursday, at least from a technical perspective, as the Dow industrials shed all of the previous day’s dramatic gains, and then some. Trading ...
This trader predicted the bond meltdown, tech selloff and oil’s surge. Here’s what she says is coming next.
Fade the Fed anyone? Stocks are headed south, following a big Wall Street rally stemming from perceptions Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and co. may be less hawkish than markets think. A short-li...
Fed lifts interest rates and will wind down $9 trillion bond stockpile in double-pronged attack on high U.S. inflation
“Inflation is much too high and we understand the hardship it is causing,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in what he called a direct message to the American public. “We are moving expeditiously to br...
‘My aim is to have a net worth of at least $100,000’: I’m 29 and live with my mom in a rented mobile home. I have a $25K emergency fund and $26K in a Roth IRA. What do I save for next?
I am doing OK financially as a single 29-year-old who unfortunately is still roommates with my mom. We split everything down the middle and I mainly stay with her since it is very expensive to live on...
Will Fed rate hike be a ‘clearing event’ for battered U.S. stock market? What investors are watching for on Wednesday
A little clarity from the Federal Reserve on the likely size and scope of future rate increases on Wednesday could be a balm for a bruised U.S. stock market, according to some analysts. The meeting co...
How high can the Fed hike interest rates before a recession hits? This chart suggests a low threshold.
The days when the Federal Reserve could raise its benchmark interest rate significantly above 5% without sparking a recession may be a thing of the past, according to Wells Fargo Investment Institute....
Plug Power CEO total 2021 compensation nearly quadruples to more than $52 million
Plug Power Inc.’s long-time Chief Executive Andrew Marsh recorded total compensation of more than $52 million in 2021, a year after the fuel-cell systems company’s losses widened sevenfold but the sto...
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says S&P 500 could tumble toward 3,400 if a ‘true growth scare’ is on the cards
Morgan Stanley’s bearish chief U.S. equity strategist Mike Wilson has some bad news and some good news for investors. On the heels of the worst April for stocks since 1970, Wilson and a team of strate...
How will boomers draw down their 401(k) balances?
Recent studies have found that past generations drew down their financial assets very slowly in retirement, leaving much of their savings untouched throughout old age. This finding always seemed obvi...
Dow makes 612-point turnaround as Nasdaq leads rebound in final hour of trading
U.S. stocks rallied in the final hour of trading on Monday as some investors interpreted the 10-year Treasury yield’s breach of 3% as a sign that the bond-market’s selloff may have exhausted itself fo...
These stocks soared during the pandemic, and then crashed. Ten are now expected to double in price.
A screen of stocks that popped during the coronavirus pandemic highlights dozens that have crashed. But some are considered worthy of purchase by a majority of analysts. You might want to keep an eye ...
There Could Be More Downside Ahead for the Stock Market
It could be very difficult for Powell and the Fed to tame inflation without causing an economic slowdown. Photo illustration by Barron’s staff; (reference) Dreamstime (5) Text size Like Winnie t...