‘And then 2022 happened’: I borrowed $500,000 from friends and family to invest in the stock market, foolishly promising a 10% return. Can I avoid legal action?

Dear Quentin, I am a budding options/futures trader with my own sole proprietor investment business.  Heading into 2022, I took on a large cash infusion of $500,000 from friends and family under the g...

No wonder Powell didn’t commit to extra hikes. Here are five reasons the January jobs report may be too good to be true.

Traders took heart that Fed Chair Jerome Powell, when he wasn’t being questioned by David Rubinstein on how he gets by on $190,000 per year, didn’t commit on Tuesday to having to be even more aggressi...

Why Biden’s 4% buyback tax could boost stock prices and dividends

The Biden administration’s new stock buyback tax will have little impact on the overall stock market. It might even actually help it. I’m referring to the new 1% excise tax on share repurchases that w...

Biden targets stock buybacks — do they help you as an investor?

There seem to be two camps when it comes to stock buybacks. On one hand, share buybacks can reduce a company’s share count, which increases profit per share and hopefully supports a rising stock price...

‘I am watching my inheritance evaporate’: My brother and sister constantly hit our parents up for money. What can I do to stop this?

I am 46 and single. I have a good job and own my own home but live modestly. I have been fortunate not to have had to ask my parents for anything over the years. My brother and sister, by contrast, ha...

The stock market is a ‘drunken psycho.’ Why this hedge-fund manager is shorting some of the market’s biggest stocks.

Stocks are struggling for traction ahead of a few words from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, who will make his appearance this afternoon, just days after moonshot jobs data. Our call of the day from the pres...

‘Edge of a swamp’: JPMorgan strategist sees ‘one time only sale’ in fixed income as U.S. economy slows

Fixed-income yields “all look good,” and you might want to get some while you still can, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s David Kelly. It’s a “one time only sale,” said Kelly, chief global stra...

Blink stock dives after upsized offering priced at a discount of more than 10%

Shares of Blink Charging Co. BLNK, -14.48% dove 8.4% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the electric vehicle (EV) charging company’s upsized equity offering priced at a 13.4% discount. The company ha...

U.S. stock futures nudge higher ahead of comments from Fed chief Powell

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday ahead of comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaking for the first time since a blowout January jobs report caused traders to shift their inter...

Blink Charging projects revenue beat while looking to sell stock, shares fall in late trading

Blink Charging Co. BLNK, -1.39% shares sank in late trading Monday, after the electric-vehicle-charging company detailed plans to sell more shares while offering an early look at fourth-quarter result...

Bed Bath & Beyond stock surges in revenge of the meme stocks that lifts AMC

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. led a revenge of the meme stocks Monday, with shares rallying 92%, but the stock turned around hard in after-hours trading as executives announced plans to sell convertible ...

IBM’s ‘substantial’ dividend, debt take wind out of Big Blue’s sails as analyst downgrades stock

International Business Machines Corp.’s stock was downgraded Monday after one analyst said that with Big Blue’s transformation efforts and its somewhat stable stock price over the year, there isn’t mu...

Market strategist David Rosenberg: U.S. stocks will drop 30%. Wait to buy them.

David Rosenberg, the former chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch, has been saying for almost a year that the Fed means business and investors should take the U.S. central bank’s effort to f...

Goldman Sachs ups its near-term S&P 500 target due to brighter economic picture. But that could knock 25% off stocks, strategists say.

Provided there are no more economic surprises, stocks are unlikely to face a near-term meltdown and the S&P 500 could work its way back to 4,000. That’s according to a team of Goldman Sachs strate...

Tesla stock target raised as China demand swings to a ‘tailwind’

Shares of Tesla Inc. rallied toward a three-month high Monday, after Wedbush raised its price target, saying China demand has swung to a “tailwind” from a “headwind.” The stock TSLA, +2.11% climbed as...

The next few days may reveal whether investors have been riding one big suckers rally, says this strategist.

Stocks are off to a weaker start as caution grips investors following Friday’s monster jobs beat. While subject to revisions, that 517,000 surge in U.S. jobs may have shredded hopes among some that th...

U.S. stock futures point to further losses after payrolls shocker

U.S. stock futures pointed to a second day of losses Monday after an unexpectedly strong jobs report renewed worries about how high the Federal Reserve will have to take interest rates. What’s happeni...

Big Tech added to a shrinking forecast, but maybe Bob Iger can brighten the mood

Wall Street’s expectations for 2023 have been diving as forecasts for the new year come in light, and the news could get worse once they factor in disappointing results from Big Tech. But at least Bob...

Why the 2023 stock market rally might depend on the U.S. dollar

The U.S. dollar may be losing its appeal as one of the few reliable safe-haven assets in times of economic and geopolitical uncertainty after an 18 month rally, and a further fall by the currency coul...

These money and investing tips can steer your portfolio around the market’s many obstacles

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The Stock Market Is in the Mood to Rally, Even if It Defies Logic

Text size John Taggart/Bloomberg Oh, what a difference a few simple words can make. “The disinflationary process has started,” said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at Wednesday’s press conferen...

The stock-market rally survived a confusing week. Here’s what comes next.

Despite a Friday stumble, stocks ended a turbulent week with another round of solid gains, keeping 2023’s young but robust stock-market rally very much alive. But a cloud of confusion also sets over t...

Jobs report tells markets what Fed chairman Powell tried to tell them

Oh dear. A lot of investors just learned again, the hard way, the old rule: When someone tries to tell you something about themselves, listen. On Wednesday afternoon Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Po...

Nvidia and 5 Other Stocks at High Risk for Short Selling

Stocks have rallied in recent months, with the S&P 500 gaining about 16% since its low point in October, but some of the market’s best performers could now be at risk of short selling. The Federal...

Indian tycoon Adani hit by more losses, calls for probe

Shares in troubled Adani Enterprises gyrated Friday, tumbling 30% and then rebounding after more than a week of heavy losses that have cost it tens of billions of dollars in market value. The company,...

Cigna stock bounces after profit tops expectations, while revenue comes up shy

Shares of Cigna Corp. CI, -3.75% bounced 1.1% in premarket trading Friday, after closing the previous session at a 3 1/2-month low, after the health insurer reported fourth-quarter profit that topped ...

Cash is no longer trash, says Dalio, who calls it more attractive than stocks and bonds

“‘Cash used to be trashy. Cash is pretty attractive now. It’s attractive in relation to bonds. It’s actually attractive in relation to stocks.’” Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio no longer thin...

Hanesbrands stock plunges toward biggest selloff in 15 years after relatively high dividend eliminated, warning of a Q1 loss

Shares of Hanesbrands Inc. HBI, -27.38% plummeted 20.7% in morning trading Thursday, putting them on track for the worst one-day performance in nearly 15 years, after the T-shirt and underwear seller ...

Did Powell just give stocks permission to keep on climbing? Here’s what latest Fed decision means for markets

U.S. stocks and bonds rallied on Wednesday, much to the chagrin of traders who had ramped up bearish bets on the expectation that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell would push back against the mar...

There’s still too much risk in stock and bond markets. Earn this easy 4.5% return while you wait for stability, says trader who hit 2 big calls in 2022.

Ahead of major tech earnings later, Meta results are lighting up the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +2.97% for Thursday. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.40% is also up as investors take a glass-half full view of the ...

Genius Group stock soars toward 5 1/2-month high after plan to issue $10 NFT coupons to shareholders

Shares of Genius Group Ltd. GNS, +33.02% soared 28.1% toward a 5 1/2-month high in premarket trading Thursday, after the the Singapore-based education company, said it will reward its shareholders by ...

ConocoPhillips stock edges up as profit and production rose, but came up shy of expectations

Shares of ConocoPhillips COP, -4.76% edged up 0.3% in premarket trading, after the energy exploration and production company reported fourth-quarter profit and production that rose, as realized prices...