What the Fed’s biggest rate hike in decades means for the bear market in bonds

Historically bad. That’s how the mammoth $53 trillion U.S. fixed-income market has performed this year as the Federal Reserve works to curtail high inflation threatening to wreck the economy. To turbo...

These money and investing tips can help you be smarter in a bear market that might not be average

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Why bonds haven’t performed be...

The Housing Market Just Hit a Wall. What’s Next for Prices, Brokers, and Builder Stocks.

My summer portfolio strategy is to play the old disco hit “Baby Come Back” while slow dancing with my December brokerage statements. If it works, I have a business idea involving Hall, Oates, and a tw...

Attractive ETF for a volatile market is DIVO: Amplify ETFs CEO

Investors may want to consider a special fund focused on high dividend yielding large-caps, according to a leading ETF fund manager. Christian Magoon believes his firm’s actively managed Amplify...

Opinion: ‘The stock market is not going to zero’: How this individual investor with 70 years of experience is trading the bear market

Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -1.94% BRK.B, -1.39% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? Who? Kaplan is...

Roku, Tesla, and Other Cathie Wood Favorites Are Falling

Text size Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s $12 billion flagship exchange-traded fund was falling again in Monday trading. It is another sign that “innovation stocks” such as R...

These money and investing tips can be your cure for the stock market’s summertime blues

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The Stock Market’s Drop Is Worse Than It Looks. Here’s Why.

The stock market is sliding, and most stocks in the S&P 500 are lower. Getty Images Text size The stock market is having a bad day—and it’s even worse than it looks. The Dow Jones Industrial Avera...

U.S.-Stock Funds Avoided the Bear

That was a lot of angst, but not much result. Last month was a good example of the old advice that long-term investors should avoid worrying about day-to-day moves in the market. Stocks slid for most ...

Small-cap growth stocks are at their lowest P/E valuation in at least 24 years.

Growth stocks typically trade at premium prices. But in this market, rising interest rates have turned small-cap growth stocks into a bargain group. This may be a beautiful setup for long-term investo...

Hot stocks may bring an initial thrill, but they’ll break your heart

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These money and investing tips are tools to help fix your broken portfolio

Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Your stock portfolio didn’t have to lose so much this year Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here ‘I feel like I am ...

Here are 15 high-yield stocks expected to raise dividends the most through 2024

The stock market, shocked by the Federal Reserve’s policy changes to fight inflation, has been gored this year, with growth and technology companies bearing the brunt of the biggest declines. Dividend...

Devon and 3 Other Energy Stocks That Are Worth a Look Now

Text size Pioneer and Devon were early proponents of a popular new dividend strategy. Goce Risteski/Dreamstime.com Investors used to evaluate energy companies on how quickly they were growing their oi...

Devon and 3 Other Energy Stocks That Are Gushing Cash

Text size Pioneer and Devon were early proponents of a popular new dividend strategy. Goce Risteski/Dreamstime.com Investors used to evaluate energy companies on how quickly they were growing their oi...

After Big Pullback, It’s Time to Shop for Walmart Stock

Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...

Meta, Uber and Other Internet Stock to Buy After the Big Market Drop

Text size Uber shares are attractive after a 44% decline this year, an analyst says. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Internet stocks have tumbled worse than the general market as investors have worried a...

Tesla Loses Top Spot in Cathie Wood’s Flagship Fund. Roku Is the New No. 1.

Cathie Wood, founder of ARK Invest, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in California. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Text size ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood is a long-time Tesla...

Markets haven’t acted like this since 1981 — and here’s how that played out

You have to go all the way back to 1981 when stocks, bonds, inflation-protected bonds and industrial metals were all slumping simultaneously. The S&P 500 index SPX, -0.73% has retreated 18% this y...

Cathie Wood has a simple response to Tesla getting booted out of an S&P 500 ESG index: ‘Ridiculous’

Cathie Wood isn’t pleased about one of her most popular investments, Tesla Inc., being excluded from a prominent index that tracks eco- and socially friendly companies. “Ridiculous,” was essentially W...

Recession Looms, But Markets Haven’t Got the Message

After 28 trading days away from the markets*, I’ve come back to find that a new narrative of impending recession is quickly taking hold. Yet, look at the markets themselves and the story isn’t much re...

Qualcomm and 3 Other Chip Stocks to Buy on the Sector’s Surprising Drop

Text size Attendees wait in line at Qualcomm’s booth during the CES 2019 trade show in Las Vegas. Robyn Beck /AFP via Getty Images Even a Wall Street analyst who has been doubtful on chip stocks...

China ADSs are flying as fading regulatory headwinds send iQIYI, NIO and Alibaba stocks surging

The U.S.-listed shares of China-based companies, surged Tuesday, particularly in the internet sector, as an apparent reduction of regulatory scrutiny has emboldened Wall Street analysts and investors ...

This portfolio manager’s strategy uses just one ETF and his own ‘crash indicator’ to beat the market by 530%

Markets are off to a stronger start on Friday, but it’s been a rough few days, with the S&P 500 facing a six-week losing streak, its longest in a decade. With a war raging in Europe, surging price...

Feeling seasick? These simple, low-cost retirement portfolios are holding up well

Not everyone is having a terrible year. While stocks and bonds have all plummeted since Jan. 1, a few simple, low-cost, all-weather portfolios are doing a much better job of preserving their owners’ r...

As Ark’s flagship fund plunges 76% from its peak, Cathie Wood still views her stocks as residing in ‘deep value territory’

The wheels have really come off the wagon of the stock market and Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has, arguably, seen the most dramatic fall from its parabolic rise, amid the current downdraft in markets. Ho...

Retirees Face a Whirlwind Market. Here’s What Advisors Say They Should Do.

Given market conditions, retirees can be forgiven if they feel that investing right now is akin to running with scissors. Risks and uncertainties abound: spiking inflation, Federal Reserve rate hikes ...

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 ...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Bet Big on Tumbling Teladoc. These Funds Did Too.

Text size A Teladoc member visits virtually with a doctor. Courtesy of Teledoc Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest and other institutional investors were slated to take a steep hit as shares of Teladoc Health pl...

Gold prices settle at a 2-month low as investors sidestep the metal for more attractive safe havens

Gold futures on Monday posted their lowest finish since late February, with the traditional haven failing to find support as investors dumped equities and other assets perceived as risky, while jumpin...

Bears Winning: Sentiment Stinks

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4 ETF ideas targeting clean water, wind, the smart grid — and a catch-all

For some investment advisers and stock-pickers, so-called green investing is far from just a feel-good move. There are population demographics, a private-public mandate to meet international greenhous...