Topline Stocks plunged on Friday and hit new lows for 2022, wrapping up a brutal sell-off this month as investors continued to dump tech shares amid ongoing uncertainty around an economic slowdown cau...
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Dow Plunges 800 Points Ahead Of Big Tech Earnings
Topline The stock market tanked on Tuesday, adding to already significant losses so far this month amid ongoing concerns about an economic slowdown, while investors dumped shares of Big Tech stocks ah...
Dow Drops Over 300 Points, Yields Surge After Powell Signals Bigger Rate Hikes Starting In May
Topline The stock market reversed gains and moved lower on Thursday following comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who signaled aggressive interest rate hikes ahead while all but confirm...
Stocks Fall, Rates Climb Ahead Of Big Earnings Week That Includes Netflix And Tesla
Topline The stock market moved lower on Monday—extending a recent losing streak—while rates surged ahead of a big week of quarterly earnings results, with investors remaining nervous about the impact ...
Recession Calls Grow As Inflation Threatens Corporate Earnings And Rising Costs Hit Consumers
Topline Despite a decent start for earnings season, Wall Street experts are increasingly warning that corporate profits are likely to take a hit as inflation remains a “headwind” to economic growth an...
Experts Believe Inflation May Have ‘Peaked,’ But Prices Will Remain Elevated This Year
Topline Despite consumer prices hitting a new four-decade high last month, the latest data show several signs that prices may be moderating slightly, with economists now predicting that inflation may ...
Markets Are Ignoring 8.5% Inflation Spike And Watching This Number Instead
Topline The stock market moved higher on Tuesday, even after consumer prices spiked 8.5% in the 12 months ending in March, as some investors hope that inflation is showing signs of moderating, with co...
Dow Falls 400 Points As 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level Since January 2019
Topline Stocks fell on Monday as government bond yields surged—with the 10-year Treasury jumping above 2.7%, its highest level since January 2019—amid ongoing fears about inflation, with investors dum...
Federal Reserve Hints At Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead, Outlines Plan To Shrink Balance Sheet
Topline With numerous Federal Reserve officials sounding the alarm on inflation, minutes from the central bank’s latest monetary policy meeting released Wednesday hinted at bigger interest rate hikes ...
More Fed Officials Are Sounding The Alarm On Inflation And Spooking Markets
Topline An increasing number of Federal Reserve officials have recently spooked markets by warning about the economic impact of decades-high inflation and how the central bank will need to aggressivel...
Major Bank Is First To Forecast A Recession—More Could Follow
Topline An increasing number of Wall Street experts are now forecasting a possible economic downturn on the horizon, with alarms growing louder after the widely-observed yield curve inverted last week...
Wall Street Firms Are Slashing S&P 500 Price Targets—Here’s What They Predict For Markets
Topline A majority of Wall Street’s biggest firms have recently been slashing their S&P 500 forecasts for this year, predicting lower stock market returns as the Federal Reserve raises interest ra...
Dow Falls 400 Points As Supply Disruptions Send Oil Prices Surging Higher
Topline The stock market tumbled on Wednesday as oil prices spiked yet again due to supply disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and investors face renewed inflation fears even after the Fede...
Analysts Say These Stocks Can Rally 30% Or More As Investors Navigate A ‘Perfect Storm Of Headwinds’
Topline With markets getting whipsawed by concerns over inflation, rising interest rates and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts at one of Wall Street’s biggest firms still see opportunities despit...
History Shows Investors Who Buy During Bear Markets Will Likely See Huge Gains
Topline Stocks have been flirting with correction territory in recent months–and though the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dipped into a bear market last week, historical data shows that investors ...
Stocks Jump As Investors Prepare For Bigger Fed Rate Hikes To Fight Inflation
Topline The stock market finished slightly higher and government bond yields surged on Tuesday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s more aggressive stance on fighting inflation, with a growing ...
Stocks Rise As Experts Call For Bigger Rate Hikes To Fight Inflation
Topline The stock market opened slightly higher and government bond yields surged on Tuesday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s more aggressive stance on fighting inflation, with a growing nu...
Dow Gains Nearly 300 Points As Stocks Wrap Up Best Week Since November 2020
Topline The stock market continued to rebound on Friday—with the S&P 500 notching its biggest weekly gain in more than a year—as investors react positively to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest...
Analysts Reveal Their Top Stock Picks To Beat Stagflation And Outperform Choppy Markets
Topline Stocks have had one of their worst starts to the year in history amid the looming threat of stagflation—persistently high inflation coupled with stagnant economic growth, but analysts say it’s...
Federal Reserve’s Long-Awaited Rate Hike Is Here: Powell Announces 0.25% Increase
Topline The Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% interest rate hike on Wednesday—the first increase since 2018, while also forecasting a more-than-expected six additional hikes this year, as the central ...
Dow Jumps 400 Points As Stocks Continue To Rebound Ahead Of Federal Reserve Decision
Topline The stock market opened higher on Wednesday, adding to gains earlier this week, as investors await the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision, with the central bank expected to rais...
Most Wall Street Experts Now Predict Stagflation—Here’s What That Means For Investors And The U.S. Economy
Topline Professional investors are growing increasingly gloomy about the future, with the majority now predicting that stocks will fall into a bear market this year and the U.S. economy will be plague...
Dow Falls 200 Points After Red-Hot Inflation Report And Failed Russia-Ukraine Talks
Topline Stocks fell once again on Thursday following another dismal inflation report—with consumer prices jumping 7.9% in February, while investors hoping for a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine confli...
Dow Jumps 800 Points As Stocks Take A Breather—But Worries Are Far From Over
Topline Stocks rebounded from a recent losing streak on Wednesday, with investors getting a temporary respite as recently surging energy prices moderated somewhat, though Wall Street remains on edge t...
Dow Falls 800 Points With No End In Sight For Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
Topline The stock market moved sharply lower on Monday after oil prices briefly hit more than $130 per barrel overnight—the highest level since July 2008—as the escalating conflict between Russia and ...
Ark’s Cathie Wood Says Passive Investing Sparked The ‘Most Massive Misallocation Of Capital In The History Of Mankind’
Topline Speaking at the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi on Monday, famed stock picker, Cathie Wood, of Ark Invest sharply criticized passive investing and touted disruptive innovation stocks, even as...
Dow Jumps 700 Points, Oils Hits 11-Year High As ‘Investors Are Whipsawed’ By Rate Hikes And Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Topline The stock market jumped on Wednesday—despite oil prices skyrocketing to their highest level since 2011 amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress...
Stocks Rise As Investors Try To Shake Off Inflation Fears, Recent Fed Comments
Topline The stock market moved slightly higher on Thursday—clawing back some of its losses from earlier this week—as investors continued to assess recent comments from Federal Reserve officials on the...