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Why the S&P 500 may be in for a 1966-style bear market, according to DWS Group
The S&P 500 has found good support recently and, while in a bear market, the large-cap index may not fall much further this year, said David Bianco, chief investment officer of the Americas for fu...
Micron earnings to provide more clues as to whether chip boom has passed
Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings on Thursday will provide a much-anticipated clue into a problem that has worried Wall Street all year about the chip industry: Whether customers have been hoarding ch...
How long will stocks stay in a bear market? It hinges on if a recession hits, says Wells Fargo Institute
When the S&P 500 officially dropped into a bear market on June 13, closing down more than 20% from its last peak, it stirred debate about whether investors should hold tight or think about buying ...
Default Won’t Trigger a Long Winter for Russia
Failing to pay your debts can stop you getting a loan again. Except if you are a country—even Russia. Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution. Becaus...
Citigroup cuts S&P 500 target to reflect blend of recession, ‘soft landing’ scenarios
Citigroup analysts have cut their S&P 500 target for this year by 500 points to 4,200, after stubbornly high inflation spurred the Federal Reserve to aggressively raise interest rates. “Fed hawkis...
Wall Street bear who called stock-market selloff sees S&P 500 up another 7% before turning lower
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson is one of Wall Street’s most vocal bears. But even he thinks this bear-market rally has more room to run. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.20%, S&P 500 ...
Gensler labels bitcoin a ‘commodity’ as crypto prices stabilize
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Monday that bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.24% was the only cryptocurrency he was prepared to publicly label a commodity, rather than a security, in a...
Cruise Lines Can’t Duck Their Debt
Cruise ships, it seems, are like ducks—elegant and effortless above the water, fighting like crazy to stay afloat beneath. On the surface, the industry is finally steaming ahead after over a year at b...
How retirees should navigate this bear market
Here’s how best to play the market for the rest of 2022: Don’t look. I offer this advice not because I believe the bear market will continue—though of course it could. I would offer the same advice if...
Dow Jumps More Than 800 Points as Fears of Interest-Rate Hikes Subside
Stocks rallied on Friday after fresh economic data tempered investors’ expectations of steep Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes, as major market indexes notched their first weekly gains after three c...
Intel wins latest race in chip uses for the cloud, says KeyBanc Capital Markets
Chip giant Intel Corp. is leading growth in cloud technology, according to new research from KeyBanc Capital Markets. Intel Corp. INTC, +3.21% is the winner in KeyBanc’s latest monthly data tracking s...
The stock market’s return will be minus 3.3% a year over the next decade, says this ‘single greatest predictor’
This month we’ve received both good and bad news from the “single greatest predictor of future stock market returns.” I’m referring to the indicator, first proposed by the Philosophical Economics blog...
These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts
This year’s stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts co...
The U.S. housing market is teetering on recession. Will the economy soon follow?
The last time the housing market suffered a major meltdown in 2006, it took the entire U.S. economy with it. But history never follows the exact same script twice. The weakening housing market is undo...
Crypto platform Voyager Digital shares plunge 60% after revealing $665 million exposure to embattled hedge fund; considers issuing default notice
Crypto platform Voyager Digital Ltd. VOYG, -52.50% shares plunged more than 60% Wednesday after the company said its subsidiary Voyager Digital LLC, may issue a notice of default to embattled crypto ...
This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks
By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...
Powell says U.S. economy can handle the additional rate hikes that are coming
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday pushed back against economists who argue that aggressive Fed interest-rate hikes have increased the odds of a recession or hard landing for the U.S....
Biden Proposes Gas Tax Suspension. That’s Not Why Oil Prices Are Falling.
Text size Crude prices fall as the Biden administration takes more steps to try to lower gasoline prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices were falling Wednesday as President Joe Biden prepared to a...
U.S. stock futures drop as Powell testimony looms, recession worries return to the spotlight
Recession worries were back in the spotlight for Wall Street on Wednesday, with equity futures and oil prices dropping, as investors looked ahead to Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairm...
SOX semiconductor index could double over the next couple of years, analyst says
Despite potential for further downside, semiconductor stocks could rebound significantly over the next couple of years, according to Columbia Threadneedle Senior Equity Analyst Dave Egan. Semi stocks ...