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Opinion: ‘Liquidation panic’ has taken over the stock, bond and crypto markets — and this may be the beginning of the end
The U.S. stock market is experiencing a liquidation panic where everything is getting sold. The good news is such panics usually don’t last long. Analysis from Rob Hanna of Quantifiable Edges suggests...
The Stock Market Has Further to Fall, Technical Analysts Say. Here’s How Much.
Text size With the stock market dropping again, investors are wondering how much more it needs to fall. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market has gotten in a bad way—again. While investors might...
Binance resumes bitcoin withdrawals as crypto prices crater
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, resumed withdrawals of bitcoin after it instituted a “temporary pause” Monday morning that latest several hours, the company said. Binance founder...
Crypto crash FOMO? ‘I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time has come. Is it time to go big or go home? I have another 25 years of a boring 9-to-5 job, and I just want out.’
I read a letter from a reader last year who was suffering from crypto FOMO, and I have been following the crypto markets ever since. I felt like I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time ...
Bitcoin tumbles through $24,000 in crypto crash. This chart shows how much worse a selloff could get.
Cryptocurrencies kicked off a new week with deep losses, extending weekend selling following surprisingly high U.S. inflation data and troubles for a major cryptocurrency exchange. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -1...
The S&P 500 is clinging to a key support level after Friday’s meltdown, here’s what happens if that fails
Last week’s shock U.S. inflation number continues to tear through markets, with dip buyers seemingly in hiding. The Nasdaq is in the lead with a 3% drop as trading gets underway. Investors are now foc...
Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down
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Dow futures slump nearly 600 points as second day of selling in store after inflation shock
U.S. stock futures looked set to break below the lows of May, as financial markets continue to reel from a surprise acceleration in inflation just days ahead of a Federal Reserve interest-rate decisio...
S&P 500 Poised for Bear Market as Stock Futures Drop
The S&P 500 was on track to open in bear market territory, while global stocks tumbled and bond yields jumped as fears over inflation rattled investors around the world. Futures for the S&P 50...
Bitcoin Slips Below $25,000 as Celsius and Fed Batter Confidence
Text size Bitcoin has been hurt by a loss of confidence sparked by interest-rate hikes and problems at Celsius, one of the biggest crypto lenders. Paul Yeung/Bloomberg Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurre...
U.S. stock futures sink Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January
U.S. stock-index futures sank Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.54% fell more than 170 points, or 0.5%, late Sunday, while S&P 500 ...
U.S. Stocks Poised to Open Lower on Monday Ahead of Fed Week
Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks were poised for a lower opening on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on...
These money and investing tips can be your cure for the stock market’s summertime blues
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 How bear markets trick gullibl...
Earnings Are Under Threat, Another Blow to Sagging Stock Market
Stocks have tumbled this year in the face of rising interest rates. But with inflation showing little sign of cooling, many investors fear corporate earnings could be the market’s next support to fall...
‘The goal is never to seek the top’: The wild, hair-raising ride of a 30-something investor who battled against NFT hackers and dodged the crypto crash
Vinny Zane has a taste for life — and an appetite for risk. The 38-year-old teacher and father of a 2-year-old son on Brooklyn’s Coney Island got into crypto in 2017 with $4,000 worth of Bitcoin, and ...
Cryptocurrency selloff extends through the weekend after Friday’s hot inflation reading
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies tumbled on Sunday as losses for the asset class built over the weekend following U.S. data that showed persistent inflation pressures. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -1.93% dropped...
Dow tumbles as inflation reading triggers market shock waves: What investors need to know
From Wall Street to Main Street, fears that the U.S. economy could be sliding into 1970s-style “stagflation” have been percolating. References to the sticky situation appeared in news headlines all we...
Why the Stock Markets Are Falling So Hard
Text size Wall Street Bull Dreamstime This past week was another brutal one for the markets. Investors had plenty to worry about from the Fed to inflation and retail sales. The Dow Jones Industrial Av...
How bear markets trick gullible investors
Bear markets like to trick you into thinking they have come to an end. They do that by mounting explosive one-day rallies. Those jumps more often than not turn out to be traps that lure the gullible b...
‘We’re in technical recession, but just don’t realize it’: Bank of America sees more ‘shocks’ to come
The shocks aren’t over. Get ready. That’s the timely Friday advice of Bank of America, delivered hours before worse-than-expected U.S. inflation data knocked the wind out of Wall Street and left inves...
Inflation is Hot and Stocks Are Cold. Now the Fed Needs to Rethink Its Rosy Projections.
Text size As the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee meets this coming week, it will have to confront the challenge of controlling higher-than-anticipated Inflation, driven by rising food and fue...
Suze Orman says to do this right now if you’re worried about inflation
The rate of U.S. inflation reached a 40-year high of 8.6% in May as overall prices for things including rent, gas and food all remain on the rise. Financial commentator and host of the “Women & Mo...
The S&P 500 Gets a New Price Target. What It Means for the Stock Market.
Text size RBC now sees the S&P 500 rising to 4700 by the end of the year. NYSE The S&P 500 just got a new lower price target. But that doesn’t mean investors need to panic—at least not right a...
Stanley Druckenmiller fears a recession but isn’t betting against stocks. Here’s why.
Sometimes, it’s hard getting workers of a certain generation to do much of anything at all. Here’s one: “Currently, I’m going in every day, and I’m looking at my screen, but I’m pretty much taking a b...
With the S&P 500 now in a bear market, despair and capitulation are the next stages of investors’ grief
The S&P 500 SPX, -3.88% officially entered a bear market on June 13, down more than 20% from its January 2022 high. While there’s no way of knowing how much further stocks will fall until their fi...