How the Federal Reserve could cut its near $9 trillion balance sheet as it fights inflation

Slimming down might be the trickiest part after two years of the pandemic. As the Federal Reserve looks to shrink its near $9 trillion balance sheet to help cool U.S. inflation pegged at a 40-year hig...

A death cross for the S&P 500 is nearing as inflation fears, Russia’s Ukraine offensive rattles stock-market investors

The S&P 500 index is closing in on a death cross, an ominous chart pattern that underscores the downtrend suffered in an asset. A death cross appears when the 50-day moving average crosses below t...

Opinion: I’m raising cash and getting defensive as the stock market works through its excesses

This war is shameful and crazy. All wars are. And there’s no telling what President Putin is going to do next. What I do know is that the globalized world economy is not going back to what it was. The...

Oil Prices Are Soaring. It’s Time to Hedge or Sell.

At the top of Americans’ concerns is rising inflation, especially soaring prices for energy, filling their gasoline tanks, or paying their monthly utility bills. And investors and traders have ridden ...

4 Out of 6 Ethereum On-Chain and Exchange Indicators Turn Bullish

Arman Shirinyan Numerous Ethereum indicators show bullish data, but the price does not seem to react positively Contents In/Out of the money indicator Bid/Ask Volume Imbalance Most on-chain and market...

Cardano (ADA) Ready For Rally Towards $1.50? What Indicators Are Saying

Cardano (ADA) has not been on the best of trends lately. In fact, since the digital asset touched its high above $3 in September 2021, it has been a continuous trend of heartbreak for its holders. Eve...

Stagflation Is Coming. What You Need to Know.

There is no question that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going to push inflation higher, given the amount of energy and food commodities produced by the region and the responses by countries and comp...

The Stock Market Has Gotten Crushed. Why the Pain Isn’t Over.

Text size The Fed and Ukraine crisis are two negative catalysts for stocks going forward. Dreamstime The S&P 500 is down about 9% from its all-time high, hit in early January. And the pain might n...

3 simple rules for cushioning yourself against inflation

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  Inflation — the rise in consumer prices — is a slow erosion of your money over time. Before 2021, the U.S. hadn’t seen annual core inflation m...

Zoom, Salesforce, Target, Costco, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week

U.S. stock and bond markets will have plenty of action on the last day of February with earnings from HP Inc., Lucid Group, and stay-at-home play Zoom Video Communications expected on Monday. Earnings...

Is Now the Time to Buy or Sell? 7 Stocks to Consider During Turbulent Times.

I asked two market strategists whether U.S. investors should buy stocks here despite the pall of war in Ukraine. One says definitely, and the other says to hold off. Both are convincing. This is why I...

Mortgage rates fall amid geopolitical uncertainty. How the Russia-Ukraine crisis could impact home buyers — and interest rates

Home buyers are seeing temporary relief from rising interest rates as markets react to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But in the longer term, inflation remains a serious concern. The 30-year fixed-rate...

Three Bitcoin Indicators Suggesting Bottom Is In

Arman Shirinyan Bitcoin has reached numerous strong support zones that might change the direction of the current trend While the crypto market is going through a strong correction phase, numerous indi...

RUNE Price Analysis: Technical indicators maintain a bearish consensus for THORChain

•RUNE/USD is currently priced at $3.62 and has increased by 4.11% over the past day •The trading volumes have decreased by 41.10% over the past day •The technical indicators suggest a bearish outlook ...

Home Depot Stock Dips Despite Earnings Beat and Dividend Hike

Text size Home Depot posted better-than-expected sales and profits Tuesday. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Home Depot stock lost steam Tuesday even as the home-improvement retailer reported stronger-t...

Bitcoin Flashing Warning Indicators, BTC Price Needs to Rebound Soon!

Bitcoin experienced a fresh slash which compelled the price to visit the crucial lower support just above $36,400. However, the asset has initiated a flip as a considerable amount of a buying volume w...

Online Real Estate Isn’t Worth the Chance

You can make a lot of money on physical real estate right now, but recent results from major online real-estate players show 2022 isn’t the year to play Monopoly in the stock market. The carnage isn’t...

For White-Collar Workers, It’s Prime Time to Get a Big Raise

White-collar professionals are reaping big pay gains as worker bargaining power spreads across the U.S. economy and shows early signs of durability. Wall Street banks are boosting compensation for emp...

JPMorgan Now Expects Nine Straight Fed Rate Increases Until March 2023

Text size Wall Street banks are predicting more aggressive rate increases by the Federal Reserve. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Economists at JPMorgan Chase said the Federal Reserve would likely r...

Week’s Best: Wealthy Investors Are Hanging On to Their Cash

Advisors take note: despite a January increase in consumer prices not seen in four decades, investors are stubbornly clinging to cash positions or cash equivalents like CDs, according to a new survey ...

NIO, XPeng, Li Auto Shares Shake Off Weak Sales Data. The Outlook Seems Bright.

Text size A Nio car. Chinese new-car sales fell in January. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images Chinese new-car sales fell in January. But the shares of Chinese electric-vehicle makers  NIO , Xpeng , ...

Inflation, Interest-Rate Jitters, and Putin Are Brewing a Fierce Storm for the Stock Market

Text size A Ukrainian soldier in the Kharkiv region near the Russian border. Will Putin pull the trigger on an invasion? Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images We were waist deep in the Big Muddy, and the big ...

Inflation’s on fire, and the Fed’s poised to act. Here’s how markets and the economy have reacted to the first hike in a cycle.

After Thursday’s shocking inflation reading showing year-over-year consumer price growth of 7.5%, an interest-rate hike could come quite literally at any time, though the most likely timing would be t...

Weekend reads: Inflation fear and opportunities for investors

U.S. consumer price inflation rose to a 40-year high of 7.5% in January. That pace is running way ahead of wage growth, and the official figures can mask even more pain, depending on a family’s circum...

2 key indicators cast doubt on the strength of the current crypto market recovery

Analyzing the aggregate cryptocurrency market performance over the past 7 days could give investors the impression that the total market capitalization grew by a mere 4% to $2.03 trillion, but this da...

How Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities can help your retirement savings weather 7.5% inflation

That’s not good news for retirement savers. And some might consider the stock market to be a bit frothy these days. So, it might make sense to invest a portion of your retirement nest egg conservative...

Opinion: Inflation fears are overblown — five reasons why you need to buy the dip in stocks

Inflation and the Federal Reserve’s potential reaction to it have the stock market all shook up. But like early concerns that Elvis Presley and rock ‘n’ roll would ruin the country, these are just fal...

Inflation has knocked back the market. Here are the key S&P 500 and tech stock levels one strategist fears.

Investors are still trying to come to grips with that double whammy of nosebleed consumer prices and 100-basis-point increase talk from St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard. Read: Oil is ...

4 Stocks That Could Thrive During Inflation

Text size Caterpillar is lucky to have customers flush with cash from rising commodity prices. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Inflation is hot—and that’s cooling off plenty of companies’ earnings. But n...

Inflation is at a 40-year high. 10 tips from the pros on how to invest and save

Inflation is high. Here’s what money pros say to do about that. Getty Images/iStockphoto On Thursday, the Labor Department released the latest consumer price index data, which revealed that the rate o...

Inflation Is Surging. Here Are Some Portfolio Changes to Consider.

Market sentiment changes awfully fast these days. Rising concerns about the impact of interest-rate hikes pushed the S&P 500 down more than 5% in January (with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Inde...

Bitcoin’s Price Isn’t Done Falling. How It Could Drop to $10,000.

Text size Stifel’s top equity strategist thinks Bitcoin prices could sink to $10,000. Dreamstime.com The bull case for Bitcoin is that it powers up to $100,000, from recent prices around $43,000...