Timing, apparently, is everything. Especially when it comes to retirement. Retiring in a bear market can harm your portfolio for the long-term, even if the market eventually recovers, according to a n...
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U.S. stock futures point to further losses after payrolls shocker
U.S. stock futures pointed to a second day of losses Monday after an unexpectedly strong jobs report renewed worries about how high the Federal Reserve will have to take interest rates. What’s happeni...
Why the 2023 stock market rally might depend on the U.S. dollar
The U.S. dollar may be losing its appeal as one of the few reliable safe-haven assets in times of economic and geopolitical uncertainty after an 18 month rally, and a further fall by the currency coul...
These money and investing tips can steer your portfolio around the market’s many obstacles
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LPL Financial Profit Soars, Advisor Headcount Rises
LPL Financial Holdings’ fourth quarter reported profits soared 199% year over year, thanks in part to lower expenses and a surge in net interest income. The company reported fourth quarter net income...
Jobs report tells markets what Fed chairman Powell tried to tell them
Oh dear. A lot of investors just learned again, the hard way, the old rule: When someone tries to tell you something about themselves, listen. On Wednesday afternoon Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Po...
What Happens to Buybuy Baby if Bed Bath & Beyond Files for Bankruptcy?
As Bed Bath & Beyond faces a growing risk of bankruptcy, the question of what will become of its strongest asset, Buybuy Baby, has loomed large. The chain, which sells strollers, car seats, and ot...
Cash is no longer trash, says Dalio, who calls it more attractive than stocks and bonds
“‘Cash used to be trashy. Cash is pretty attractive now. It’s attractive in relation to bonds. It’s actually attractive in relation to stocks.’” Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio no longer thin...
I’m 72, have a cushy amount invested and was withdrawing 4% a year. But once I pay my financial adviser’s fees and California taxes that won’t be enough. What’s my move?
How to figure out if your adviser is worth what they’re charging you. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have a comfortable balance in my investment account but have a question about only taking out...
Wall Street to Jerome Powell: We don’t believe you
Do you want the good news about the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell, the other good news…or the bad news? Let’s start with the first bit of good news. Powell and his fellow Fed committe...
As Fed raises rates by a quarter point, here’s where financial advisers are telling their clients to invest — and store — their money
The Federal Reserve boosted its influential interest rate yet again Wednesday, even as more signs indicate that inflation is cooling. It hiked the benchmark’s key rate by a quarter of a basis point, b...
‘Won’t get fooled again’? Nasdaq jumped more than 10% in January. Here’s what history shows happens next to the tech-heavy index.
The technology-laden Nasdaq Composite surged more than 10% last month after a down year in 2022, with history showing the stock-market index tends to perform well in the next 12 months after such a sc...
Brace for ‘tinderbox-timebomb’ market crash worse than 1929, hedge fund manager says
“ “It is objectively the greatest tinderbox-timebomb in financial history — greater than the late 1920s, and likely with similar market consequences. Now, as then, it is of our own making.” ” — Mark S...
Bear market unlike anything I’ve seen since starting on the Street in 1980, says short selling legend Jim Chanos
“I’ve been on the Street [since] 1980 [and] not one bear market has ever traded above nine times to 14 times the previous peak earnings.” That was short selling giant Jim Chanos, founder of Kynikos As...
These 2 dividend-stock ETFs are more like growth funds in disguise. Can either still work in your income portfolio?
Quality-stock and dividend-focused strategies shined during the market declines of 2022, rebounding from what investors may have found to be disappointing performance during the previous long bull mar...
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson warns the stock market’s January rally could end this week
A surprisingly good start for the U.S. stock market in 2023 is likely to fade this week as the Federal Reserve is set to announce its eighth consecutive rate hike at the conclusion of its policy meeti...
Opinion: The Fed expects a ‘soft landing’ and no recession for the economy. We could get stagflation instead.
I am especially wary of economists — that includes Federal Reserve members and well as former Fed members — who are quick to see a soft landing for the U.S. economy. Soft landings are rare. Former Fed...
Welcome to Purgatory on Wall Street
The stock market over the next decade will barely keep up with inflation. That’s according to an average of the 10-year projections of the eight valuation indicators I highlight in this space every mo...
This week’s Fed vs. markets showdown could decide fate of early 2023 stock rally
Let’s get ready to rumble. The Federal Reserve and investors appear to be locked in what one veteran market watcher has described as an epic game of “chicken.” What Fed Chair Jerome Powell says Wednes...
These money and investing tips can warm your portfolio when stocks cool
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Gas Prices Are Rising. Refiner Stocks Are Riding the Wave—for Now.
Gasoline prices have risen 41 cents a gallon in the past month to an average national price of $3.51. Summer driving could be pricier than many expect, though it’s unlikely to be as bad as last year, ...
Market strategist David Rosenberg: U.S. stocks will drop 30%. Wait to buy them.
David Rosenberg, the former chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch, has been saying for almost a year that the Fed means business and investors should take the U.S. central bank’s effort to f...