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...
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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...
Alibaba Leads Chinese Tech Stocks Into Another Slump. Why More Pain Could Come.
Text size Alibaba stock is down almost 30% this year. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Chinese tech stocks can’t catch a break. Overseas markets have followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after the ug...
J.P. Morgan Says Buy Tencent and Alibaba. Why They’re Now Positive on Chinese Tech Stocks.
Text size Regulatory change had come sooner than the analysts had anticipated. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group saw their stock jump Tuesday after catching an upgrade...
Here’s what just happened that triggers stock market drops 71% of the time, warns Credit Suisse
Wall Street’s in an unusually bullish mood Tuesday morning. Tim Holland, chief investment officer at Orion Advisor Solutions, argues the market has just notched two peaks. Last week, the Labor Departm...
Morgan Stanley’s done better than most forecasting markets during this turbulent year. Here’s what it says is coming next.
Wall Street analysts are the types who get to the airport with hours to spare. Year-ahead previews come in before Thanksgiving, so it can’t be too huge a surprise that Morgan Stanley has released its ...
‘So bad, it’s good.’ This beleaguered stock market has one big asset on its side, say strategists.
A rough month for stocks is drawing to a close, and many investors likely won’t be sad to see the back of it. And the last day of April trade is looking weak as Apple and Amazon failed to raise the ba...
Alibaba Stock Drops to Its Lowest Level in 6 Years. Behind the Latest Fall.
Text size Shanghai has been under strict Covid-19 lockdowns since March. Dreamstime The worsening Covid-19 situation in China is weighing on the country’s stock market, with companies including Alibab...
Here’s the playbook if the rest of the world breaks free from the U.S. dollar, says Credit Suisse’s monetary plumbing guru
It’s pretty well accepted that no one knows as much about the plumbing of the world’s financial system as Zoltan Pozsar, global head of short-term interest-rate strategy at Credit Suisse, who was the ...
The stock market is behaving a lot like it did during the Iraq war. Here’s the future if the pattern continues.
History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. The Iraq war of 2003 doesn’t have many parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, other than perhaps global unpopularity. But there seems to be at least one ...
A big shift is under way for markets, and old Warren Buffett shareholder letters point to which companies will survive
Given a war and inflation have marked the start of 2022, investors would be forgiven for holding their breath over the rest of the year’s offerings. Our call of the day from a team at Saxo Bank sees a...
China Revises Delisting Rule. But Investors May Want to Sell on the Rally.
Text size The probability of a mass delisting of Chinese stocks like Alibaba may have ticked lower with revised rules from China’s regulators. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images The probability of ...
CEO of Robinhood rival shines fresh light on what retail investors are doing. Wall Street needs to pay attention.
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago, a newish crowd of retail investors emerged, pouring extra cash into equity markets and steering Wall Street into places they never dreamed, such ...
Investing legend Bill Miller says there are many good values in the market even after relief rally
It’s a good time to get the perspective of the recent market rally from legendary investor Bill Miller, who beat the S&P 500 SPX, +1.43% for 15 years in a row and has seen a cycle or two. “No one ...
It’s the beginning of the end of globalization, say BlackRock’s Larry Fink and Oaktree’s Howard Marks
“The magnitude of Russia’s actions will play out for decades to come and mark a turning point in the world order of geopolitics, macroeconomic trends, and capital markets.” That was Larry Fink, CEO of...
The Stock Market Just Had Its Biggest Rally Since 2020. Enjoy It While It Lasts.
Text size It was the largest weekly gain for all three major U.S. indexes since November 2020. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Drop a ball off a balcony, and it will bounce. Drop the market off an all-time hi...
Investors have been scared out of this group of stocks, says fund manager, who offers five ideas for the rebound to come.
China has been talking up its markets, and that’s lifting all boats this morning, with Wall Street off to a strong start ahead of what’s expected to be the first Fed rate hike in more than three years...
Gold at $10,000? Death of the 40-year bull market in bonds? What’s next for the global financial system after Russia’s central bank gets cancelled
The shockwaves are still being felt by the incredible Western sanctions that have rendered the $630 billion in reserves the Russian central bank accumulated virtually unusable. Can the current dollar-...
China Gives Alibaba, Other Stocks a Lifeline. Can It Last?
Text size China said it would roll out market-friendly policies to help boost the stock market. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images With a handful of vague comments about rolling out market-friendly poli...
Remember the stock market before the war in Ukraine? JP Morgan says negativity is overblown, offers 4 hedges
“Markets appear to have been trafficking in an odd mix of hope, fear and uncertainty.” That was Mizuho Bank, summing up the state of play for markets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three we...
China ADSs are flying as fading regulatory headwinds send iQIYI, NIO and Alibaba stocks surging
The U.S.-listed shares of China-based companies, surged Tuesday, particularly in the internet sector, as an apparent reduction of regulatory scrutiny has emboldened Wall Street analysts and investors ...