Benchmark U.S. Treasury bonds are facing their worst annual returns since 1788, but a big bounce is likely in the new year, along with a stock rout. That’s according to a team of strategists at Bank o...
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Here’s what needs to happen for the stock market to bottom, according to Goldman Sachs strategists
Housing’s in freefall. Big Tech is slowing down. Even at Coca-Cola KO, +0.80%, which surprised to the upside for the third quarter, CEO James Quincey flagged “there are some changes in consumer behavi...
U.S. stock rally set to stall after Microsoft and Alphabet earnings disappoint
U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday after results from tech behemoths Microsoft and Alphabet disappointed investors. How are stock-index futures trading S&P 500 futures ES00, -0.72% dipped 23 poi...
Google ad sales take a hit and widely miss estimates, Alphabet stock drops 6%
Alphabet Inc. is feeling the sting of a downturn in digital-ad spending. Google’s parent company reported just 6% sales growth year-over-year Tuesday and missed widely on its advertising revenue, push...
This hedge fund manager who made winning bets in 2020, says investors should brace for a decades-long bear market
On the heels of last week’s bullish turn for stocks, the setup is looking slightly less positive for Monday. Hong Kong stocks may be affecting the mood with a giant slump after China’s leader cemented...
U.S. stock futures surge after Wall Street’s best week since June
U.S. stock futures surged out of the gate late Sunday, after Wall Street notched its best week since June. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.62% jumped more than 200 points, or 0.7%, on Su...
What’s needed for stocks to rally is capitulation, but that could come from unexpected sources, strategist says
It’s the end of what felt like another very choppy week in stocks. And yet the S&P 500 SPX, +0.36% is in line to start the final session only about 1% or so below last Friday’s close. Uncertainty ...
Apple Earnings Are Next Week. What to Watch.
When Apple reports financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter next Thursday, the most crucial question will be whether the company is seeing signs of strain from the softening consumer economy. P...
The top 25 market events of the last 25 years
On an October morning 25 years ago, MarketWatch started providing real-time news and market data to the general public on the internet. Individuals were fleeing their stockbrokers for new online platf...
These Are the 7 Worst Housing Markets, According to Lennar
Higher mortgage rates have cut into home sales at a national level—but, as the saying goes, all real estate is local. Lennar , the nation’s second-largest builder by market capitalization, on Thursda...
The S&P 500 sank 5% in a very bad week for stocks. These 20 lost as much as 24%.
U.S. stocks sputtered Friday to close out the week in the red. The day’s declines of less than 1% for the broad indexes paled against Tuesday’s, when they sank 4% to 5%. For the week, the Dow Jones In...
These five stocks in the S&P 500 lost almost half a trillion dollars in value in one day amid widespread wipeout
A decline in gasoline prices couldn’t mask the problem that spooked investors on Sept. 13: Core consumer prices resumed their rapid increase during August. Fear of the Federal Reserve’s ongoing tighte...
Opinion: Facebook and Google grew into tech titans by ignoring Wall Street. Now it could lead to their downfall
Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. became two of the most valuable companies in the world by largely ignoring Wall Street and its concerns about their spending and big-money acquisitions. Now, in t...