Text size The Nasdaq Composite has plunged in response to expectations for higher interest rates. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The tech megacaps that were some of the strongest stocks over the past two yea...
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Short sellers are up $114 billion this year with winning bets against Tesla and Netflix
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Short sellers are reaping huge profits this year, as the stock market’s brutal bloodbath fuel their bearish b...
Global NFT Sales Explode in Last 30 Days Despite Correction Across Crypto Markets
Global sales volume of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is hitting new all-time highs despite the crypto market’s latest sell-off. According to NFT data aggregating site CryptoSlam, global sales of NFTs are...
The S&P 500 is on track for its worst January ever. Here’s why stocks are getting hit so hard
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 5, 2018 in New York City. Getty Images It’s a sea of red in the stock market on Monday, and there are several factors ...
BTC Falls to 5-Month Low – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
The selloff in cryptocurrencies continued to start the week, with bitcoin falling to its lowest level since July. Ethereum was also trading in the red, hitting multi-month lows in the process. This co...
‘Waiting for the perfect moment may not be the best strategy’: 3 things Americans can do right now as stock markets plunge
Americans woke up Monday morning to a stock market in sharp decline. In many ways, it was a replay of what investors have seen in recent weeks. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.57%...
Jim Chanos says the notion that the Fed will always bail out the stock market is dangerous
James Chanos and Leon Cooperman at the 2019 Delivering Alpa conference in New York on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Short-seller Jim Chanos said the belief that the Federal Reserve will always r...
Shares of Rivian and other EV start-ups tank amid stock sell-off
Rivian electric trucks are seen parked near the Nasdaq MarketSite building in Times Square on November 10, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Shares of Rivian Automotive and oth...
Kohl’s, Snap, Peloton and more
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Kohl’s (KSS) – Kohl’s soared 27.3% in premarket trading as takeover interest in the retailer ramps up. Starboard-backed Acacia R...
5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, Jan. 24
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street to open lower after Nasdaq’s worst week since March 2020 Traders on the floor...
Kohl’s shares surge as takeover offers emerge, suitors include Sycamore
People shop at Kohl’s department store amid the coronavirus outbreak on September 5, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Liu Guanguan | China News Service | Getty Images Kohl’s shares soare...
Kohl’s Stock Surges as Retailer Feels Pressure From 2 Possible Suitors
Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Kohl’s shares surged more than 28% in premarket trading Monday following reports the retailer could be fielding takeover offers from two suitors. The Wall Street...
China’s consumers spent $73.6 billion on luxury goods at home in 2021
Consumers linger outside a Haikou duty free shop at Riyue Square, Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, on September 2, 2021. Wang Jianfeng | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese consumer...
Crypto Markets Continue To Grow Despite a Global Pandemic
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Crypto markets continue to grow despite Covid-19 and governments trying to destroy them – but how? Cryptocurrencies were seen as magic internet money for a great p...
UBS Warns of Crypto Winter Amid Expectation of Fed Rate Hikes and Regulation – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, has warned about a crypto winter where prices crash and may not recover for years. The bank’s analysts explained several major reasons affecting the prices of cryptocu...
Starboard-Backed Acacia Research Makes $9 Billion Bid for Kohl’s. What to Know.
Text size Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Activist hedge fund Starboard Value is behind a group that made a $9 billion bid for department-store operator Kohl’s , according to a report. The bidding...
Tesla, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, Visa, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited It will be a packed week of fourth-quarter earnings releases, with more than 100 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. IBM and Halliburton are Monday’s highlights, followed ...
Stock futures rise slightly following S&P 500’s worst week since March 2020
Trader on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 21, 2022. CNBC Stock futures rose slightly in overnight trading Sunday, following the S&P 500’s worst week since March 2020, as investors awaited more c...
Stocks May Extend Drop on Fed Tightening Concerns: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Stocks looked set for further declines Monday amid concerns about tightening Federal Reserve policy, while a cryptocurrency plunge highlighted waning appetite for the most speculat...
Low Volumes Across Crypto Spot Markets and Derivatives Indicate Bearish Conditions – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Digital currency markets have slipped significantly in value during the last two weeks and the lower prices have not sparked higher trade volumes. Data shows cryptocurrency spot market volume has slip...
Inflation surge could push the Fed into more than four rate hikes this year, Goldman Sachs says
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell attends his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2022. ...
Cramer’s Mad Money Recap 1/21: Microsoft, Tesla, Apple
The air has been slowly escaping the stock market balloon for weeks now, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Friday. And unless you own the stock of a company that makes real things and has real ear...
Where’s That ‘Fed Put’? Scorched Dip Buyers Confront the Market’s New Reality
(Bloomberg) — When stocks plunged in 2018, Jerome Powell was there, buoying sentiment. Two years later as shares careened into the fastest bear market ever, he stepped up again, flooding the sys...
These money and investing tips can shelter your portfolio from the stock market’s worst storms
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 Can you name today’s biggest r...
Fastenal and 4 More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week
Text size Fastenal increased its quarterly dividend by 11%. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg Fastenal , Consolidated Edison , and J.B. Hunt Transport Services were among the U.S. companies that declared divide...
As Bears Pound the Bulls, 2 Indicators Strongly Suggest Relief Is on the Way
While the bears have been hammering the bulls of late, we are seeing levels on two indicators that suggest some relief of recent pressure may be in the offering. And should the indexes manage to close...