The old expression is when the tide goes out, you get to see who’s swimming naked. In financial markets, the tide is going out when central banks are raising interest rates and growth is slowing. That...
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It’s the worst September for stocks since 2008. What that means for October.
September is traditionally the toughest month for stocks, but this one is shaping up to be the worst since 2008, during the bleak days of the financial crisis. Seasonally inclined investors may wonder...
Here’s why investors should start betting on Apple and the stock market now
Sometimes it pays not to dismiss market lore. They said September was usually bad. They were right. The S&P 500 SPX, -2.11% will enter the last trading day of the month having shed 7.95%. Worries ...
U.K. could trigger a global crisis as pound collapses while bond yields soar, Larry Summers says
““A currency crisis in a reserve currency could well have global consequences. I am surprised that we have heard nothing from the IMF.”” — Larry Summers, former U.S. Treasury secretary Former U.S. Tre...
The stock market could be on the verge of a ‘tradeable’ rebound, according to a key technical indicator
Heading into the close on Monday, U.S. stocks appear poised for another difficult week as Treasury yields rose and the dollar’s global rampage continued. With the S&P 500 poised to record its lowe...
Stocks crashing? No, but here’s why this bear market feels so painful — and what you can do about it.
Hashtags about a stock-market crash may be trending on Twitter, but the selloff that has sent U.S. equities into a bear market has been relatively orderly, say market professionals. But it’s likely to...
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel accuses Fed of making one of the biggest policy mistakes in its 110-year history
““I think we’re giving Powell too much praise. … The last two years are one of the biggest policy mistakes in the 110-year history of the Fed by staying so easy when everything was booming.”” — Jeremy...
Dow falls below June low — here’s what it would take to enter bear market
An ugly Friday for global equities led to a sharply lower start for Wall Street, as investors eye a potential retest of crucial support on the price charts at the June lows. The Dow Jones Industrial A...
Growling Powell causes Goldman to cut its S&P 500 price target. Again.
During the height of the bull market – which, boy, seems so long ago – the call-option crazy punters inhabiting the Wallstreetbets channel had a favorite meme to explain why stocks would keep going hi...
Yen rallies after Japan unilaterally intervenes for first time in 24 years
The dollar dropped sharply against the Japanese yen on Thursday, in the first intervention to support its currency since 1998, after the Bank of Japan bucked the trend of other central banks by not hi...
Why investors fear a full-percentage-point Fed rate hike would ‘unnerve’ Wall Street
The Fed has delivered two 75 basis point interest-rate hikes so far this year. A previous version of this story said it had delivered three. With both U.S. stocks and bonds under pressure on Tuesday, ...
‘More pain to come’ for stocks as S&P 500 likely to bottom around 3,300, Interactive Brokers’ founder says
““I think there is more pain to come. I expect the market to bottom out around 3,300. As interest rates indicate today, the Fed still has quite a bit of work to do,”” — Thomas Peterffy, chairman and f...
The next financial crisis may already be brewing, but not where many expect
A growing number of traders, academics, and bond-market gurus are worried that the $24 trillion market for U.S. Treasury debt could be headed for a crisis as the Federal Reserve kicks its “quantitativ...
Even after the market meltdown, investors are still making two implausible assumptions about the next six months, this economist says
Not for the first time, inflation numbers caught the market by surprise. The bad news was the S&P 500 SPX, +0.43% saw the largest one-day decline in two years, slumping 4.2%. The good news if you’...
U.S. inflation roars back in August, CPI shows, despite falling gas prices
The numbers: Falling gas price delivered a second low U.S. inflation reading in a row as the consumer price index rose by just 0.1% in August. But the report also showed inflation has spread more broa...
2-year Treasury yield rises to highest level since 2007
Treasury yields rose on Friday, with the two-year yield rising to its highest level since 2007 as Federal Reserve officials suggested the central bank would likely hike its benchmark rate by another 7...
A surging U.S. dollar is already sending ‘danger signals,’ economists warn
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive efforts to wring out inflation have sent the U.S. dollar soaring to historic highs — further aiding the effort to get price pressures under control. Beware, however, t...
Paul Volcker didn’t wait for inflation to get back to 2% before pivoting
Paul Volcker is back in the limelight after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell approvingly cited his interest rate-hiking flurry to tame inflation back in the 1970s. But what’s less talked about is t...
Why the ECB’s jumbo rate hike isn’t helping the beaten-down euro
The European Central Bank went big on Thursday, delivering a historically outsize 75 basis-point interest rate increase in its effort to get a grip on record inflation. Yet the euro, after a brief bou...
Inflation expectations are ‘collapsing’ — here’s why that could spur a rebound in stocks
A closely watched U.S. bond-market gauge of near-term inflation expectations has fallen below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target for the first time in two years in a sign that stocks could find some near...
U.S. stock futures edge higher ahead of key speech from Fed’s Brainard
U.S. stock futures inched higher Wednesday, ahead of a key speech from Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard and the release of the latest Fed-compiled look at the U.S. economy. What’s happening Fu...
U.K. may be on road to another IMF bailout, strategist warns
Is the U.K. on the road to an International Monetary Fund bailout? That’s the view of Peter Chatwell, head of global macro strategies trading at Mizuho Securities, as expressed in an interview on Bloo...
Here’s what Morgan Stanley says will fuel another decline in stocks
Morgan Stanley’s been widely credited, at least among the major Wall Street banks, for correctly predicting the rough ride that stocks would endure this year. Morgan Stanley strategist Mike Wilson say...
2-year Treasury yield sees biggest one-day drop since July after U.S. jobs report
U.S. Treasury yields moved lower Friday, handing the 2-year rate its biggest one-day drop in more than a month, after the August nonfarm payrolls report had traders paring expectations for an aggressi...
Why an epic U.S. dollar rally could be a ‘wrecking ball’ for financial markets
The U.S. dollar is on a tear, hitting historic highs versus major rivals and sending ripples through global financial markets as investors see the Federal Reserve pressing interest rates higher in its...
Bonds enter first bear market in at least 30 years
The bond market has entered its first bear market in more than 30 years — and possibly much longer. The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Total Return Index has now dropped more than 20% below its peak, the ...
Silver is at a 2-year low, but it’s not gold that will determine what happens next, this analyst says
A tie can feel like a loss if you were in line for a victory. Conversely the draw can be celebrated if you were facing defeat. After a number of sessions when early gains evaporated, traders will be r...
Morgan Stanley warns this corner of the credit market could be first to implode as interest rates rise
Now that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has made it abundantly clear that the Fed has no plans to slow the pace of interest-rate hikes, some bond-market experts are warning that the most specu...
2-year Treasury yield hits highest level since 2007 as bond selloff continues
Treasury yields continued to climb on Monday, with the 2-year reaching levels not seen since November 2007, as bonds tumbled in the wake of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks at ...
Here are 5 reasons why energy stocks look like a buy despite rising 74% in a year
Stocks in the S&P 500’s energy sector still have plenty of upside despite their 74% surge in the past 12 months, according to Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. The strong ...
Opinion: The Federal Reserve is missing a crucial turning point in its fight against inflation because it believes in flawed data
The Federal Reserve can’t see the probable economic crash that is coming because it’s still looking into the rearview mirror, where it sees nothing but high inflation. The danger arises because the co...