Weekend reads: There’s a recession warning as the Federal Reserve fights inflation

The Federal Reserve this week increased the federal funds rate for the first time since 2018. Long-term market interest rates had risen significantly as investors anticipated that the central bank wou...

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...

Nvidia Stock Needs a Catalyst. It Could Get One Next Week.

Text size After rocketing higher in 2021, Nvidia shares have been under pressure in 2022. Remus Rigo/Dreamstime.com Like much of the rest of the stock market, to say nothing of the beaten-down tech se...

The Market Rose on the Fed’s Rate Hikes. What It Might Be Missing.

Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters Wednesday the central bank had the tools to bring inflation down. Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg It may not rank with the “whatever it takes” ...

Apple and Nvidia Are Picked by Robot Trader That Dumped Google and Meta

Text size The robot trader likes Apple and Nvidia stock. Fresco/Evening Standard/Getty Images Apple and Nvidia were two stocks singled out for gains in March by a fund with holdings picked by artifici...

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...

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...

Dow futures climb nearly 400 points, with Fed interest-rate hike in the spotlight

U.S. stock futures on Wednesday pointed to an extension of the previous session’s rally, as traders wait for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision and react to China’s statement of support fo...

Stock Market Today: Dow Rises, Fed Decision Ahead, Alibaba and JD.com Soar

Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell will host a press conference at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Graeme Jennings / POOL/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were moving higher Wednesday as markets readied for a long-await...

Amazon, Alphabet and Eight Other Beaten-Up Growth Stocks Set to Soar

Text size Amazon packages Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images Picking beaten-up growth stocks might not feel like a good idea these days, amid rising interest rates, inflation, and geopolitical chaos, ...

S&P 500 marks 1st death cross in 2 years as investors assess Russia-Ukraine ahead of Fed decision

Dow industrials barely gained on Monday, while the S&P 500 logged its first death cross in two years and the Nasdaq Composite slumped to its lowest since December 2020, as investors monitored Russ...

Portfolio manager with 50 years of experience shares 1970s bear-market lesson, and three stocks to buy now

A previous version of this column gave the incorrect date for the Fed policy decision. The story has been corrected. Investors looking at their screens this morning might feel a bit of relief, with oi...

Tesla Stock Drops Again as Issues Start to Pile Up

Text size Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul – Pool/Getty Images Tesla shares are lower again, adding to Friday’s significant decline, as investors weigh the impact of another tweet from CEO Elo...

Hang Seng slumps 3% over COVID lockdown worries, oil falls as Russian attacks in Ukraine intensify

BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mixed in Asia and oil prices fell Monday as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation kept investors guessing about what lies ahead. Tokyo and Sydn...

NIO Stock Trading Debut in Hong Kong Ends With a Thud

Text size Pedestrians walk past a Nio Inc. showroom in Beijing, China Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Stock in Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO is now listed on two stock exchanges: The New York Stock Exchange...

Tesla’s China Sales Dropped. Tesla Stock Rose Anyway.

Text size Tesla delivered 56,515 vehicles from its Chinese plant in February. Sam Yeh /AFP via Getty Images Tesla sales from its plant in Shanghai fell in February from January, following the pattern ...

A death cross for the S&P 500 is nearing as inflation fears, Russia’s Ukraine offensive rattles stock-market investors

The S&P 500 index is closing in on a death cross, an ominous chart pattern that underscores the downtrend suffered in an asset. A death cross appears when the 50-day moving average crosses below t...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average heads for its first correction in 2 years. Here’s the level to watch.

An ugly stretch for U.S. equities was intensifying as the crisis in Ukraine worsened and investors weighed the prospect of further sanctions to cripple the Russian economy as the Kremlin wages war in ...

Stock Market Today: Dow Falls, Gold and Oil Surge, Bed Bath & Beyond Soars

Text size Gold prices marched higher Monday, as investors fled to havens amid declines in stocks. DAVID GRAY/AFP/Getty Images Stocks plunged Monday and investors sought havens as oil prices hit the hi...

Apple Stock Has Had a Tough Year. That Could Soon Change.

Text size Tech stocks like Apple have had a tough start to the year, but a turnaround could be coming. Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for Apple Apple stock and the rest of big tech have faced a difficu...

Stock Market: The Worst Is Yet to Come. So Is a Swift Snapback.

Text size Traders at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Feb. 28. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg It’s the end of the world as we know it. The stock market, however, isn’t going anywhere. The last full tra...

Snowflake Stock Falls as Software Tweak Hits Revenue. Analysts Remain Bullish.

Text size Snowflakes made a tweak to its software that allows customers to do more with less resources. That hit revenue because customers pay only for the amount of computing time they use. Dreamstim...

Baidu Stock Jumps Even as Earnings Miss Estimates. Here’s What to Like.

Text size Like its peers in the Chinese tech sector, Baidu faces macroeconomic headwinds. Liu Jin/AFP via Getty Images A growing cloud computing and artificial intelligence business at Baidu helped th...

Dow falls nearly 600 points as Russia says it will begin attacks on Kyiv

U.S. stocks traded lower near midday Tuesday as Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine and warned it would begin “high-precision” strikes on the capital, Kyiv, as its invasion enters a sixth day. What’s...

EPAM Systems Stock Plunges. It Makes Software in Ukraine.

Text size The company had more than 12,000 staff in Ukraine as of the end of 2021. Dreamstime Shares of EPAM Systems tumbled nearly 40% after the software-design company  said it is withdrawing its fi...

Stock Market Today: Dow Tumbles With Ukraine in Focus, Oil Surges, Gold Pops

Stocks tumbled into the start of a new trading week, as the invasion of Ukraine and a wave of new sanctions on Russia weighed on investor sentiment. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4...

Tech Stocks Get a Bear-Market Scare. What Could Come Next.

As Russian forces were pouring over the border into Ukraine, the tech sector briefly tumbled into a bear market on Thursday. Both the Nasdaq 100 and the Nasdaq Composite fell enough that morning to ex...

Is Now the Time to Buy or Sell? 7 Stocks to Consider During Turbulent Times.

I asked two market strategists whether U.S. investors should buy stocks here despite the pall of war in Ukraine. One says definitely, and the other says to hold off. Both are convincing. This is why I...

Dow surges nearly 800 points and aims for best day in over a year as Nasdaq, S&P 500 erase weekly losses and angst over Russia-Ukraine clash gives way to buying

U.S. stock benchmarks were trading sharply higher Friday as investors who were cautious about buying at the onset of the military clash in Eastern Europe were turning eager to hunt down bargains. The ...

Apple, Microsoft Tumble as Russia-Ukraine Crisis Leads to Selloff of Big Tech

Text size Sascha Steinbach/Getty Images for Apple Some of the biggest U.S. tech stocks and investor favorites weren’t spared in the major stock market selloff Thursday as Wall Street reacted to the Ru...

Dow futures sink over 700 points as Putin authorizes invasion, explosions heard near Ukraine’s Kyiv

U.S. stock-index futures were tumbling Wednesday night, extending an earlier decline on Wall Street, as Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in Ukraine. CNN on We...

Tesla Stock Is Plunging. It’s Probably Musk’s Twitter This Time.

Text size Shares of Tesla have dropped more than 17% this week. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Recent declines in Tesla stock have deviated from market-related trading patterns, leavin...