Recession worries were back in the spotlight for Wall Street on Wednesday, with equity futures and oil prices dropping, as investors looked ahead to Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairm...
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Elon Musk joins the growing chorus fearing a U.S. recession. But there are stocks for that.
Look out above, the dip buyers are back in town. Stocks are soaring — for now — as Wall Street returns from a long holiday weekend, with Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifying in front of Congress...
Dow futures slump over 500 points as post-Fed meeting gains evaporate
U.S. stock index futures slumped early Thursday, as the gains seen after the Federal Reserve’s biggest interest rate hike since 1994 quickly faded. What’s happening Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial...
The S&P 500 is clinging to a key support level after Friday’s meltdown, here’s what happens if that fails
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...
U.S. stock futures sink Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January
U.S. stock-index futures sank Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.54% fell more than 170 points, or 0.5%, late Sunday, while S&P 500 ...
Stocks close sharply higher after inflation data; Dow snaps longest weekly losing streak since 1932
U.S. stocks ended sharply higher Friday, with all three major benchmarks booking weekly gains, after the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation for April had the smallest increase in a year ...
Dow books 4th day of gains, stocks rally after Fed minutes signal flexibility on interest rate hikes
Stocks closed higher Wednesday as investors took away a message of flexibility from the release of minutes of the early May Federal Reserve meeting about its path to higher interest rates. How did sto...
In a ‘baby with the bathwater’ market, here are a dozen unfairly punished stocks, ripe for a bounce
Another equity selloff is brewing as a warning from Snapchat’s parent has triggered broader panic, with fears Snap is the next canary in the coal mine for tech. Or it just may be another excuse to sel...
Gloomy Goldman offers 20 ‘safety’ stocks with valuations below the previous 2 bear markets
It’s tight quarters in Wall Street’s bear sleuth these days. Goldman Sachs just downgraded their 2022 U.S. growth forecast (to 2.4% from 2.6%) and 2023 (to 1.6% from 2.2%), as senior chairman Lloyd Bl...
This portfolio manager’s strategy uses just one ETF and his own ‘crash indicator’ to beat the market by 530%
Markets are off to a stronger start on Friday, but it’s been a rough few days, with the S&P 500 facing a six-week losing streak, its longest in a decade. With a war raging in Europe, surging price...
After a wild week on Wall Street, stock futures slump Sunday
After a volatile week, Wall Street is bracing for more losses as U.S. stock-index futures fell sharply late Sunday. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.08% were last down more than 300 point...
Dow makes 612-point turnaround as Nasdaq leads rebound in final hour of trading
U.S. stocks rallied in the final hour of trading on Monday as some investors interpreted the 10-year Treasury yield’s breach of 3% as a sign that the bond-market’s selloff may have exhausted itself fo...
Oil joins tumbling commodities as China COVID spread triggers fresh demand worries
Oil prices tumbled on Monday, amid fresh worries that spreading COVID cases and more lockdowns in China will hurt demand. That has added to concerns that Federal Reserve tightening could also weaken p...
U.S. stock futures sink, suggesting more losses Monday
After sharp losses Friday, Wall Street is poised for more declines as stock-index futures slid Sunday night. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.46% were last off more than 170 points — an i...
Why did the stock market fall? Dow finishes nearly 1,000 points lower in worst day since October 2020
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday to suffer their biggest one-day drop since 2020, as investors continued to weigh hawkish comments on interest rates a day earlier by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome ...
The news coming from this giant volcano is even gloomier than the new forecasts from the IMF and World Bank
Investors love looking at esoteric indicators for clues on how the economy is performing, and therefore how stocks, bonds and other assets will trade. How about looking at carbon dioxide emissions? Th...
Here are 30 stocks that Goldman Sachs likes when the economy stutters and markets gyrate
Wall Street is finding some traction for Tuesday, as investors wade through big earnings and ample, gloomy distractions. Fighting has ramped up again in Ukraine as the battle begins for the country’s ...
U.S. stock futures slip headed into big earnings week
U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday, ahead of a big week of earnings reports. As of midnight Eastern, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.16% futures were down about 80 points, or 0.2%, whi...
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...
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 ...
U.S. stock futures steady early Monday as traders weigh prospect of more sanctions on Russia
U.S. stock index futures were little changed early Monday as traders weighed the prospect of further sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine. After the S&P 500 index posted a third straight we...
Dow ends 350 points higher as Biden touts NATO response to Russia-Ukraine war, Fed speakers
U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday afternoon, as world leaders met to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and investors monitored remarks by Federal Reserve officials. Technology and communication...
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...
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-...