When a key part of the U.S. bond market starts shrugging off new Federal Reserve interest rate hikes or tough talk on inflation, it’s probably time to buy stocks, according to James Paulsen, the Leuth...
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Layoffs at Intel Could Spell a Bitter Winter for Tech. It’s Not All Bad News.
Intel looks set to be the latest tech company to announce job cuts in the face of a gloomy macro outlook—a sign that a bitter winter is coming for the sector. From a more macro perspective, there are ...
Semiconductor Stocks Tumble After U.S. Announces New Chip Restrictions
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S&P 500 would be in an ‘earnings recession’ if not for this one booming sector — but that may not last long
Fears of an actual recession are weighing on investors near the end of 2022, but there is another type of recession also in sight: an earnings recession. The S&P 500 index would already be in an e...
Micron faces ‘unprecedented’ supply issues, and analysts are split on if the bottom has been hit
Micron Technology Inc. is dealing with an “unprecedented” oversupply problem, but whether it gets worse or better in the near-term is up for debate. However, analysts had different ideas about when th...
How to Build a Bond Ladder for Income
While stock prices typically rise and fall from year to year, bond prices have historically been quite stable. Yet 2022 is shaping up to be a year of infamy for fixed income. Since bond prices move in...
Dow Futures Fall as Wall Street Anticipates Another Big Rate Hike From the Fed
Text size AFP via Getty Images Stock futures traded lower Monday in a week that is expected to see the Federal Reserve raise interest rates by another three-quarters of a point in its effort to stamp ...
Why Alibaba, Other China Tech Stocks Are an Exception to Goldman Sachs’ Outlook
Text size Alibaba and other Chinese tech stocks have been battered since the beginning of last year. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks have taken a beating since many hit all-time highs in earl...
U.S. Stocks Poised for Mixed Open on Monday
Stocks were poised for a mixed open in New York on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Text size U.S....
This Is a Good Time to Buy Short-Term Bonds
Until recently, short-term bonds were a yield wasteland: A two-year Treasury note yielded 0.21% a year ago and just 1% in January. Today, the yield is over 3.8% and could soon touch 4%, thanks in good...
Here are some of the Bed Bath & Beyond stores slated to close soon
Struggling Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has released a list of dozens of stores it aims to close. The home-goods retailer BBBY, +0.34% and most recent “meme stock” has been reducing the number of its st...
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...
I’m 65 and semi-retired, having amassed $1.8 million myself with ‘a lot of risky small caps,’ tech stocks and some ETFs. I also have 20% in cash. Am I doing it right? Do I need an adviser to help?
How to find the right financial adviser for you. Getty Images Question: I have always been a self-directed investor, though I have sought advice from time to time. I tend towards a lot of risky small ...
Stocks Poised to Open Higher on Monday
Stocks are poised to open higher in New York on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are poised to open higher on Monday as investors await the August reading on inflation. On S...
Outlook for Tech Stocks Darkens After Rocky Stretch
Sept. 10, 2022 5:30 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) A rally in technology shares helped the stock market snap a three-week losing streak. There are already signs that reprieve may be short lived. ...
Rising Pressure on Profits Darkens Outlook for Tech Shares
Micron Technology is among the companies that have warned about softening PC demand. Courtesy Micron Text size In early summer, I wrote a Tech Trader column previewing the June quarter earnings season...
Opinion: The stock market is unrelentingly bearish but still nowhere close to triggering a ‘buy’ signal
The S&P 500 Index SPX, -1.07% has been in a bearish phase since the mid-summer rally fizzled out near 4,300 points. The declining 200-day moving average of the benchmark index happened to be close...
The stock market typically bottoms before the end of a Fed rate-hike cycle. Here’s how to make that bet pay off.
A lot of money can be made betting on when the Federal Reserve will “pivot” — that is, take its foot at least partially off the rate-hike gas pedal. Yet a lot of money can also be lost, as we saw on A...
Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Jump as Jackson Hole Selloff Eases
Text size Wall Street saw its worst day in months last Friday. Angels Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were set to snap a two-day losing streak ignited by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chairm...
U.S. Stocks Poised Fall on Monday
Stocks are poised to open lower on Wall Street on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Text size U.S. stocks are poised to open lower on Monday as investors look toward Friday’s report on August jobs...
Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip as Jackson Hole Speech From Fed’s Powell Looms
Text size Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech scheduled for Friday has hung over markets all week. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Stocks were heading for losses Friday as a major catalyst loomed, wit...
Nvidia, Salesforce, Zoom, Macy’s, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Numerous technology and retail companies will report their latest quarterly results this week. Federal Reserve watchers will be tuning into the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, ...
Opinion: Could there be a stock market rally? Probably. Would it be the end of the bear market? Probably not.
The stock market’s low for the year on the last day in September is likely to be breached in this bear market, according to a contrarian analysis of market timer sentiment. That’s because at no point ...