Dow logs new 2023 low as bank sector tumbles, investors await monthly employment report

U.S. stocks finished sharply lower on Thursday, with the financial sector logging a sharp one-day drop, while investors awaited Friday’s February employment data that could help decide how large an in...

How investors can learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

Growth stocks may have led the early 2023 rally, but stubbornly high inflation means that won’t last. That’s the main message from the BlackRock Investment Institute on Monday, as U.S. stocks attempte...

The next few days may reveal whether investors have been riding one big suckers rally, says this strategist.

Stocks are off to a weaker start as caution grips investors following Friday’s monster jobs beat. While subject to revisions, that 517,000 surge in U.S. jobs may have shredded hopes among some that th...

Opinion: Why are my investments in a rut? That’s the way Wall Street wants it.

The Wall Street establishment doesn’t want you to read this article, and I’ll tell you why. If you’re an investor and not getting all the returns you deserve, there are lots of possible reasons. Perha...

Endava Stock Is a Buy. Even a Recession Won’t Stop It.

Software is in a slump, but people are in short supply. That’s the kind of environment that could be good for information-technology consultant Endava With recession concerns rising, corporate spendin...

Where Are the Stock Market and Economy Headed? Barron’s Roundtable Pros Weigh In.

Bullish or bearish, our 10 panelists help make sense of increasingly complicated market dynamics. Plus: nine stock picks. Jan. 13, 2023 8:40 pm ET The optimist sees bubbles and thinks champagne. The p...

1 in 5 Americans admit to doing the ‘bare minimum’ at work as US productivity remains stuck in a rut — is ‘hustle culture’ a thing of the past?

‘Overworking only gets you so far’: 1 in 5 Americans admit to doing the ‘bare minimum’ at work as US productivity remains stuck in a rut — is ‘hustle culture’ a thi...

Asian shares rise in thin holiday trading, with U.S., European markets closed

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong Kong, Sydney and several other places closed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.65% gained 0.6% to...

How a Santa Claus rally, or lack thereof, sets the stage for the stock market in first quarter

It’s the time of the year when the traditional seasonal lift for U.S. stocks known as the “Santa Claus rally” usually takes place. But unlike past holiday seasons, this one may get bogged down by the ...

Why Monday’s selloff in the stock market could be the start of the next leg lower

Monday’s punishing selloff could be the beginning of the next leg lower for stocks as a sense of complacency has taken hold in markets following a stellar October and November, several strategists tol...

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Stuck in Rut: Here’s What Traders Can Expect This Weekend

The bankruptcy filing by the crypto exchange giant FTX has created a black hole in the crypto space as the market has lost billions of dollars due to the FTX crash. However, it may mark the birth of a...

Bitcoin trades at 2-year low as market rut continues

In the last 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market cap saw outflows of around $50 billion as the industry plunged to $828.94 billion from $875.52 billion as of press time — down 4.23%. Bitcoin and Ethere...

Get ready for some bullish history to repeat with these stocks, says BofA analysts

Stagflation is coming, but with that comes a silver lining for some equities if history is any guide. That’s according to strategists at Bank of America, who see a macro backdrop that continues to ref...

Small-Cap Stocks Have Rarely Been So Depressed. 7 to Buy Now.

Longtime investor Nicholas F. Galluccio has seen his fair share of market turmoil, but one thing has remained constant over nearly four decades: a focus on finding small stocks with big prospects. Gal...

Polkadot sees slight gain as market rut continues

The cryptocurrency market cap saw net outflows of $1.11 billion over the past 24 hours, pushing the total to $929.47 billion as of press time. Bitcoin’s market cap fell 0.17% over the reporting period...

Here’s Why Cardano Is Stuck In Rut – Will ADA Price Surge Above $0.6 in October?

Despite having lost 86.2% of its previous peak of $3.09, Cardano is still the eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The $1 trading price is still a major obstacle for Cardano. Even a...

Litecoin Still Stuck in Rut; Can LTC Revive This Correction?

Litecoin has not only failed to create a breakout but also moved further toward the abyss. Litecoin is popular not just for its payments ecosystem but as the second pure cryptocurrency to exist in its...

Stock-market summer rally ran out of steam. What history says about September.

A summer U.S. stock-market rally off lows for the year seen in June shuddered to a halt in August, leaving major indexes with monthly losses as investors braced for the start of a traditionally unplea...

Warren Buffett Has Been Buying T-Bills. Here’s Why That’s a Smart Strategy.

Elias Stein Text size Warren Buffett parks most of Berkshire Hathaway ’s cash in ultrasafe U.S. Treasury bills, and individual investors may want to consider following Buffett’s lead now that the yiel...

The Bulls Still Own This Market. But Cracks Are Starting to Show.

Text size Riskier and more speculative pockets of the market have led the rally, which has coincided with a decline in bond yields. NYSE If it looks like a bull market and acts like a bull market, it’...

The Stock Market Is Rallying. Here’s What Could Make it Tumble Again.

Text size A worse than expected CPI results could derail stocks. Scott Olson/Getty Images While the stock market has enjoyed an impressive run of late, the party could end when the next inflation resu...

Small-Cap Stocks Have Been Big Winners. Why They Can Keep Outperforming.

Text size Yeti cooler sales are expected to grow, and the company has added drinkware products to its line. Sergio Flores/Bloomberg Good things are supposed to come in small packages, but that hasn’t ...

It’s time to overweight small caps as ‘they’ve come very close to pricing in recession’: RBC Capital

Small-cap stocks have attracted more investors and analysts attention this week with their benchmark index the Russell 2000 jumping 3.5% on Tuesday to 1799 points, its biggest one day percentage gain ...

25 Stocks That Could Rise on a Short Squeeze

Investors betting against electric-vehicle stocks take note: Five of 25 stocks that short-selling research firm S3 Partners identified this month as being at risk of a short squeeze are in the EV busi...

Canoo, Lordstown, Other EV Startups Are at Risk of a ‘Short Squeeze’. Beware.

Text size Lordstown Motors is on a list of squeezable stocks. Courtesy Lordstown Motors Investors who have bet against the electric-vehicle industry should take note. Five of 25 U.S. companies that th...

Buy Watsco Stock. The Air-Conditioning Stock Is Ready to Heat Up.

Watsco has paid out a dividend for 48 consecutive years and raised it every year since 2013. Dreamstime Text size The temperature is rising, but shares of air-conditioning distributor Watsco have cool...

P2E gaming is in a rut, but Axie Infinity (AXS) could rebound for 3 key reasons

Play-to-earn gaming was one of the breakout sectors of the cryptocurrency market in 2021 and the trend was led by Axie Infinity (AXS), a mobile, blockchain-based game where users collect, breed, raise...

Stocks Had a Nasty 6 Months. The Second Half Could Be Ugly Too.

Text size Bond markets are pricing in significant additional interest-rate hikes this year, but some stock analysts’ earnings forecasts remain optimistic. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg It was a first half d...

The S&P 500 Had Its Worst First Half Since 1970. What the Second Half Holds.

The S&P 500 has posted its worst first half of a year since Richard Nixon’s presidency, and many investors worry it has yet to hit bottom. In the first six months of 2022, the widely followed larg...

What’s next for the stock market after the worst 1st half since 1970? Here’s the history.

A bear market that began shortly after the calendar flipped over to 2022 has the S&P 500 on track for its worst first half in 52 years. Investors looking ahead to the end of the year might have so...

XRP in a Rut as Investors Await Court Ruling

Key Insights: XRP bucked the broader market trend on Monday, falling by 1.17%. On Sunday, XRP trailed the top ten cryptos with a 6% gain. Investors are awaiting a court ruling on the Hinman speech-rel...

Asian markets mostly fall ahead of U.S. holiday

TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring...