Stocks are still too expensive and rising rates may shock financial system, Seth Klarman warns

Investment legend Seth Klarman went back to his roots at the Harvard Business School to declare that the stock market is still too pricey even with its slide this year. “You’ve got a stock market that...

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...

What the Fed’s biggest rate hike in decades means for the bear market in bonds

Historically bad. That’s how the mammoth $53 trillion U.S. fixed-income market has performed this year as the Federal Reserve works to curtail high inflation threatening to wreck the economy. To turbo...

Bitcoin crash ‘absolutely’ a buying opportunity, Michael Saylor says

“‘Nobody has ever lost money investing in bitcoin for four years.’” That was MicroStrategy MSTR, +3.88% CEO and bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.27% optimist Michael Saylor talking about the recent dip in bitcoin p...

History says the next bull market is just months away, and it could carry the S&P 500 to the 6,000 level, according to Bank of America

When it comes to bear markets, investors can take comfort from history, which suggests that where there’s a beginning, there’s always an end. And according to Bank of America, investors have only got ...

Wall Street is officially in a bear market: What strategists say investors should do

The U.S. stock market met popular criteria for a bear market this week as the latest declines by the S&P 500 took the U.S. large-cap benchmark down by more than 20% from its record close in Januar...

‘The economy is going to collapse,’ says Wall Street veteran Novogratz. ‘We are going to go into a really fast recession.’

Veteran investor and bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz doesn’t have a rosy outlook on the economy, which he described as headed for a substantial downturn, with the likelihood of a “fast recession” on th...

Why stocks and bonds went into relief-rally mode after Fed’s jumbo rate hike

Financial markets suffered an absolute bloodbath in the days leading up to Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, with stocks plunging and bond yields soaring in the wake of surprisingly hot inflation ...

Opinion: Those who buy stocks the day the S&P 500 enters a bear market have made an average of 22.7% in 12 months

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Good news, investors: Wall Street is holding a sale, offering stocks at 20% off! You’re not interested? That just means you only talk the talk about being a contrarian investor, bu...

Bitcoin down 70% from all-time high. Why is crypto market crashing?

Cryptocurrencies have been crashing. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -3.21% plunged to as low as $20,834 late Monday, the lowest level since December 2020 and down about 70% from its all-time high in November. The No...

Strategist who nailed the recent S&P 500 top says three things are needed for a market bottom

Wariness is in order after the S&P 500’s bear-market finish and a potential 75 basis-point Fed hike just one day away. Gains for stock futures and a potential bounce are fading fast. Morgan Stanle...

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...

Dow futures slump nearly 600 points as second day of selling in store after inflation shock

U.S. stock futures looked set to break below the lows of May, as financial markets continue to reel from a surprise acceleration in inflation just days ahead of a Federal Reserve interest-rate decisio...

Cryptocurrency selloff extends through the weekend after Friday’s hot inflation reading

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies tumbled on Sunday as losses for the asset class built over the weekend following U.S. data that showed persistent inflation pressures. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -1.93% dropped...

Dow tumbles as inflation reading triggers market shock waves: What investors need to know

From Wall Street to Main Street, fears that the U.S. economy could be sliding into 1970s-style “stagflation” have been percolating. References to the sticky situation appeared in news headlines all we...

‘We’re in technical recession, but just don’t realize it’: Bank of America sees more ‘shocks’ to come

The shocks aren’t over. Get ready. That’s the timely Friday advice of Bank of America, delivered hours before worse-than-expected U.S. inflation data knocked the wind out of Wall Street and left inves...

Suze Orman says to do this right now if you’re worried about inflation

The rate of U.S. inflation reached a 40-year high of 8.6% in May as overall prices for things including rent, gas and food all remain on the rise. Financial commentator and host of the “Women & Mo...

In a shaky economy, cash is king — and these S&P 500 companies have it, says Barclays

Show investors the money, but make it cold hard cash. That’s the message from U.S. equity strategists at Barclays, who highlighted more than a dozen S&P 500 SPX, -2.48% companies with the best cas...

The stock market and inflation: How the S&P 500 performs on CPI report days

Stock-market investors crowded the exits on Thursday, sending major stock indexes sharply lower a day ahead of another eagerly anticipated consumer-price index reading. Recent history may offer a clue...

Oil prices could go ‘parabolic,’ putting global economy in ‘critical situation,’ says Trafigura chief

“‘We have got a critical situation. I really think we have a problem for the next six months. … [O]nce it gets to these parabolic states, markets can move and they can spike quite a lot.’” — Jeremy We...

This big investor called inflation early and sees it above 7% at year’s end

Far from the bustle of Wall Street, inside his downtown Minneapolis office, Tim Magnusson got his first aching gut feeling about U.S. inflation in May of last year. That’s when U.S. government data sh...

Peak U.S. inflation? This obscure corner of the financial market says otherwise

In a little-known part of the financial market that’s had the most accurate reads on U.S. inflation so far, traders are pricing in an annual headline rate on the consumer-price index of 8.5% or higher...

Here’s why the stock market gets ‘squirrelly’ when bond yields rise above 3%

Stock-market investors seem to get jittery when the 10-year Treasury yield is trading above 3%. A look at corporate and government debt levels explains why, according to one closely followed analyst. ...

Home affordability has ‘collapsed’ in 2022. What to expect next, according to BofA

The double whammy of surging mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices has led to “collapsed” housing affordability in America, according to Chris Flanagan’s team at BofA Global Research. The situat...

Weekend reads: If you agree that inflation has peaked, buy stocks in this sector

If everyone agreed about the direction of the economy, investing would be easy. But there are mixed signals about whether the rate of inflation has peaked, at least in the U.S. If you are among those ...

Investors may be in for this rude surprise: History shows inflation can take years to return to normal even when Fed hikes above 10%

History can be a powerful tool, particularly in a high-inflation environment like this one in which no suitable economic model seems to apply. Inflation — running at 8.3% as of April, near a four-deca...

Why a top Wall Street quant sees S&P 500 taking back all its losses by yearend

JP Morgan’s Marko Kolanovic, one of the most closely followed quantitative analysts on Wall Street, augured in a note to clients on Wednesday that U.S. stocks could see a torrid rebound during the lat...

U.S. stocks end lower Tuesday as Biden, Powell meet on inflation; Dow, S&P eke out gains in May

U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday, the final session of May, as Treasury yields pushed higher following last week’s equity market bounce after a historic string of weekly losses. The Dow Jones Industri...

Fed’s quantitative tightening is about to arrive: What that might mean for markets

The Federal Reserve’s almost $9 trillion portfolio is about to be reduced starting on Wednesday, in a process intended to supplement rate hikes and buttress the central bank’s fight against inflation....

Brace for another selloff if U.S. stocks reach this technical ‘danger zone’

“Top Gun: Maverick” is taking American cinemas by storm, so it’s only right that Wall Street strategists would work some references to the classic 1980s franchise into their client research which is o...

Here’s the asset investors want if inflation stays high, says Deutsche Bank. And crypto isn’t even ‘on the radar’

Home is where the heart is, and the money, if inflationary trends don’t cool. That’s according to the latest Deutsche Bank survey of investors, who say that property will be their most preferred buy-a...