2022 has been a brutal year for investors. Presently, the S&P 500 is down over 16% Year-To-Date (YTD), the Dow is down 12% YTD, the NASDAQ is down an astounding 25% and the Russell 2000 small capi...
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The S&P 500 Just Printed A Rare Demark Buy Signal
Stocks have sold off sharply and may be nearing exhaustion. Getty Images The S&P 500 Index is flirting with bear market territory, down almost 20% year to date. There are plenty of reasons for equ...
Here’s The Worst Case Scenario For Stocks, According To Goldman, Deutsche Bank And Bank Of America
Topline Amid heightened recession fears, major Wall Street firms now warn that the ongoing market selloff, which is on track for seven consecutive weeks of losses, could get much worse—with stocks set...
Investors Have ‘Nowhere To Hide’ As S&P 500 Nears Bear Market Territory
Topline The stock market moved lower on Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 to the brink of bear market territory as investors continued to offload shares following warnings from major retailers about i...
How Long Do Bear Markets Last? S&P 500 Is Near One— and It May Fall More.
The worst selloffs began in 1973, 2000 and 2007. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size With the latest 4% drop on Wednesday, the S&P 500 index is now 18% below its all-time high and dangerously clo...
Are We In A Bear Market? Here’s How To Tell
getty Key takeaways Bear markets occur when prices drop more than 20% from recent highs Bear markets can last a few weeks, months or even years, depending on the cause and underlying economic conditio...
Dow Falls 900 Points, Stock Market Selloff Continues As Major Retailers Warn Of Rising Cost Pressures
Topline The stock market selloff resumed on Wednesday amid reinvigorated fears about surging inflation weighing on economic growth, as several major retailers have now reported that quarterly profits ...
Beware of the Gains in Stocks. It Looks Like a ‘Bear Market Rally.’
Text size Morgan Stanley expects more losses to follow the recent gain in the S&P 500. Dreamstime The stock market has enjoyed a mini-rally in the past few days, but the latest gains look like an ...
Dow Jumps 400 Points After Powell Says Fed ‘Won’t Hesitate’ To Keep Raising Rates To Combat Inflation
Topline The stock market moved higher on Tuesday in an attempt to bounce back after six consecutive weeks of heavy losses, as investors digested the latest comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome P...
Stocks Keep Tanking As Growing Number Of Wall Street Experts Warn About Rising Recession Risks
Topline With the stock market falling for the last six weeks in a row amid growing concerns about an economic slowdown and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates to combat inflation, an increasing...
Fed Hawkishness May Be Near Its Peak, Even if Inflation Isn’t
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, shown earlier this month at his postmeeting press conference, says the price pressures need to be reined in even at the expense of economic pain. But how far is he willing ...
Phillips 66, Electronic Arts, and 5 More Companies That Raised Their Dividend
Text size Phillips 66 raised its stock dividend this week. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Phillips 66 , Cardinal Health , and Electronic Arts were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increase...
It Might Not Be Time to Buy Stocks Yet. This Technical Analyst Sees the Market Going Even Lower.
Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The major U.S. stock market indexes have lost roughly 12% to 25% this year, a painful setback after two years of gains. Time to buy? Not so fast, based on a technical...
Stocks Rebound, Taking A Breather From Selloff—But Markets Are Down For The Sixth Week In A Row
Topline Markets surged Friday, paring back some of the heavy losses in recent days as investors helped the benchmark S&P 500 stay clear of bear market territory, though stocks are still on track f...
Bitcoin Is Finally Breaking. Why That’s Good News for the Stock Market.
Text size Bitcoin, Ether, and other cryptos have plunged in the past week. Stocks have suffered, too. Dreamstime A cryptocurrency crash has already wiped out $600 billion in digital asset market value...
S&P 500 Hits New 2022 Low As ‘Staggering’ Market Losses Continue
Topline Markets fell despite a rebound late in the session on Thursday, continuing one of the worst starts to a year in history as mounting losses dragged the benchmark S&P 500 index to a new low ...
Wall Street Thinks These Stocks—Including McDonald’s, Dollar General And Visa—Can Weather Market Volatility
Topline Markets are so far having one of their worst years in history as investors are whipsawed by rising inflation, tighter monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and Russia’s war against Ukraine,...
Dow Falls 300 Points As Red-Hot Inflation Report And Sinking Tech Stocks Drag Markets Lower
Topline The stock finished lower yet again on Wednesday after consumer prices came in higher than expected, and although experts think inflation may have peaked, the Federal Reserve may still need to ...
Stocks Rebound After Inflation Moderates Slightly, Giving Investors Hope That Prices May Have Peaked
Topline The stock market rallied on Wednesday even after consumer prices came in higher than expected, and although experts think inflation may have peaked, the Federal Reserve may still need to raise...
Is Red-Hot Inflation Cooling Off? 3 Signs That Show It Is.
Text size Expectations for inflation are critical to how fast the Fed raises interest rates. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Good news about inflation is bubbling up even as the Federal Reserve...
Dow Drops 400 Points, Stock Sell-Off Continues As Fed ‘Hangover’ Slams Markets
Topline Stocks fell on Monday while rates surged, with investors trying to recover from last week’s volatile market swings even as experts warn that rising risks to economic growth could lead to furth...
The Stock Market May Look Volatile, but the S&P 500 Has Seen Worse. Way Worse.
One out of every six trading days has closed with a gain or loss of 2% or more for the S&P 500 so far this year. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size The stock market is getting jittery in 2022, a...
How S&P 500 Volatility in 2022 Compares to Years Past
Text size Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market is getting jittery in 2022, as investors try to figure out where the economy and corporate earnings will go amid higher interest rates, record inf...
There Could Be More Downside Ahead for the Stock Market
It could be very difficult for Powell and the Fed to tame inflation without causing an economic slowdown. Photo illustration by Barron’s staff; (reference) Dreamstime (5) Text size Like Winnie t...
The Stock Market Looks Like a Bear. How to Avoid Getting Eaten.
It could be very difficult for Powell and the Fed to tame inflation without causing an economic slowdown. Photo illustration by Barron’s staff; (reference) Dreamstime (5) Text size Like Winnie t...
Stocks Fall For Fifth Straight Week As Experts Warn Of More Selloffs Ahead
Topline Stocks finished lower on Friday, adding to recent losses despite stronger-than-expected jobs data, as investors continue to remain nervous about a slowdown in economic growth and experts warn ...
How Investors Should Navigate The Recent Volatility
After the stock market (as measured by the S&P 500) dropped by 3.55% yesterday, bringing the decline to nearly 13% in 2022 (and almost 17% for small-capitalization stocks), many investors are pani...
Stocks Keep Falling After Major Sell-Off As Bloodbath Continues Despite Strong Jobs Data
Topline Stocks moved sharply lower on Friday, adding to recent losses despite stronger-than-expected jobs data, as investors continue to remain nervous about a slowdown in economic growth and experts ...
Should You Sell Your Stocks When The Market Tanks? The Myth Of Missing The Best 10 Days
Visitors ride a roller coaster at Universal Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Gregg … [+] Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images A well-w...
Stocks Nearly Entered a Bear Market. What History Says Happens Next.
Text size Everything in the markets seemed on the verge of collapse this week. NYSE It’s the moment of truth for stocks—and investors might not enjoy what comes next. For a moment this past week, the ...