Price-To-Economic Book Value Looks Cheap Based On 2021 Profits

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Dow Falls 400 Points As 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits Highest Level Since January 2019

Topline Stocks fell on Monday as government bond yields surged—with the 10-year Treasury jumping above 2.7%, its highest level since January 2019—amid ongoing fears about inflation, with investors dum...

Constellation Brands and Murphy Oil Raised Their Dividends This Week

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Stocks Rise As Investors Try To Shake Off Inflation Fears, Recent Fed Comments

Topline The stock market moved slightly higher on Thursday—clawing back some of its losses from earlier this week—as investors continued to assess recent comments from Federal Reserve officials on the...

Another Recession Indicator Just Flashed Red

An index tracking plane, train, and ground transportation stocks has dropped more than 20% from its recent high. Dreamstime.com Text size The Dow Jones Transportation Average slipped into bear market ...

Real Yields Show Where the Stock Market Is Really Headed

Text size No one knows if even an accelerated pace of rate increases is enough to eliminate inflation—or what it will do to stocks. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market’s greatest fear is comin...

The Case for Building Wealth With Stocks, Not Homes

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Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation Has Had a Bad Year. Why It Could Get Even Worse.

Text size Cathie Wood’s success in 2020 made her one of the most high-profile fund managers. Alex Flynn/Bloomberg Investors in ARK Innovation ETF, Cathie Wood’s flagship exchange-traded fund, sh...

Weekly Charts For The Major Averages End The First Quarter On A Positive Note

(Photo by Chris Hondros) Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI), S&P 500 Index (SPX), Nasdaq Composite (IXIC), Dow Jones Transport Average (DJT) and Russell 2000 Index (RUT) have posi...

Costco Stock Is Near Record Highs. Why It Could Keep Climbing.

Text size Costco stock currently trades at more than 41 times forward earnings. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images While many retailers have floundered in 2022 on fears that inflation will cut into consumer...

Are Commodities Right For Your Retirement Portfolio?

getty Higher prices returned with a vengeance in 2021. During such bouts of inflation, commodities tend to do well. Last year the S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) earned 37.1%, far exceedi...

White House Plans To Target Stock Buybacks Will Send Executive Pay Even Higher

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The Stock Market Has Been Ripping. 3 Reasons It Can Keep Gaining.

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The Stock Market Has Been Ripping. Three Reasons It Can Keep Gaining.

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If the Fed Pulls This Off, It’s Party Time

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Stock Market Gets Boost From Bond Selloff. Time to Sell the Rip?

Text size NYSE The Federal Reserve is talking tough about fighting inflation—and the stock market loves it. Don’t expect equities to be so relaxed if Powell & Co. act on their words. The S&P 5...

Wall Street Firms Are Slashing S&P 500 Price Targets—Here’s What They Predict For Markets

Topline A majority of Wall Street’s biggest firms have recently been slashing their S&P 500 forecasts for this year, predicting lower stock market returns as the Federal Reserve raises interest ra...

Inverted Yield Curve Signals a Recession. A Different Curve Tells a More Upbeat Story.

Text size The Federal Reserve, led by Jerome Powell, raised interest rates for the first time since 2018 earlier this month. Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images The most-watched yield curve is close to...

Dow Falls 400 Points As Supply Disruptions Send Oil Prices Surging Higher

Topline The stock market tumbled on Wednesday as oil prices spiked yet again due to supply disruptions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and investors face renewed inflation fears even after the Fede...

Stocks Jump As Investors Prepare For Bigger Fed Rate Hikes To Fight Inflation

Topline The stock market finished slightly higher and government bond yields surged on Tuesday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s more aggressive stance on fighting inflation, with a growing ...

Stocks Rise As Experts Call For Bigger Rate Hikes To Fight Inflation

Topline The stock market opened slightly higher and government bond yields surged on Tuesday as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s more aggressive stance on fighting inflation, with a growing nu...

Pipeline Stock Dividends Are Rising as Oil Prices Surge. Here’s How to Play It.

Sanctions on Russia are upending global energy markets, pushing up crude oil above $100 a barrel and sending U.S. gasoline prices to an average $4.30 a gallon, up nearly 50% in the last year. It has a...

Dow Gains Nearly 300 Points As Stocks Wrap Up Best Week Since November 2020

Topline The stock market continued to rebound on Friday—with the S&P 500 notching its biggest weekly gain in more than a year—as investors react positively to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest...

Fed Not Doing Enough to Fight Inflation, Fed President Says. He May Be Right.

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The Market Rose on the Fed’s Rate Hikes. What It Might Be Missing.

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Dow Jumps 400 Points As Stocks Continue To Rebound Ahead Of Federal Reserve Decision

Topline The stock market opened higher on Wednesday, adding to gains earlier this week, as investors await the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision, with the central bank expected to rais...

The S&P 500 Just Hit a ‘Death Cross.’ Why It’s Good News for Investors.

Text size Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The S&P 500 has performed so poorly this year that it is now trading at a scarily low level. That usually presents an attractive oppo...

Dow Falls 200 Points After Red-Hot Inflation Report And Failed Russia-Ukraine Talks

Topline Stocks fell once again on Thursday following another dismal inflation report—with consumer prices jumping 7.9% in February, while investors hoping for a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine confli...

Dow Jumps 800 Points As Stocks Take A Breather—But Worries Are Far From Over

Topline Stocks rebounded from a recent losing streak on Wednesday, with investors getting a temporary respite as recently surging energy prices moderated somewhat, though Wall Street remains on edge t...

Corporate Profits Soared In 2021. So Why Are Stocks Down?

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Daily And Weekly Charts Show Continued Downside Risks For The Major Averages

(Photo by Mario Tama) Getty Images The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Composite, Dow Jones Transport Average and Russell 2000 Index (RUT) have warnings on both their daily and...

Dow Jumps 400 Points After Historic U.S. Ban On Russian Energy, Oil Nears $130 Per Barrel

Topline Stocks rallied sharply on Tuesday—rebounding from the S&P 500’s worst day since 2020—after President Joe Biden formally announced a U.S. ban on Russian energy imports, a move which sent oi...