The holiday season is usually a reason for stores to staff up to handle the surge of shoppers. But Friday’s jobs report showed a concerning trend: Retailers are shedding workers. According to the Bure...
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Stocks Rise on Cooling Inflation and Fed Moderation. That Doesn’t Mean the Bear Market Is Over.
Christmas came early this year for the stock market. Is there a Grinch waiting to ruin it? It was a week of surprises both good—Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell essentially confirming a smaller ...
Jerome Powell Says Federal Reserve’s Rate Hikes Could Slow As Soon As December
Topline Stocks jumped Wednesday afternoon after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicated a reprieve from the Fed’s most aggressive interest rate hikes in four decades is on the horizon as soon as...
Greenspan Gradualism Please, Enough With Shock-And-Awe, Expert Says
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news … [+] conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, 2020 in Washing...
Why Valuation Support Is Unlikely To End The U.S. Bear Market
Markets have fallen materially in 2022, but valuation is unlikely to provide much support (Photo by … [+] Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty Images Bear markets end typically end with less bad ec...
The Divestment Movement Has Cost Organizations Billions Of Dollars
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR DIVESTINVEST – Co-founder and chief investment strategist of GMO Jeremy … [+] Grantham lays out the financial case for divestment at the Fossil Fuel Divestment State ...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Hours for Black Friday.
Instead of gearing up to trade Thursday, investors may be defrosting their Thanksgiving turkeys—and clipping coupons ahead of Black Friday. This year, Thanksgiving and Black Friday come after two days...
Hedge Funds Have Been Shunning Momentum — To Their Peril
As the stock markets have plunged, hedge funds have done the only thing they could do to protect themselves. Overall, funds remain in a holding pattern—with their lowest exposure to equities since 200...
Top Advisors Share the Best Financial Moves to Make Now
It’s easy to get swept up in how stocks, bonds, or your portfolio performed today, this month, or this year, and that’s especially true during market upheavals. But a longer-term view is required to a...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Thanksgiving and Black Friday Hours.
Instead of gearing up to trade Thursday, investors may be defrosting their Thanksgiving turkeys—and clipping coupons ahead of Black Friday. This year, Thanksgiving and Black Friday come after two days...
How Should You Have Invested In 2022?
What should you have had in your portfolio in 2022? (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images 2022 is drawing to a close, and it’s been a tough for investors. Most asset classes, sectors and c...
Buy Avis Budget And Landstar
Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images The markets are entering the most seasonally favorable period in any year. We look to the S&P ...
Fed Tightening Is Having More Impact Than You Might Think
We’ve learned a lot about the transmission of disease in the past few years. Ideas, good and bad, are spread similarly. Robert Shiller, the Yale University Nobel laureate, wrote in Irrational Exuberan...
Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders Sees Trouble Still Ahead. Where to Invest Now.
Though the U.S. stock market looks healthier than it did during its rough patch over the summer, Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders sees potential trouble still ahead, especial...
The Stock Market Is on a Tear. It’s Almost Time to Sell the Rally.
The stock market has seen a major rally recently. Another move lower looks likely. The S&P 500 closed Tuesday about 12% above its lowest close of the year, 3577, hit in early October. The main dr...
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Businessman trading online stock market on teblet screen, digital investment concept getty Eight new stocks made our Most Attractive list this month, while 12 new stocks joined the Most Dangerous list...
3 High-Quality, High-Yield REITs Bucking The Market Trend
Real estate concept, 3D illustration. getty Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are retirement makers right now. Many are paying dividends that are three or even four times the market average. Plus,...
3Q Earnings Weren’t Bad. But 2023 Estimates Could Be Ugly.
Wall Street expected 2023 earnings forecasts to drop after third-quarter results came in. That time has come. With companies that account for some 90% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization having...
Stocks Rallied Dramatically. It’s Still a Bear Market
This commentary was issued recently by money managers, research firms, and market newsletter writers and has been edited by Barron’s. Bear-Market Rallies Technical Strategy BTIGNov. 11: Thursday...
Big Pharma Stocks Are Breaking Out. Here Are Some Winners.
Big pharma stocks are trying to break out to new heights. They have reported more-than-satisfactory earnings and are expecting further progress on new pipelines of drugs. These stocks had been outpe...
Bonds Look Attractive Now. Why Warren Buffett Doesn’t Like Them.
Text size Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Alex Wong/Getty Images Bonds don’t excite Warren Buffett even after the sharp rise in yields this year. The Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK/A, BRK/B) C...
Wall Street Goes Crazy: The Numbers
The S&P 500 jumped 5.54% today. How weird is that? Big percentage move, 1929 Bettmann Archive Yikes. Stocks up 5.54% in one day. How often does that happen? And does today provide fresh evidence t...
Markets Soar As Inflation Hits Lowest Level Since January
Markets made big gains off a positive inflation report. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty Images Key takeaways Inflation has increased 0.4% in October, below forecasts of 0.6%. This brings t...
Jay Powell Just Made These 9.7%+ Dividends Even Cheaper
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news … [+] conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on January 29, 2020 in Washing...
Dow Jumps 400 Points As Midterm Elections Set Stage For ‘Impressive Rally’—Here’s Why This Is Normally A Good Time For The Market
Topline Major stock indexes rose Monday as investors prove optimistic about U.S. midterm elections Tuesday that could break up Democratic control of Congress—this is why experts expect midterms to be ...
Oil Companies Lift Their Dividends as Cash Rolls In
It was a busy week for dividend increases at energy companies, a bonus for investors who have scored as the stocks have taken off this year. The sector is prospering as Russia’s war against Ukraine ha...
The Fed Makes Its Decision Wednesday. Expect a Big Move in Stocks.
The Federal Reserve’s big announcement on interest rates is Wednesday. The stock market will likely make a large move—in one direction or the other. The Fed is widely expected to lift its target for t...