Forbes Key Takeaways Kellogg stock rose Tuesday after the company announced a proposed corporate split to make the 116-year-old cereal conglomerate nimbler Names and details will come later, but the c...
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Biden Proposes Gas Tax Suspension. That’s Not Why Oil Prices Are Falling.
Text size Crude prices fall as the Biden administration takes more steps to try to lower gasoline prices. Mario Tama/Getty Images Oil prices were falling Wednesday as President Joe Biden prepared to a...
Dow Drops 200 Points As Wall Street Banks Warn Of ‘Significant Downturn’ And Raise Recession Odds
Topline Stocks fell on Wednesday as a growing number of major Wall Street firms warned that the likelihood of a recession has risen sharply, predicting that markets could tank even further as the Fede...
Reasons To Include International Investments In Your Portfolio
Particularly in today’s challenging market environment, investors should think twice before giving … [+] ex-U.S. assets the cold shoulder. getty The United States currently represents 60% of the...
Ride Out The Crash With These 11.8% Dividends
A male surfer cruising along a huge wave. getty Look, I know this inflation-panicked market is frustrating. But despite the endless doomsaying from the pundits, there is good news: if you’re investing...
Dow Jumps 400 Points Even As Experts Warn Recession Could Lead To Further Stock Selloff
Topline Stocks moved higher on Tuesday as the market attempted to recover from its worst week since March 2020, despite the fact that investors widely remain nervous about surging inflation and rising...
Is the Stock Market Closed Today? Here Are the Hours for Juneteenth.
June 19, or Juneteenth, marks the end of slavery in the U.S. The U.S. designated the day a federal holiday in 2021. Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images Text size The Juneteenth holiday wee...
Small-Cap Stocks Have Gotten Crushed. Watch for Them to Rebound Soon.
Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Small-company stocks have gotten hit hard—harder than their larger peers. That means small-caps could face less risk if the market continues to fall and more upside o...
Small-Cap Stocks Have Gotten Crushed. Their Rebound Could Be Swift.
Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Small-company stocks have gotten hit hard—harder than their larger peers. That means small-caps could face less risk if the market continues to fall and more upside o...
How To Navigate The Current Stock Market Volatility Revisited
On May 6, I shared my thoughts on how to navigate the current stock market turmoil, noting that the selloff was likely driven by many different investor concerns: inflation, interest rates, the war in...
Stocks Post Worst Week Since March 2020 Amid ‘Deafening’ Recession Worries
Topline The stock market struggled for direction on Friday after brutal selloffs in recent days, with the benchmark S&P 500 on track for its worst week since March 2020 as investors brace for a lo...
Why Experts Pick These Stocks During Economic Turmoil
Topline With stocks falling into a bear market this year amid fears that aggressive rate hikes from the Federal Reserve will plunge the economy into a looming recession, top firms on Wall Street are a...
Stocks On Track For Worst Week Since March 2020 Amid ‘Deafening’ Recession Worries
Topline The stock market moved slightly higher on Friday as it attempts to rebound from a brutal selloff, with the benchmark S&P 500 on track for its worst week since March 2020 as investors brace...
Wealth Management Firms Thinking Happy Thoughts Amid Ugly Bear Market
Despite a bear market, many on Wall Street are optimistic about the long term prognosis for the … [+] economy and markets. LightRocket via Getty Images “The underlying US economy is going to be ...
Dow Plunges 700 Points As Fed Rally Evaporates Amid Fears That A Recession Is ‘Inevitable’
Topline Markets tanked on Thursday as recession fears surged once again, with stocks reversing gains from the previous session when the Federal Reserve announced it would hike rates by 75-basis-points...
Free Cash Flow Yield Near Record Highs Through 5/16/22
Glass jar filled with USA coins against rustic wood panel background with rusty nail heads showing getty The NC 2000’s trailing free cash flow (FCF) remains high, relative to recent quarters, because ...
Dow Jumps 300 Points After Powell Says Fed Could Hike Rates By 75 Basis Points Again In July
Topline The stock market moved higher on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points—the largest increase in 28 years, while Fed Chair Jerome Powell also signaled that...
Stocks Pare Back Gains After Federal Reserve Hikes Rates By 75 Basis Points
Topline The stock market opened higher on Wednesday but pared back gains after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points—the largest increase in 28 years, as investors continue to w...
Recession Vs. Bear Market In The S&P 500 And Dow Jones
getty Key takeaways On Monday, the S&P 500 closed in a bear market for the first time since March 2020 The Nasdaq Composite has been in a bear market for a few weeks now, while the DOW is approach...
‘Don’t Be Fooled’ By Latest Rally As Stocks Prepare For Looming Fed Rate Hikes, Experts Warn
Topline The stock market moved higher on Wednesday as investors nervously look ahead to the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy meeting, with the central bank now expected to hike inte...
Here’s How Markets Reacted Last Time The Fed Hiked Rates By 75 Basis Points
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Alex Brandon/ASSOCIATED PRESS The stock market carnage this year continues to get worse, with the S&P 500 recently falling into a bear market amid rising fears...
The Bear Market Is Officially Here. How You Could Still Profit Nicely Over Time.
Text size The S&P 500 entered bear territory just 111 trading days since its Jan. 3 record high. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The S&P 500 is in a bear market. History says it will probably get w...
The Stock Market Has Further to Fall, Technical Analysts Say. Here’s How Much.
Text size With the stock market dropping again, investors are wondering how much more it needs to fall. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market has gotten in a bad way—again. While investors might...
Dow Plunges Over 700 Points, S&P 500 Enters Bear Market Territory As Inflation Fears Roil Markets
Topline The stock market tanked Monday morning, with the S&P 500 falling back into bear market territory as investors nervously look ahead to the Federal Reserve’s upcoming policy meeting, with la...
Finding Value In Dividend Dynamos Like Qualcomm And American Eagle As Inflation Rages Like It’s 1981
The nice thing about placing buy orders with a limit price is that your order does not get executed until the stock trades at your limit price. The bad thing, is that on a very bad day, the stock will...
The S&P 500 Is Missing The Energy Bull Market, Are You?
Spiking energy prices are taking a bite out of consumers’ wallets. getty “We’re going to make sure everyone knows Exxon’s profits. Exxon made more money than God last year,” President Biden said...
Target, Caterpillar, and 3 More Stocks Getting Higher Dividends
Text size Target is raising its quarterly dividend by 20%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Target and Caterpillar were among the U.S. companies that declared dividend increases this week. Target (ticker:...
Inflation is Hot and Stocks Are Cold. Now the Fed Needs to Rethink Its Rosy Projections.
Text size As the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting committee meets this coming week, it will have to confront the challenge of controlling higher-than-anticipated Inflation, driven by rising food and fue...
The S&P 500 Gets a New Price Target. What It Means for the Stock Market.
Text size RBC now sees the S&P 500 rising to 4700 by the end of the year. NYSE The S&P 500 just got a new lower price target. But that doesn’t mean investors need to panic—at least not right a...
Street Earnings Overstated For 67% Of S&P 500 Companies In 1Q22
A financial data analysis graph. Selective focus. Horizontal composition with copy space. getty GAAP Earnings exaggerated the drop in 2020 and overstated the rebound in S&P 500 earnings in 2021. I...