Another week of whipsaw stock trading has many investors wondering how much farther markets will fall. Investors have often blamed the Federal Reserve for market routs. It turns out the Fed has often ...
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Why Conagra Brands and Albertsons Could Be havens
Text size Albertsons Companies stock is down just 10% for the year and is about flat since May 20. Dreamstime The stock market has been a scary place this year, but grocery stocks may provide a haven...
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...
The 60/40 Stock and Bond Strategy’s Time Has Come Again
Text size Dreamstime It may be time for investors to return to one of the oldest of portfolio management tools to cope with the new bear market. That would be the traditional combination of 60% stocks...
Is the Stock Market Closed on Juneteenth?
U.S. stock markets will be closed to observe Juneteenth for the first time in history. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will shut down on Monday, June 20, in observation of the newest federal h...
The Fed Turns Aggressive as Inflation Meets Signs of an Economic Slowdown
Text size At the news conference following the rate hike, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell admitted that the policy-setting committee was taken aback by news of rising prices and weaker-than-expected retail...
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...
Interest Rates Are Well Below What Academic Formulas Suggest, Fed Report Says
Several simple mathematical formulas used to inform where interest rates should be set under current economic conditions show that high inflation would call for the Federal Reserve to set rates betwee...
The Lords of Money Pose Massive Threats to Markets
Think the Fed’s job is hard? At least the U.S. Federal Reserve can concentrate on fighting inflation. In Japan and Europe, the central banks are battling the markets, not merely price rises. That’s le...
Stock Market Today: The Dow Edged Higher, While Tech Stocks Rallied
Text size A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images The stock market largely gained on Friday, closing out a volatile week of trading. Stability in the bon...
Revlon Has Declared Bankruptcy. More Defaults Could Be on the Way.
Text size Cosmetics company Revlon has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. There could be more defaults on the way for U.S. companies. Dreamstime With fears that a recession is looming, there could be mo...
‘The Profit’ Star Marcus Lemonis Scooped Up Camping World Stock
Text size Marcus Lemonis, of the CNBC show “The Profit,” says RV company Camping World is “the most important thing” in his life. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Camping World Holdings stock has tumbled in 20...
Bitcoin’s Price Falls Below $20,000
The price of bitcoin lurched below $20,000, and below a level widely monitored by cryptocurrency enthusiasts, as a brutal selloff in crypto showed no signs of abating. Bitcoin fell as low as $18,739.5...
America’s Retirement System Is Broken. This Economist Is Trying to Fix It.
Economist Alicia Munnell has been telling America it has a retirement problem for decades, and by most measures it has gotten worse. Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research, which she heads, c...
The Crypto Party Is Over
On Super Bowl Sunday, a Crypto.com ad featuring billionaire NBA star LeBron James lit up millions of Americans’ TVs. “If you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots,” Mr. James said in the...
Citigroup Stock Is the Cheapest of the Big Banks. It’s Ready to Take Off.
Text size Even Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been buying Citi stock, a vote of confidence if there ever was one. Mario Tama/Getty Images Bank stocks have gotten hit as concerns about the U.S...
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...
Stock Market Has a Very Bad Week. Why It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better.
After a three-year hiatus, the Golden State Warriors are the best team in basketball again—and they had to navigate an injury-driven tumble from the top to the absolute bottom to do it. There’s a less...
Oracle Stock Looks Like a Buy Even in a Recession
Text size Oracle expects its cloud business to grow at least 30% in its next fiscal year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Amid a devilish brew of rising rates, high inflation, and recession fears, the tec...
The Housing Market Just Hit a Wall. What’s Next for Prices, Brokers, and Builder Stocks.
My summer portfolio strategy is to play the old disco hit “Baby Come Back” while slow dancing with my December brokerage statements. If it works, I have a business idea involving Hall, Oates, and a tw...
A Crypto Bankruptcy Could Be Investors’ Nightmare
The cryptocurrency market’s latest swoon is giving investors a painful lesson about the risks of trading digital tokens through intermediaries. In a bankruptcy restructuring, crypto investors would be...
SpaceX Fires Employees Involved in Letter Critical of Elon Musk, Company
SpaceX fired some employees involved in a letter that criticized Chief Executive Elon Musk and the way the company applies internal rules, according to an email to staff from SpaceX’s president and pe...
How Germany Took Over Russia’s Vast Gas-Trading Empire
After Moscow invaded Ukraine, the German government pledged to wean the country off Russian natural gas. This week, it said it would lend billions of euros to the German subsidiary of Russian gas gian...
Hot Housing Market Keeps Home Foreclosures at Bay
The U.S. moratorium on home foreclosures ended nearly a year ago, but the sizzling housing market is still protecting many delinquent mortgage borrowers from losing their homes. The pandemic that wipe...