The S&P 500 — along with its predecessor, the S&P Composite — has only lost value in two 10-year periods dating back to 1926: once around the time of the Great Depression and again in the decade stretching from the peak of...
U.S. stocks closed near session highs Wednesday amid light trading as investors awaited new developments in the increasingly unpredictable Sino-American trade war. Ten-year Treasury yields held steady after hitting a three-year low, while the dollar edged higher.
The S&P...
How likely is another “Black Swan” event on the order of September 2008’s collapse of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers?
In the wake of the Lehman bankruptcy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.47% shed 25% in just 30 days. If...
U.S. stocks closed lower Tuesday, reversing morning gains, as hopes for a resolution of the U.S.-China trade fight began to fade, and as fears of a global economic slowdown mounted.
How did the major benchmarks fare?
Trying to time the stock market is considered a fool’s errand. Yet is it ever a good idea to move entirely to cash?
The answer from financial advisors is typically an emphatic no. Some, however, offer a caveat.
Without much news on trade or company earnings, the market wavered between gains and losses Tuesday, ultimately ending the session on a down note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) both lost less than 0.5%. The weakest...
Last week was rough in the markets, but not for all investors. More than 600 exchange-listed stocks hit fresh 52-week highs, and a few of the names hitting high-water marks might surprise you.
Shake Shack (NYSE:SHAK), Carvana (NYSE:CVNA), and...
Wall Street’s next make or break moment for stocks may come from 2,000 miles away.
Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell will deliver opening remarks at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Thursday.
If Powell doesn’t...
Investors saw several large market swings for a second straight week last week. The general trend remained negative, though, as both the the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) shed more than 1 percentage point. The decline left...
New charts from Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s Stephen Suttmeier suggest two things must happen before the stock market bottoms: The S&P 500 needs to fall another 5% and panic needs to get more extreme.
His first chart shows the S&P...
