Recent buying in foreign stocks has been driven by two factors: performance-chasing after a great year for international stock markets in 2017, and fears that the U.S. stock market is the most overvalued in the world. But if investors think that diversifying their stock portfolio globally will help mitigate...
Tony James, chief operating officer at private equity giant Blackstone, told CNBC on Monday that stocks could see a bear market this year.
James said on "Squawk Box" the market is "very fully valued" according to "every historical norm."
"I think you could easily see a 10 to 20 percent correction...
How the mighty have fallen.
After leading the stock market to fresh records on a seemingly daily basis, technology stocks tanked on Monday.
The five giants -- Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon -- each sank at least 2.5 percent. Shares of many companies valued at $100 billion or more changed...
Stocks looked set for another rocky opening and a volatile trading day Tuesday.
Stock futures slid into negative territory in Monday evening trade: Dow futures were down 633 points, and S&P 500 futures were lower by 57 points.
The implied open for the Dow, based on the futures, was a decline...
The stock market giveth, and the stock market taketh away.
After a year of booming valuations and record-smashing highs, the stock market has been tumbling for days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq all weakened last week, and then nosedived on Friday, with the Dow...
Bitcoin climbed Tuesday afternoon, recovering from an earlier drop to its lowest in more than two months.
The gains followed the testimony of two financial regulatory commission chairmen before the Senate Banking Committee that showed how the U.S. government is trying to coordinate its efforts to regulate bitcoin. But the...
Stocks and bonds appear to have called a temporary truce after wild volatility shook both markets.
Some stock traders say it appears equities may have set a bottom after a dramatic, multiday sell-off that seemed to start with stock investors becoming fearful of rising bond yields last week.
In the middle...
The U.S. stock market halted its death spiral to close higher Tuesday after a wild day of trading that saw the Dow ricocheting more than 1,000 points, underscoring a new regime of volatility on Wall Street.
The turnaround, which follows on the heels of the blue-chip index’s worst one-day point...
Finding the e-commerce stocks still worth buying after 2017's great run for the industry.
The year 2017 was great for e-commerce companies. It seemed as if everyone with even a toe in the industry saw their stock price outpace the market. Even the global leader in e-commerce, Amazon.com, saw its...
Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index dropping more than 2 percent, following Wall Street's sell-off on Friday on concerns interests rates will be hiked more quickly than expected.
As of 9:15 a.m., the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 552.04 points, or 2.37 percent, from...
