Attention: Warning and/or serious information getty Last week, the S&P 500 produced multiple warning signs of a coming selloff. Was it what the Federal Reserve said? Likely, not. The breadth and depth of the indicators make them significant and serious. The backdrop Last week’s actions don’t stand alone. A negative backdrop has been forming since…
Stock market: Buy? Hold? Sell? getty Investopedia’s editor discusses the current indecisiveness in the Yahoo Financial interview below. He explains that investors are wavering between two opposing stock market fears: FOMO (the fear of missing out on a bull rise) and FOLA (the fear of losing it all in a bear collapse). Yahoo FinanceInvestors feel…
What happens when the run-up peters out getty Ever wonder why there have been so many October sell-offs? There are two reasons: First, economists focus on the economy’s behavior over time, seasonally adjusting everything that has an annual cycle. That means higher growth periods get trimmed and lower growth periods get a boost. Second, investors…
Topline The S&P 500 rose to its highest level in more than a year Friday, sending stocks into a technical bull market but leading to a split among experts about whether the rally will keep on chugging or falter as it grapples with concerns that prices are running too hot. Bulls are outlasting bears on…
The Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, US, on Friday, May 26, 2023. Nvidia Corp. is … [+] within touching distance of $1 trillion market value, poised to become only the ninth firm ever to hit that milestone, as the artificial intelligence frenzy boosts demand for processors that can accelerate computing. Photographer: Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg ©…
Photo Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images Netflix NFLX traded to its all-time intraday high of $700.99 on November 17, 2021. From this high the stock declined 76.7% to a low of $162.71 set on May 12, 2022. Since this low, NFLX is up 124% to the close of $365.36 set on May 19, 2023. Whenever a…
Up, then down, and very quickly. getty Stock market volatility has been muted for much of this year. In March, amid the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, spiked above 20, the demarcation line for high volatility. Now, it’s back to just under 16, in tune with…
Last week was a bit of a flashback to 2022 with bond yields weighing on stocks. getty Despite the overall earnings picture improving, the S&P 500 fell by 1.1% for the week. There was little economic data, but rising yields weighed on stocks, especially growth stocks that had performed well year-to-date. According to FactSet, 69%…
Bull makes a fly by this week? getty Friday’s (Jan. 6) stock market improvements were nice turnabouts. So, now what? More of the same? Could be, but not because of that December employment report. We’ve seen that report lose its punch in the following days. It is other observations that could continue the happy environment…
(Photo By Nasa/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Takeaways An analyst from JP Morgan has highlighted just how similar the stock market and bond market is behaving compared to the 1969 recession. Not only that, but there are a range of economic factors that look eerily similar too, such as rising oil prices, increasing interest rates…