With stocks dropping further each day, even the savviest investors are wringing their hands over their investing strategies. And who can blame them? During a bear market, anxiety can quickly pressure you to reconsider your investments and your long-term goals. But what’s the right move? As it turns out, there are a number of proven…
Topline High-profile stock picker Cathie Wood conceded to being wrong about the duration of high inflation that’s contributed to her fund’s steep decline this year while doubling down on her belief that the economy has fallen into a recession—defying a vast majority of experts noting a recession is unlikely this year despite growing odds of…
As Warren Buffett says, “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” Now that the tide is receding as fast as it ever does, the list of exposed asset classes is getting long: meme stocks, speculative tech stocks, crypto, NFTs, and so on. Not since the dotcom bust of 2000…
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 25: Traders work through the closing minutes of trading Tuesday on the New … [+] York Stock Exchange floor on February 25, 2020 in New York City. Fueled by deepening concerns of the Coronavirus becoming a global pandemic, the stock market plunged Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing…
Color poster featuring a photo by Howard Liberman of an African American and a Caucasian laborer … [+] working side by side in an aircraft factory, 1943. In the background is an American flag, and the copy reads ‘United We Win’. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images) Getty Images Give Larry Summers credit. He says the quiet…
A cashier at a Travelex Bureau de Change counts U.S. Dollars (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images) Getty Images The Federal Reserve made a bold decision to raise interest rates 75 basis points, the biggest increase since 1994, as they aim to get the economy back on track and inflation under control. Recently, we’ve seen commentary…
FED federal reserve of USA symbol and sign. getty It is easy to make things too complex in investing and trading. It might seem dangerous to oversimplify when it comes to money, but generally it’s much safer to keep things simple that get convoluted. There is never a better time to keep it simple than…
Topline As a growing number of investment banks and company chiefs warn that the likelihood of a recession is increasing, analysts at Morgan Stanley are telling clients that the stock market—despite reeling from a steep selloff in recent weeks—has plenty of room to fall before hitting levels consistent with recession-era lows, which would be especially…
A bear rests on top of a downward pointing stock chart. getty Stocks continued their descent last week, with the S&P 500 now well into bear market territory at -23% from the high. While most define bear markets as a decline of 20% from the high, some pullbacks just kiss that level or don’t result…
% Firms Expecting Economic Improvement in the Next 6 Months Real Investment Advice The Fed tightened its administered Federal Funds Rate (the rate banks pay to borrow reserves) by 75 basis points (bps) (0.75 pct. points) to 1.50%-1.75%, a rate hike not seen since 1994. The issue here is that, for the first time in…