Pounding The Table podcast hosts challenge their listeners to an investing competition on Zingeroo— … [+] can “friendly competition” make you a better investor? stockwitz Retail investing can be a lonely existence, especially in a bear market. When the market is red hot, people are generally excited to share their tips and strategies with friends,…
(Photo by DEA / G. CARFAGNA/De Agostini via Getty Images) De Agostini via Getty Images Key Takeaways The current bear market has now been running for just over ten months. This is longer than the average bear market at 9.6 months, but shorter than the longest ever which lasted a full 20 months back in…
Traders at work as stock market drops at New York Stock Exchange (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images The concern about bonds and stocks falling together is going to worsen. The cause is rising interest rates – the key determinant of both bond and stock valuations. There is good news coming, though.…
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will serve as speaker of the House from January 2023, how will political … [+] gridlock after the midterms shape financial markets? (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The markets often like political gridlock. The 2022 midterms have delivered it. The Republicans now…
Topline Investors plowed into the stock market this week after a monthly inflation report ended a streak of worse-than-expected data this year, fueling the biggest rally in years on hopes the Federal Reserve may be nearing the end of its interest rate hikes, but analysts and some officials have quickly pointed out the economy remains…
What will the 2022 midterms mean for markets? (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Historically speaking, the period around U.S. midterm elections can be a positive for stocks. That may be because the midterms often move U.S. politics from one party holding power, to shared power and smaller majorities. Typically…
Veteran investor Ron Baron speaks to a crowded audience at the Met during the 2022 Baron Investment Conference. Baron Capital Despite a brutal year for the U.S. stock market so far, billionaire money manager Ron Baron and his many retiree investors were undeterred as they gathered for the Baron Investment Conference last Friday. With nearly…
So long as the Federal Reserve is on the warpath against inflation, risk of recession will be elevated. And that tilts the odds heavily in favor of lower stock prices over the next few months. The utility stock rally we’ve seen since the October issue of CUI posted, however, is proof positive that the trends…
NEW YORK, NY – Sell in may and so away is a popular stock market adage, that may have saved … [+] investors pain in 2022, it now suggests investors should return to stocks (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Getty Images Market timing is hard, but some investment adages have, surprisingly, stood the test of…
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on February 28, 2020 at … [+] Wall Street in New York City. – Losses on Wall Street deepened following a bruising open, as global markets were poised to conclude their worst week since 2008 with another rout. (Photo by Johannes EISELE…