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Need to Know: Here’s the only thing investors need to know about the stock market right now, says 50-year veteran

A World Bank forecast predicting 2020 will see the worst global recession since World War II, which adds weight to the argument by some that markets and the economy are in a total disconnect right now. That likely won’t scare Capital Wealth’s market strategist Jeffrey Saut, who brings nearly 50 …

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In One Chart: Here are the biggest stock-market bets among institutional and retail investors, ranked

There’s a pretty big gulf between how professional investors manage money and the bets made by average people. Like many things, it may have been amplified by the upside-down nature of markets and the economy in the wake of the coronavirus shock — or not. The chart above shows the …

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No, China’s economy hasn’t gotten better. The implications could be more serious than investors realize

Just how bad is the economic situation in China? In late February, MarketWatch interviewed Leland Miller, CEO of the China Beige Book, who warned that economic deterioration caused by the novel coronavirus was, as we put it, “worse than you think.” On Monday, Miller’s firm released a fresh report that …

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In One Chart: As the S&P 500 surges from March lows, investors fled the most popular stock-market fund—here’s what one analyst says that means

Tom McClellan, market technician and publisher of the McClellan Market Report, says investors are fleeing one of the most popular exchange-traded funds on Wall Street, even as stocks rally off their March lows. The State Street-sponsored SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY, +1.65%, which offers investors exposure to S&P 500 …

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The biggest mistake stock market investors are making now — failing to look ahead

In the wake of coronavirus-related volatility in the stock market, investors are asking: “Is the economic data showing that there will be a depression?” The No. 1 mistake investors make as they try to figure out the answer is that they are mostly focused on one dimension of a two-dimensional …

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Market Snapshot: U.S. stock-index futures slump as investors keep focus on coronavirus numbers

Stock-index futures fell Sunday, pointing to a lower start for Wall Street on Monday, as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continues to rise and investors brace for data in the week ahead expected to underline the sharp economic toll of the pandemic. Futures on the Dow jones Industrial …

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Key Words: Trump touts ‘biggest stock market rise in history yesterday,’ but many investors believe worst isn’t over amid coronavirus panic

‘BIGGEST STOCK MARKET RISE IN HISTORY YESTERDAY!’ President Donald Trump That is Trump on Saturday morning, referencing the Friday surge by the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +9.36% , the S&P 500 index SPX, +9.29% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +9.35% , which constituted the major equity benchmarks’ biggest daily percentage …

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Investors trust Trump’s two ‘magic words,’ and now it’s time to nibble on stocks

Investing and trading are about making money, and you should never let your political opinions get in the way. Irrespective of what you think of President Trump, Wall Street trusts him. How does this affect you? Let’s explore with the help of two charts. Please click here for an annotated …

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Market Extra: An all-out war for dominance has erupted among OPEC and its allies, and now oil investors brace for a race to the bottom on prices

It’s every country for itself, or so it seems after a meeting between OPEC and other major producers ended in acrimony on Friday, which has the market now worried about a price war between some of the biggest oil producers in the world. Russia and Saudi Arabia are likely to …

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