Buckle up, Wall Street investors! The ride from here could get a lot bumpier after the Dow registered its worst one-day loss since June 11 on Friday, knocking the blue-chip index to its lowest point since May 26, and at least momentarily knocking the wind out of equity investors who …
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“ ‘The stock market has already discounted a significant degree of the economic recovery. So, incrementally improving data here might not do much to lift prices. The risk-reward isn’t great here.’ ” That’s Bryn Mawr Trust’s Jeffrey Mills, who oversees $ 16 billion in assets, talking to CNBC Friday about …
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U.S. stocks on Thursday booked their worst daily plunge since fears about the economic impact of measures to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic took root in investors’ psyches back in March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.42% tumbled roughly 1,862 points and the S&P 500 SPX, +0.22% …
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Investors’ goal is to make money consistently in all market conditions — amid rampant speculation, a good or bad economy, a pandemic, varied Federal Reserve policies. It’s time for investors who have made money in the stock market over the past decade to say thank you to the Fed. Now …
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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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U.S. stock-market futures edged higher Sunday evening in thin trading, as Wall Street equities looked to add to a rally toward records for the Nasdaq Composite that concluded trade last week on the back of improving economic data in the face of a viral outbreak. How are benchmarks faring? Futures …
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“ ‘We definitely feel that the markets are way ahead of reality. We really are telling every client to tap the market if they can because we think the pricing now couldn’t get any better.’ ” That’s Manolo Falco, Citigroup’s C, -2.54% co-head of investment banking, explaining to the Financial …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The March lows of the coronavirus crash could still be tested, writes Mark Hulbert. See full story. Ohio governor urges people to wear face masks: ‘This is not about politics’ “This is one time when we truly are all in this together. What we do directly impacts …
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It takes guts to be a value investor these days. But the top-performing investment newsletters have no shortage of courage. By value, I’m referring to stocks that are out of favor, trading for relatively low ratios of price-to-earnings, book value, sales, and so forth. Value’s opposite is growth: Stocks in …
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