U.S. stocks staged an impressive rebound in the past week as the Federal Reserve and Congress have delivered unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus aimed at dampening the blow the coronavirus epidemic has dealt to the U.S. economy. The question investors must now ask themselves is whether or not the equities …
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‘We didn’t know how to navigate the virus and chose not to because we didn’t think we had an edge in trading it. So, we stayed in our positions and in retrospect we should have cut all risk.’ Ray Dalio Ray Dalio’s deft navigation of the financial crisis 12 years …
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The stock market broke new ground last week in terms of the breakneck speed of its selloff, with the S&P 500 SPX, -2.34% dropping 10% from its record high in a mere six days, faster than any other time in history. Must be some hot bargains out there, with stocks …
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The breadth and intensity of this week’s coronavirus-fueled selloff in U.S. stocks has some analysts scratching their heads. Thomas Lee, founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, may be one of the few to acknowledge that something isn’t right with a market that was just enjoying a record close days ago. “This …
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Major U.S. stock indexes were poised to enter a full-blown market correction Thursday if they maintain early losses until the closing bell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.46% tumbled more than 600 points and was off 610 points, or 2.3%, near 26,348. A close below 26,596.28 for the blue-chip …
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What happens when everything rises all at once? That’s what some investors are scratching their heads about as they look out at the current landscape on Wall Street. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.99%, the S&P 500 SPX, -0.93% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.39% indexes drifted …
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Stocks have broken their uptrend and are trying to bounce off a critical level in the S&P 500 index at 3,210. The huge rally in stocks that began on Oct. 4 is in jeopardy. A couple of large down days have broken the steepness of the uptrend, but not the …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE It is going to get worse before it gets better for the stock market, says prominent technical analyst Ralph Acampora. See full story. ‘My daughter has been chiding me for frivolously spending her inheritance. Now she won’t speak to me’ ‘My financial adviser assures me that if …
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