Buy or sell? Getty Images The 33rd anniversary of the “Black Monday” stock-market meltdown is upon us, and if hedge-fund managers are scared of history repeating itself, you certainly wouldn’t know it from the massive overhaul in their positions they’ve undertaken over the past week. Read: This is the last …
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Until Election Day, and maybe for a few weeks afterward if voting results are disputed, expect warnings about stock market volatility. But history has shown the market tends to rally after elections. Charles Lemonides showed that following the past nine presidential elections, the stock market staged long rallies no matter …
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iStockphoto “ ‘Within 18 months, it’s going to crack pretty hard. I think that you want to be avoiding it for the time being. When the next big meltdown happens, I think the U.S. is going to be the worst performing market, actually, and that’ll have a lot to do …
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People sit and watch a broadcast of the first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on September 29, 2020 in West Hollywood, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images European stocks and U.S. equity futures were dropping on the last trading day of the month and quarter, with …
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People walk past a sign encouraging social distance in a shopping street in Solihull, central England on September 14, 2020. oli scarff/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images European stocks rose on Monday, as foreign investors went shopping for bargains in a flurry of activity. Down 3.6% last week in its worst performance since …
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Gold futures were headed lower on Friday, with bullion on track to book its fourth decline in five sessions, potentially cementing the asset’s worst weekly slide in about six months. “Most of the sell-off in the gold price is primarily down to the strength in the dollar index that we …
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Don’t miss these top money and investing features: These money and investing stories, popular with MarketWatch readers over the past week, offer advice and insights for your portfolio decisions as the U.S. stock market heads into the worst of its seasonal weakness. Indeed, “fall” is the appropriate metaphor for the …
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Corrected to include Dominion Energy’s dividend-cut announcement in July. Utility stocks are being left behind as equity indexes have risen to records and bond yields have sunk to all-time lows. But if you are looking for income, you need to consider utility stocks. The S&P 500 Index has rebounded from …
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Gold futures fell on Friday, but headed for weekly gain in the wake of turbulent patch of trading for global equities. “The precious metal remains supported by low-to-negative government bond yields, rising coronavirus cases in the United States and a tired U.S. dollar,” said Lukman Otunuga, senior research analyst at …
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