The end of June is nigh and good riddance. Down about 7%, only March has delivered a win for S&P 500 SPX investors this year, as pandemic fallout has been Read more
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Here’s why this trader is piling back into one of the year’s hottest commodities
The end of June is nigh and good riddance. Down about 7%, only March has delivered a win for S&P 500 SPX investors this year, as pandemic fallout has been Read more
How long will stocks stay in a bear market? It hinges on if a recession hits, says Wells Fargo Institute
When the S&P 500 officially dropped into a bear market on June 13, closing down more than 20% from its last peak, it stirred debate about whether investors should hold Read more
Opinion: Being a true contrarian investor and outsmarting Wall Street takes more than just going against the crowd
Genuine contrarians are rare on Wall Street. When “blood is running in the streets,” to quote that famous — and genuine — contrarian Nathan Rothschild, hardly anyone wants to buy. Read more
Consumer confidence falls to 16-month low on worries about inflation and economy
The numbers: A survey of U.S. consumer confidence dropped in June to a 16-month low of 98.7, as Americans grew more worried about high gas and food prices and the Read more
Breadth divergence is a troubling sign for the stock market
The general state of the stock market seems quite healthy, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index making new all-time intraday and closing highs on several recent days. However, there Read more
Charting the approach of S&P 2,000
CINCINNATI (MarketWatch) — The S&P 500 Index continues to grind slowly, but steadily, toward the headline 2,000 mark. Against this backdrop, the U.S. markets’ bigger-picture technicals continue to support the Read more
S&P 500 vies for technical breakout
CINCINNATI (MarketWatch) — Despite recent volatility, the major U.S. benchmarks are rattling the cage on uncharted territory. Most notably, the S&P 500 Index is challenging its all-time high — S&P Read more
Amazon Fire Phone: Is it different enough?
SEATTLE (MarketWatch) — At a product launch event that mimicked Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.17% in nearly every way, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.39% unveiled a new smartphone with a Read more