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Distressed investors finding opportunities despite bull market, strong economy
"Interest rates have skyrocketed in the last 24 months and because of that, you're seeing more and more distress,” said one fund manager.
RIAs’ outlook on economy lukewarm, survey shows
Inaugural study finds more than two-thirds expect at least mild growth in the stock market, while nine-tenths brace for continued volatility.
Stock market firm to boost parental leave to 26 weeks
It will escalate benefit for US workers and surpass many industry rivals.
New Year, same old concerns as markets open
China data and oil among key issues making traders cautious.
Stock market rally at risk from geopolitics, says Goldman Sachs
Strategists warn that further escalation could derail growth.
Value shares are popular again on global markets
The quant trade was big news in 2022 but this time things are a bit different.
Volatility, Covid and inflation worry Americans, survey finds
Three-quarters fear new Covid variant could cause a recession.
ETF inflows on track to shatter 2020 record
Flows into exchange-traded funds have been unprecedented this year, even against the backdrop of a record 2020. Despite market valuations and inflation threats, financial advisers are keeping the pedal to the metal.
Energy, financials, real estate sectors riding inflation wave
Investors are betting that fiscal and monetary policies will continue to fuel inflationary pressures.
Market volatility focuses attention back on inflation risks
The historic government spending, combined with wage pressures, could be the catalyst for runaway inflation, according to experts. The S&P 500 Index, which is still up 9.5% from the start of the year, fell by nearly 4% early this week.
Advisers scramble to make sense of recent market volatility
As broad market indexes continue to decline, giving back most of the gains they've made so far this year, advisers say clients are growing fearful of a repeat of March 2020.
Industry veterans put short-squeeze bedlam in perspective
The so-called short squeeze that drives up share prices by forcing investors betting on a stock to go down to buy more of it to hedge potential losses is not new to the 2020s, but it is easier to execute.
Advisers ponder systemic risks to markets as GameStop stock spins out of control
A social media platform and ready access to mobile trading apps have helped push an otherwise obscure, money-losing videogame retail business to a $21 billion market cap.
It’s not just GameStop – trading frenzy spreads to many other shorted stocks
Since the GameStop stock options frenzy that quietly began early this month and exploded over the past week, some traders have followed by investing in other shorted stocks, with prices surging far past the returns seen in the indexes that include them.
Preparing clients for the next bear market
The greatest value we add as financial advisers is keeping clients from making mistakes from which they cannot recover.
Stocks hit all-time highs on optimism about vaccine
Stocks that have been hit hard by lockdowns, like movie theaters and cruise companies, jumped, while stay-at-home companies plunged
Stocks, bonds rally as election bets are retooled
Investors are looking ahead to a future without massive debt-fueled stimulus spending or a rollback of Trump's tax cuts
Stocks tumble on worries about rising infections hitting economy
The S&P 500, the Dow and Nasdaq all off more than 3%
Stocks hit on COVID concerns, fading hopes for fiscal stimulus
Stocks pared their losses during the afternoon as the biggest tech companies recovered
Stocks see third-largest outflow ever
Stock funds bled $25.8 billion in the week through Sept. 23, according to the most recent data
