By Mike Larson On April 1, 202009:38 AM Eastern
The last couple of days were dominated by end-of-quarter rebalancing activity.
In simple terms, large institutional investors had to sell Treasury bonds and buy stocks. Why? To adjust their...
By Jon D. Markman On April 1, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks took another beating on Tuesday to wrap up a hellacious first quarter as investors worried about horrid new U.S. economic contraction estimates and the rapidly mounting number of covid-19...
By Mike Larson On April 1, 202002:39 AM Eastern
It’s official. We just closed out the worst quarter for stocks worldwide since the depths of the Great Financial Crisis.
We knew a bear market was bound to happen sooner or later. The...
By Jon D. Markman On March 31, 202003:15 PM Eastern
Stocks are beating a retreat Tuesday afternoon, with equities switching between gains and losses as investors prepared to wrap up Wall Street’s worst quarter since the global financial crisis...
By Sean Brodrick On March 31, 202010:46 AM Eastern
Today, we’re going to add more picks that should power up to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m not going to spend a lot of time on each of these: Either you think the pandemic will get worse and...
By Jon D. Markman On March 31, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks marched higher Monday after taking Friday off as investors appear relieved that the federal government is adding more time to its social distancing measures. These are expected to help curb...
By Jon D. Markman On March 30, 202003:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are on the march higher Monday as investors appear relieved that the U.S. government is adding more time to its social-distancing measures. These are expected to help curb the COVID-19...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 30, 202010:45 AM Eastern
Rarely does the establishment press make frightening forecasts — let alone a doomsday scenario that begins in just 48 hours.
But that’s precisely what the Wall Street Journal has just done.
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By Jon D. Markman On March 30, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks slumped Friday as investors backed away from risk ahead of the weekend and waited for Congress and the White House to pass and sign a stimulus bill to help workers and companies financially...
By Jon D. Markman On March 27, 202003:10 PM Eastern
Stocks are falling sharply Friday. Investors are backing away from risk ahead of the weekend after waiting for Congress and the White House to pass and sign a stimulus bill to help workers and...