Warren Buffet became one of the world’s greatest investors by sticking to businesses he understood, investing for the long term, and being greedy when others were fearful. Of course, if it were that easy, we would all be investors as rich as Warren Buffett. And while we aren’t, three Motley Fool contributors have picked some […]
It’s official: The Nasdaq is in a bear market. The tech-heavy index finished down 195 points, or 3 percent, to 6,333 on Friday. That’s almost 22 percent off its most recent high of 8,109.69 set Aug. 29 of this year. It’s also the second major stock gauge to fall into bear territory, when an index […]
It’s been a wild ride in Washington, D.C., this week and the turmoil has roiled stocks. The Federal Reserve increased a benchmark interest rate again, upsetting investors who fear that higher borrowing costs will crimp corporate growth. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned after President Trump unexpectedly announced the pullout of U.S. troops from Syria. And […]
Take a peek beneath the surface of the latest turmoil in U.S. equities and you’ll find upheaval of a magnitude on par with the two biggest market crashes of the past four decades. It can be seen in the percentage of stocks making new 52-week lows. Currently 38 percent of equities on the Nasdaq and […]
No one knows what the world will look like 20 years from now. But you can be reasonably sure that people will still need their garbage collected, that big organizations will still need IT, and that consumers will still be willing to pay for high-quality entertainment. That’s why three of our Motley Fool contributors think […]
Stocks soared after Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, as investors bet his tax-cutting and deregulatory agenda would boost corporate profits. They turned out to be right about that. But harder-to-predict intangibles have undone much of the Trump bump, with stocks now poised to end the first full year of the Trump tax cuts […]
2018 has not been kind to a large swath of stocks, especially in the past couple of months. The S&P 500 index is down for the year, and it’s off around 15% from its peak. Shares of Hanesbrands (NYSE:HBI) and Skechers (NYSE:SKX) have fared even worse. Both stocks are down more than 40% since the […]
Stocks are extremely oversold, but investors still seem bent on selling after the Federal Reserve disappointed markets with a less dovish message than expected. “The bears have been writing the script,” said Scott Redler, partner with T3Live.com. The S&P 500 lost 1.5 percent Wednesday to 2,506 and is nearly 15 percent off its September high. […]
When choosing stocks that you can hold for a lifetime, it’s probably best to steer clear of flashy upstarts and focus instead on tried-and-true companies that have enduring competitive advantages. The thing is, you don’t have to sacrifice growth with this approach. While Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B) (NYSE:BRK-A) and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) own enduring assets that […]
You can forget about a Santa-Claus rally. That’s the message from the market this December. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are in correction territory, and are heading for their worst December performance since the Great Depression. With the markets this perilous, top analysts are recommending dividend stocks as a way […]
The best way to predictably generate wealth is to buy and hold stocks for long periods of time — and we’re not talking about days, weeks, or even months. Truly life-changing gains are reserved for those investors willing to hang on to great stocks for years or even decades. To illustrate that point, we asked […]
U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday in a session that saw the Dow swing more than 400 points, with a crucial policy announcement set for Wednesday from the Federal Reserve. How did the benchmarks perform? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.35% edged up 82.66 points, or 0.4%, at 23,675.64, while S&P 500 index SPX, +0.01% […]
