U.S. stock markets are unlikely to return to the unusually calm conditions seen last year, even though equities have already recovered more than half the ground lost in the recent selloff and traders have rapidly dialed down fear. Stock market volatility spiked to a multi-year high in the selloff and some products that flourished in […]
The stock market has been shaken by turbulence in the last few weeks, something it hasn’t experienced in a few years. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index plunged more than 10 percent from Jan. 26 to Feb. 8, a sell-off that pushed the market into a correction. The S.&P. has since rebounded, regaining much of […]
After a skirmish that sent the stock market into its first correction in two years, equities and the bond market are once again at peace. The question for investors is whether the truce can hold. The stock market plunge took the S&P 500 SPX, +0.04% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.08% into correction […]
More than 60 percent of the companies in the S&P 500 broke to new highs during January’s new year rally, and a diverse group are among the first to make a comeback after February’s correction. In the S&P 500, 23 stocks bounced back to their 52-week highs at some point in Friday’s trading. We looked […]
Wall Street surged on Wednesday as investors shrugged off stronger-than-expected inflation data and snapped up shares of Facebook, Amazon.com and Apple. The fourth straight day of gains in the S&P 500 saw a return to the “fear of missing out” mentality that accompanied Wall Street’s rally in recent months ahead of a slump last week […]
Asian stocks gained on Thursday after Wall Street brushed aside strong U.S. inflation data and surged, a counterintuitive move that also saw the dollar pinned at two-week lows even as Treasury yields jumped in anticipation of a quicker pace of U.S. interest rate hikes. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.4 […]
Investors saw some new hints that inflation is increasing on Wednesday, but they still sent banks, technology firms and consumer-focused companies climbing. That was a big change after the market’s inflation-inspired plunge earlier this month. After a shaky start, stocks rose for the fourth straight day, and banks made some of the largest gains as […]
Stocks rose for the fourth day in a row. The Dow climbed 253 points Wednesday, and it’s back in positive territory for the year. Investors shrugged off warning signs about inflation. The Labor Department reported consumer prices rose 2.1% over the past year — more than economists had predicted but not enough to freak out […]
Stocks posted a three-day winning streak on Tuesday as the major averages continued to recover from the correction levels reached last week. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 39.25 points higher at 24,640.45 after falling as much as 180.24 points. Goldman Sachs and 3M were the biggest contributor of gains to the 30-stock index, both […]
The recent surge in volatility has given way to a buying opportunity in one hot area of the market, according to Oppenheimer. In a new note to clients and in comments Monday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation,” the firm’s head of technical analysis, Ari Wald, said when the times get tough for the markets investors ought […]
Volatility has come back with a vengeance, but there are some of the stocks that won’t turn your stomach while the rest of Wall Street is on a roller coaster. CNBC ran a study using analytics tool Kensho to find Dow Jones industrial average stocks that held up the best when the Cboe Volatility index, […]
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday with investors adopting a wait-and-see stance ahead of Lunar New Year holidays and the release of U.S. inflation data. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 0.6 percent to 21,109.29, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.3 percent to 5,841.00. South Korea’s Kospi was up 0.8 percent at 2,413.11. Hong Kong’s […]
