Trade tensions are expected to weigh on stocks, creating volatility and corrections, until the Fed pauses its rate hikes, Morgan Stanley chief equity strategist Michael Wilson said in a note. Wilson said he expects to see more “volatility with several 10 percent corrections in global equity markets at different points.” Trade issues will be the […]
Finding the best semiconductor stocks to buy involves understanding the health of the markets that buy chips for their products. When smartphone sales rise or fall, chipmakers are impacted. The same goes for sales of automobiles, personal computers, data centers and other end markets for microprocessors. Computer chips also are the enabling technology behind a […]
Biotechnology stocks are notoriously volatile. This creates big headaches for anyone who owns them. But the volatility is great for anyone shopping for new biotech names. The routine sell-offs bring great buying opportunities if you know how to look for them. Here are two down-and-out biotech names that should be much higher a year from […]
Major Asian markets closed sharply lower on Monday, the first trading day of the second half of the year, as heavy losses were recorded in China ahead of a looming deadline when tariffs from both Washington and Beijing are expected to take effect. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 sank in afternoon trade, closing down 2.21 […]
Once again, the U.S. stock market is getting choppy. And once again, the doom-and-gloom headlines abound. Yes, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.23% logged eight straight declines recently. Yes, most economists and investors with a brain admit that escalation of global trade-war talk is a net negative for all parties. And yes, stocks have […]
Asian stocks were mixed in early trading Monday as traders kicked off a new month and quarter. The Nikkei NIK, -2.21% lagged early, dropping 0.3% as automakers such as Honda 7267, -1.81% and Nissan 7201, -2.32% dropped some 1% on President Donald Trump’s weekend auto-tariff talk. South Korea’s Hyundai 005380, -1.59% was down similarly, and […]
The first half of the year was full of surprises on Wall Street. Even experts and investors who expected more volatility after a historically calm 2017 were caught off guard by many of the developments inside and outside the markets this year, including the rapid gains stocks made in January, their abrupt descent into a […]
Welcome to the Dow Jones industrial average. Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), the newest stock on the blue-chip index, is the worst Dow Jones stock in the first half of 2018. General Electric (GE), which tanked 22% through June 30, is no longer a Dow Jones stock. That leaves Walgreens stock leading Dow laggards, followed by […]
The Dow Jones industrial average has a had a volatile 2018 so far, down 1.7% vs. the end of 2017 and lagging the performance of the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq composite. But several Dow Jones stocks have been solid performers. Nike (NKE) has sprinted to the top of the class of 2018, with Visa […]
Looking for a port in a storm? If you’re feeling a bit battered by trade-war fears or other political issues, consider Norwegian stocks, which have been holding up better than other equities, thanks in part to the country’s low level of political risk. Worrying headlines are “driving some demand toward countries like Norway,” says James […]
Stocks rose on Friday, the last trading day of the first half of the year, but still posted weekly losses as the underlying market sentiment was soured by anxiety over global trade frictions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 55.36 points to 24,271.41, with Nike outperforming. The S&P 500 gained 0.1 percent and closed at […]
U.K. stocks climbed on Friday, with the benchmark index scoring its best quarter in more than five years, as European political risks receded for now and China took a step toward easing trade tensions with the U.S. The pound climbed after data showed U.K. economic growth in the first quarter was stronger than initially expected. […]
