Equity Markets

Technology stocks were poised for further losses at the opening bell after getting clobbered by investors concerned about likely interest-rate rises. Futures for the technology-heavy Nasdaq-100 edged…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — There’s a two-out-of-three chance that the stock market will rise through the end of this year. Before you get too excited by these odds, however, you should know that the same odds exist at the…

The stock-market selloff deepened Monday, with the S&P 500 entering a bear market, as investors took another look at Friday’s red-hot inflation data and liked it even less.Faced with rising chances of aggressive monetary tightening…

There’s much ado about the so-called Santa Claus rally that tends to materialize in the U.S. stock market in the final week of December and the first two trading sessions of the new year, but the importance of the…

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As investors set out to build an investment portfolio, they need to accept the fact that there are no meaningful returns without taking risks. However, while risk and reward do typically go hand in hand, smart diversification can help…

Earnings season will be a key test for the stock market after the S&P 500 last week closed out its worst half-year performance since 1970, said strategists from Morgan Stanley.  The direction of stocks going…

Blame it on an obscure rule. For the first time in a decade, there will be no U.S. stock-market closure in observance of New Year’s Day which falls on a Saturday. U.S. markets will be open on Friday Dec. 31, which…

Investors took a breather this week as U.S. stocks bounced back from a weeks long selloff and the latest reading on inflation offered glimmers of optimism to those hoping for a peak in price pressures. Beneath the surface though, strong…