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It’s easy to want to duck for cover given the carnage seen this year in stocks and bonds, particularly with the Federal Reserve vowing to wage an unconditional battle against high inflation. While inflation running at a 40-year high still sits near the top of the list of worries for …

Text size Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Even bear markets get bounces. The stock market had a terrific week, and for the first time in a long time, the rally feels like it can last. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.4%, the S&P 500 gained 6.4%, …

Looking for the cheapest stocks in the market now? Two industries stand out: home builders and steel makers. Barron’s screened for the 10 stocks in the S&P 500 index, S&P Midcap 400, and S&P Smallcap 600 with the lowest price/earnings ratios based on projected 2022 earnings, using consensus estimates from …

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Text size People walk along Wall Street, near the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Photo by ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images The stock market edged into positive territory, reversing early losses as investors monitor Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony before Congress.  About an hour after the open, …

The S&P 500 officially hit bear market territory last week and, according to Deutsche Bank, is currently on track for its worst half-year performance since the Great Depression.  With the large-cap benchmark SPX, +2.59% having shed around 22.3% so far in 2022 — the biggest drop since 1932 (see chart …

The price is not right. That’s the verdict from strategists at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, who each warned as a new week kicked off that the stock market wasn’t fully pricing in a recession. And that’s as U.S. equities SPX, +2.51% were off to a solid start as trading …

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 mid-point of every year. They stay the same regardless of how …

International stocks broadly rose in the absence of fresh news about inflation and interest rates, while U.S. markets were closed for the Juneteenth public holiday. Stocks and bonds have been pummeled globally this year. Driving the selloff are the push by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to quell …

Text size Some strategists recommend investors wait before bargain hunting after market declines. Stocks could be in for further losses, they say. David L. Nemec / New York Stock Exchange A 20%-plus decline in the stock market often is a signal to bargain hunters to step in. But strategists caution …