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#MarketWatch – Opinion: Stock investors have overreacted to the Saudi oil attack
Oil’s price surge might actually keep both the economy and the bull market running strong By: MARKHULBERT Oil’s big price spike isn’t the bad news that many are assuming it […]
#MarketWatch – Opinion: Who has the upper hand in the U.S.-China trade war?
China may have the most to lose, but the U.S. bargaining position is more politically vulnerable By: CHARLESHANKLA President Donald Trump recently escalated his trade war with China, threatening to […]
#MarketWatch – Here are two scenarios for how the U.S.-China trade war can end
By: STEVEGOLDSTEIN One look at the stock market shows the U.S.-China trade war, at least from the perspective of investors, isn’t going very well. So what would bring it to […]
#MarketWatch – The superrich are selling stocks, buying properties and keeping cash ready
Critical information for the U.S. trading day By: SHAWNLANGLOIS The superrich blueprint to navigating this hairy stock market: Tap the brakes and get ready to pounce when it all goes […]
Fed could worsen the next recession with a July rate cut, says Mizuho economist
Lax Fed may be setting stage for a deeper recession, critics say By: JEFFRYBARTASH Some argue the Federal Reserve risks exacerbating any coming economic slowdown by keeping interest rates excessively […]
#MarketWatch – Investor who nailed the 1987 crash ditches stocks and bonds and here’s why
Critical information for the U.S. trading day By: BARBARAKOLLMEYER By this time next week we’ll be knee-deep in earnings from J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Netflix, and a pile of other […]
#MarketWatch – Dow transports drops, despite Dow industrials reaching an intraday record
By: TOMIKILGORE The Dow Jones Transportation Average DJT, -0.48% slumped 0.5% in morning trading Wednesday, with 14 of its 20 components losing ground, the buck the gains seen in the broader stock market […]
#MarketWatch – Oil prices climb as potential for further conflict with Iran grows
‘Iran’s violation of the [nuclear] agreement could now prompt Europe to impose sanctions on Iran too’: Commerzbank By: MYRAP. SAEFONG & RACHELKONING BEALS Oil futures climbed Monday as tensions with […]
Stocks retreat from record levels as strong jobs report puts interest-rate cuts in question
The U.S. created 224,000 new jobs in June By: CHRISMATTHEWS & MarkDeCambre U.S. stocks fell at the start of trade Friday, after the monthly government payrolls report estimated the economy […]
#MarketWatch – Opinion: The Federal Reserve is about to create a lot more zombies
Corporate zombies, that is. Kept alive by easy-money policies, companies that should have gone out of business keep staggering around By: BRETTARENDS Long-term interest rates just fell off a cliff. […]