NEW YORK (AP) — Investors and a wide range of retailers are taking a dim view of the remainder of 2023 and expect consumers to buckle under pressure…
Read more Consumers are spending, but Wall Street and businesses expect a tighter squeeze aheadNEW YORK (AP) — Profits are falling for companies, and the only question is how much worse they will get. Big U.S. companies are lining up to report…
Read more As profit recession hits, Wall Street hopes it’s the bottomLOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilder stocks are on a tear as investors bet that a dearth of previously occupied homes on the market and moderating mortgage rates will…
Read more Wall Street bets on better days ahead for US homebuildersNEW YORK (AP) — Suddenly, bonds are again living up to their reputation as the safe part of an investor’s portfolio. As stocks sank worldwide over the last…
Read more After last year’s stunning failure, bonds show up for safetyNEW YORK (AP) — The price of natural gas used to heat homes and generate electricity is plunging this year, thanks to a mild winter in the U.S.…
Read more Plunging natural gas prices relieve inflation pressureNEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street expects companies to face a reckoning with the realities of hot inflation, a slowing economy and rising interest rates in the latest…
Read more Wall Street braces for earnings to get hit by inflationNEW YORK (AP) — The worst may be yet to come for the stock market. Wall Street’s mini-rebound since mid-October has recovered some of the index’s sharp losses…
Read more Wall Street may get much worse in 2023 before getting betterNEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street expects the impact of the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive year of interest rate hikes in at least three decades to continue to…
Read more Fed matches year of hot inflation with feverish rate hikesLOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates are more than double what they were a year ago, so many homebuyers are looking for ways to put off some of…
Read more High mortgage rates send homebuyers scrambling for reliefNEW YORK (AP) — Corporate profits have withstood raging inflation over much of the last year, but those good times may be ending. Profits stayed fat even as…
Read more Trimming the fat: inflation finally hitting profit marginsNEW YORK (AP) — Surging oil prices charged energy stocks through 2022 and could keep supporting the sector despite a looming recession and stubbornly hot inflation squeezing consumers.…
Read more Energy stocks get oil price support as recession loomsNEW YORK (AP) — A rare bear market in bonds hasn’t gotten much attention, but it may be inflicting more pain on investors than the downturns for stocks,…
Read more Rare bear market in bonds strips investors of safe haven
