The Fear and Greed Index is leaning far into the “Extreme Fear” measure. However, if you know anything about such measures of investor angst, you may ask, “Which…
Read more Can the Fear and Greed Index guide your investments? It’s showing ‘Extreme Fear.’U.S. stocks capped off a wild 2023 with a two-month sprint that has carried the Dow to record highs and the S&P 500 index to within a whisker…
Read more So much for 'the January effect': Here are five things that could interrupt the U.S. stock market rally in early 2024.Options contracts tied to more than $5 trillion worth of stocks, exchange-traded funds and indexes are set to expire on Friday as the latest “triple witching” expiration event…
Read more Chaotic 'triple witching' set for Friday, as $5.3 trillion in options expireU.S. stocks closed mostly lower Friday, but the Dow Jones and S&P 500 posted weekly gains, as the Israel-Gaza war appeared to escalate heading into the weekend. The…
Read more Dow Jones ekes out gain Friday, stocks mostly advance for the week as Israel-Gaza war escalatesWall Street’s so-called fear gauge has been subdued this year, in a “mysterious shrinking” pattern, that’s a bullish signal for equities, according to DataTrek Research. Declines for the…
Read more What the ‘mysterious shrinking’ of Wall Street’s fear gauge means for stocks, according to DataTrekThe past six weeks have left investors with more questions than answers about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy and, by extension, financial markets. And although the Federal…
Read more Powell could still hammer U.S. stocks on Wednesday even if the Fed doesn’t hike interest ratesThe U.S. stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, is trapped in a trading range, and volatility seems to be damping down considerably. The significant…
Read more Stocks are trapped in a trading range. Something’s got to give.Recent weakness in the U.S. stock market is likely to persist over the near-term, according to Wall Street’s most bullish strategist, who still thinks the S&P 500 is…
Read more Wall Street’s most bullish strategist warns of choppiness in stocks, still sees the S&P 500 touching a record high this yearInvestors will start the week nervously sorting through the aftermath of a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary Wagner Group that’s seen leaving Russian President Vladimir Putin weakened. “As…
Read more What’s next for markets after aborted Wagner mutiny leaves Russia’s Putin weakenedInvestors will start the week nervously sorting through the aftermath of a short-lived rebellion by the mercenary Wagner Group that’s seen leaving Russian President Vladimir Putin weakened. “As…
Read more What’s next for markets after aborted Wagner mutiny leaves Russia’s Putin weakenedIt is the notion that the Federal Reserve could deliver a hawkish jolt to markets even if it refrains from raising rates when its two-day policy meeting ends…
Read more How a hawkish Fed could kill a baby bull-market rally in U.S. stocksThe stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index SPX, has struggled to maintain the rally that began in mid-March, and now we are getting new sell…
Read more ‘Sell’ signals are flashing across the stock market now. But bulls still have one chance.U.S. stocks just touched their highest levels in two months. Yet, signs of a looming selloff are piling up, according to Jonathan Krinsky, chief technical strategist at BTIG.…
Read more 4 signs stocks are headed for a punishing selloff, as even strong performers look vulnerableThe U.S. stock market has been flashing an important signal that suggests concerns about the banking sector have dissipated after the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank earlier…
Read more This signal for U.S. stocks bodes well for a rally as some stability returns to the banking sectorU.S. stocks finished higher Friday, as investors weighed a flurry of bank earnings results for the fourth quarter and fresh data on consumer sentiment and inflation expectations. All…
Read more Dow closes up more than 100 points as earnings season begins, stocks book best week of gains in 2 monthsU.S. stocks are about to cap off their worst year since 2008. But investors wouldn’t know it by glancing at what’s often referred to as Wall Street’s favorite…
Read more Did 2022 break Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’? Why the VIX no longer reflects the sorry state of the stock marketThe benchmark S&P 500 Index has finally fallen below the 3900- to 4100-point trading range. The move prompted an immediate reaction down to 3800, the next support level.…
Read more If you think a Santa Claus rally is coming to the stock market, this is how to play itThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes recorded their worst day in almost a month on Monday, after a hotter-than-expected U.S. services-sector reading fueled concerns that the Federal…
Read more S&P 500, Nasdaq post worst day in month after strong data fuels worry about Fed rate hikesWith the S&P 500 holding above 4,000 and the CBOE Volatility Gauge, known as the “Vix” or Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” VIX, +0.74% having fallen to one of…
Read more Is the market bottom in? 5 reasons U.S. stocks could continue to suffer heading into next year.An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the U.S. midterm elections. They will be held Nov. 8, not Nov. 9. Despite a raft of risky…
Read more Stocks are having a stellar October. Why the bear-market rally may have more room to run.
