Fed Chair Jerome Powell, testifying before Congress in March: Is he too hawkish about inflation? (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times) We have a term for the intentional infliction of pain on…
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Bank of England preparing emergency intervention after pound slumps to all-time low
Andrew Bailey Bank of England pound sterling dollar parity interest rates Budget – Hollie Adams/Bloomberg The Bank of England is understood to be preparing an intervention after the pound crashed…
U.S. stock futures dip, dollar rises as Italian election results add to uncertainty
U.S. stock-index futures fell late Sunday, suggesting losses Monday, as the projected victory of a far-right party in Italy added to uncertainties about rising interest rates and recession fears. After…
Stock Traders Brace for a Steeper Dive as Fed Ups Recession Fear
(Bloomberg) — A hawkish Federal Reserve crushed whatever hope investors had, plunging the stock market into a doom spiral last week and sparking traders’ fears that even more losses are…
The Stock Market Is Reeling. What to Watch This Week.
Text size The S&P 500 is down 23% from its January peak. Getty Images After one of the worst weeks for the stock market in 2022, two factors could swing…
The Great Bond Bubble Is ‘Poof, Gone’ in Worst Year Since 1949
(Bloomberg) — Week by week, the bond-market crash just keeps getting worse and there’s no clear end in sight. Most Read from Bloomberg With central banks worldwide aggressively ratcheting up…
You Need This Much to Live Off Dividends
How to Live Off Dividends Dividends can be used to create passive income in an investment portfolio or grow wealth over the long term through reinvestment. Knowing how to live…
Tumbling Markets Imperil Tech, the Dollar, and Private Equity
Text size Japan has had to intervene to support the sliding yen for the first time since 1998, even as it tries to keep its interest rates low. Akio Kon/Bloomberg…
Dow’s lower low triggers Dow Theory sell signal
The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s DJIA, -1.62% 767-point tumble in afternoon trading Friday, to break down below the June 17 closing low (29,888.78), not only showed that the bear market…
If you’re selling stocks because the Fed is hiking interest rates, you may be suffering from ‘inflation illusion’
Forget everything you think you know about the relationship between interest rates and the stock market. Take the notion that higher interest rates are bad for the stock market, which…