A previous version of the story included an incorrect time reference regarding crude stocks in the US SPR. Stocks in the reserve are below 500 million barrels for the first time since 1986. Oil futures settled lower on Wednesday, easing back after three consecutive session gains, even as a more than three million-barrel drop in…
Energy stocks have been the star investment this year. Now it’s time to sell them and electrify your portfolio before investors once again focus on the industry’s long-term headwinds. There are a host of headwinds that could threaten the surge: rising recession risk, consumer backlash from the high price of gasoline, and the push to…
US stock indexes traded mixed Wednesday, as investors tuned in to remarks by central bankers while fretting that soaring inflation is damaging the world’s biggest economy. How are stock indexes trading? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.01% was up 78 points, or 0.3%, to 31,029. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.38% edged down 3 points,…
Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. Altfest founded Altfest Personal Wealth Management in 1983 after working as a general partner and director of research Lord Abbett & Co. Before that, he was an analyst for several…
The end of June is nigh and good riddance. Down about 7%, only March has delivered a win for S&P 500 SPX investors this year, as pandemic fallout has been compounded by Russia’s brutal and deadly invasion of Ukraine that has seemingly driven up prices of everything. While still an ugly month, stocks saw a…
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Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings on Thursday will provide a much-anticipated clue into a problem that has worried Wall Street all year about the chip industry: Whether customers have been hoarding chips during the global shortage. Last quarter, Micron Chief Executive Sanjay Mehrotra said that sales to data-center customers had eclipsed those to the mobile market,…
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Investors and traders attempting to navigate one of the most treacherous periods in financial markets in years are all but sure to face more volatility during the second half of this year. One major reason is that few seem to be prepared for the risk that US inflation, already at an almost 41-year high of…
US stocks rose on Tuesday, finding support after China moved to ease some COVID-19 restrictions, though worries about both inflation and the threat of recession were seen limiting gains. What’s happening The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose 150 points, or 0.5%, to 31,589. The S&P 500 SPX gained 12 points, or 0.3%, to trade…
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A little more judging by stock futures reaction this morning. Thank China for some of that as the country announced the biggest easing in COVID travel requirements since about March 2020. China’s news may add to the sense that inflation has peaked, given the supply constraints that the lockdown there has produced. That brings us…
Major US stock indexes posted their biggest declines in more than a week on Monday as investors weighed stronger-than-expected data on durable goods against expectations for a slowing economy that could limit the magnitude of Federal Reserve rate increases. What happened The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.20% finished down by 62.42 points, or 0.2%,…
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