Yesterday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its March Federal Open Market Committee meeting. In the section summarizing staff projections, to the surprise of some, the staff explicitly forecasted a recession.
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On Monday the S&P 500 Index moved into a bear market, finally closing 20% beneath the January 3 high. Here are 7 things to know about bear (and bull) markets.
With the S&P 500 Index in correction territory while the market faces a number of big threats, studying market history for reminders of the benefits of long-term investing can be helpful.
The selloff continued on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index down 7.8% in the usually bullish month of April. With three days to go, this could go down as the worst April since a 9.0% drop in 1970.
The unrelenting move higher in U.S. Treasury yields continued last week making it the 15th week (out of the past 16 weeks) that the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury security ended the week higher.
One of the biggest stories over the past few weeks has been the inversion of various points on the U.S. Treasury yield curve. Here are ten things to know about the yield curve.
Global stock markets are selling off hard after Russian military forces attacked a broad range of targets across Ukraine last night while Russian President Putin vowed to replace Ukraine’s government. What does it all mean for stocks and the economy?
2022 has been one of the worst starts to a year ever for stocks. In fact, it took the S&P 500 Index only 15 trading days to be down 10% for the year, one of the fastest ever.
Two things swirling that some investors think could hurt them down the road: The idea that higher yields and rate hikes are bad. However, it might not be so simple.
