It appears the federal government is shutting down today, October 1, as Congress has failed to agree on funding legislation for the upcoming federal fiscal year. If the shutdown occurs, it will be the first one since 2019 and the 21st since 1976.
While some are drawing parallels between the current period and the late-1990s tech bubble and concluding that a crash may be coming, that’s not our view at all. This market environment is very different.
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.
Just for fun: A look at the English Premier League Soccer Kickoff (and Stocks)
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.
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.
