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Inflation, rates, recession fears drive the bear market Bear market offers exceptional, short-lived rallies My take and how to navigate this tricky market For tools, data, and content to help you...

MON: German Trade Balance (May), EZ Sentix Index (Jul); US Independence Day. TUE: RBA Announcement, South Korean CPI, EZ/UK/US Final Services and Composite PMI (Jun), US Durable Goods R (May). WED:...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com H1 2022 has been among the worst on record for stock and bond markets More bearish and volatile times are likely Bulls must endure another few...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comAs theater goes, the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress (MPC) testimony is pretty thin gruel. But beggars can’t be choosers and,...

St. Louis Fed chief James Bullard said last week that fears of a recession in the US are exaggerated, even as he continued to call for “front-loading” interest rate increases. Bullard, who...

Stocks rebounded last week, but 2022 first half was still worst since 1970 Trader sentiment will split between short-term hopefuls and long-term bears Investors will likely be split into two camps in...

The markets have been a bloodbath thus far in June, as sharp interest rate hikes by major central banks push investors to ramp up bets of a global economic recession. This coupled with the ongoing war...

It's easier to write this on Tuesday afternoon instead of Sunday, but the market has a tendency of moving to extremes, quickly. That is one of the biggest investing specific takeaways of the pandemic...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com The Federal Reserve delivered an aggressive rate hike last week, bumping up overnight rates by 75bps just a few weeks after Chairman Powell had...

The credibility of central bankers is on the line as they stand convicted of having ignored inflation for too long and now must try to contain it against long odds. While she is no longer chair of the...

S&P 500 has fallen for 10th out of 11 weeks SPX joins NASDAQ and Russell in bear market Dow within a hair of 20% decline Bitcoin completes massive bearish top, aiming below $10K After both the S&P...

Stocks continue to get crushed, with the S&P 500 dropping below 3,700 for the first time since the winter of 2021. While stocks may be due for a corrective bounce, there remain very few signs that...

Yesterday the Federal Reserve hiked rates 75bps, the biggest single-meeting increase since 1994. Two days ago, the markets had incorporated an expectation for 50bps. After a well-placed Wall Street...

After yesterday's drop, the global market rout from previous months' highs is as follows (see charts below):S&P 500: -22.3% NASDAQ Composite: -33.4% Euro Stoxx 50: -20.7% Shanghai Composite:...