Stock Market Plunges

Stock market plunges after better-than-expected December jobs report

The Labor Department reported Friday that 265,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in December, which was roughly 100,000 more than expected. The unemployment rate also fell to 4.1%. CBS News ...

CBS News - 8h

The stock market has one more chance to fight off the bears

Another S&P 500 close below 5,870 would signal more downside for the index. Plus, Amazon looks weak.

MarketWatch - 10h

Stock market gain that followed Trump's election win is close to being wiped out

The S&P 500's gain since Election Day now sits at just around 0.5%.

CNBC - 14h

What the Stock Market Could Do During Trump’s First Year, According to History

Over the past century, the S&P 500 has tended to see weaker returns during the first year of a new administration.

Inc. - 22h

These 2 retail stocks are bucking the market sell-off, and we're downgrading a tumbling name

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CNBC - 16h

Can January really tell the stock market’s future? Let us count the ways.

Looking for bullish signs from the “first five days of January indicator” and the “January barometer.”

MarketWatch - 1d

Investors are on edge as Friday’s jobs report could make or break the stock-market rally

Rising Treasury yields are ratcheting up the anxiety for equity investors. Thursday’s stock-market closure offered only a brief reprieve from the mounting tension.

MarketWatch - 1d

Is the stock market open today? U.S. observes national day of mourning as Jimmy Carter’s funeral is held in Washington.

The country honors the former president, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, with an official state funeral at the National Cathedral on Thursday. A private interment in Plains, Ga., is set to follow.

MarketWatch - 1d

A plunging pound with surging U.K. yields suggest the bond vigilantes are lurking

A plunging pound and a surge in U.K. government borrowing costs to their highest since the great financial crisis serve as a warning to the U.S. and other countries that the bond vigilantes are ...

MarketWatch - 1d

The stock market is at the same valuation as when Greenspan made his ‘irrational exuberance’ comment

Stocks by one valuation measure are at the exact same place they were when former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan made his infamous “irrational exuberance” comment.

MarketWatch - 1d

Quantum stocks like Rigetti plunge after Nvidia's Huang says the computers are 15 to 30 years away

Quantum computing stocks dropped Wednesday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared that useful quantum computers are likely decades in the future.

CNBC - 2d

We're buying more of a newer stock that is wisely pushing into a fast-growing market

We first added the company to our portfolio in October.

CNBC - 2d

Tesla and Nvidia dominated the stock market last year. Why more pedestrian names can shine in 2025.

The average S&P 500 stock had a tough go of it in December. But better times could lie ahead in 2025.

MarketWatch - 2d

Tired market timers are just what stocks need to rally again

Be worried when timers are stubbornly bullish after a big downturn.

MarketWatch - 2d

Dozens of lawmakers beat stock market in 2024: Report

The stock portfolios of more than two dozen lawmakers once again outperformed the market as bans on congressional stock trading stalled, according to a new report from the trading trackers at ...

The Hill - 3d

Is the US stock market in bubble territory?

Valuations might be frothy but don’t seem nutty

Financial Times - 3d

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Tuesday

Wall Street was looking at a muted open Tuesday after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq closed higher for a second straight session

CNBC - 3d

Arctic blast sends temperatures plunging across much of US

A dangerous winter storm has led to more than 2,000 flight cancelations nationwide, while also leaving thousands without power. Now, a deep freeze is setting in across much the country, with more ...

NBC News - 3d

The US stock market has never been more concentrated. Does it matter?

World’s biggest game of Jenga

Financial Times - 3d

U.S. stocks dominated global markets in 2024 — why they likely won’t in 2025

The U.S. stock market remained the envy of the world in 2024, extending its outperformance against international peers and claiming an even bigger slice of the multitrillion-dollar global equity ...

MarketWatch - 3d

Fed official delivers a blunt message to the stock market — which ignores it

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook gave one of the bluntest warnings an official at the central bank has ever delivered about the stock market.

MarketWatch - 4d

Big Tech Is So Dominant the Stock Market Would Have Been Flat for 2 Years Without It

Big Tech stocks have fueled most of the S&P 500’s gains over the past several years.

Inc. - 4d

Bulgarians celebrate the feast of Epiphany with a ritual plunge into icy rivers

Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Monday braved the freezing winter weather to plunge into icy waters as they observed centuries-old Epiphany traditions

ABC News - 4d

Stock market manages strong start to 2025. But watch for these potential pitfalls.

Stock-market investors are just two days into the new year but managed to halt the slide that damped the end of a still stellar 2024.

MarketWatch - 5d

Here are the 5 things we're watching in the stock market in the week ahead

Nvidia's Jensen Huang will be at CES, and investors will get a fresh batch of labor market data.

CNBC - 5d

How to handle a stock market downturn — without breaking down

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Try this experiment.

MarketWatch - 6d

Forget Santa: Stock-market bulls look to ‘January barometer’ for clues on 2025

Santa Claus was a no-show on Wall Street, but stock-market bulls may be able to take their lump of coal in stride if January gets the year off to a positive start.

MarketWatch - 6d

Netflix’s stock is still a sell and looks ‘overvalued in a momentum market’

Netflix Inc.’s stock was flat Friday after Benchmark analysts reiterated their sell rating on the stock even as they raised their price target by 30%, arguing that it’s looking overvalued in a ...

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Foreign phone sales plunge 47% in China, spelling trouble for Apple

Apple is under pressure in China as a result of rising competition from domestic brands, in particular Huawei.

CNBC - Jan. 3

A Stock Market Boom Could Arrive in 2025, According to History

The S&P 500 has turned negative only twice after an annual return of 20 percent or more.

Inc. - Jan. 3

The stock market has entered the danger zone. How one strategist recommends piloting around it.

The next few weeks are likely to be volatile, prompting more risk asset weakness

MarketWatch - Jan. 3

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Friday

Shipments from Tesla's Shanghai factory posted their first annual decline. A study on GLP-1 user behavior also caught my eye.

CNBC - Jan. 3

Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7

UK savers trail US and several European nations

Financial Times - Jan. 3

Chinese stock market slump deepens with bond yields hitting record lows as PBOC reportedly signals rate cuts

Economic data on tap appeared thin on Friday, while investors in Asia continue to assess China's monetary easing policy, political chaos in South Korea.

CNBC - Jan. 3