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Investor sentiment starting to enter into frothy territory with so much going well for stock market
There's excited, and there's frothy, and we are starting to enter frothy territory. Individual investor sentiment shows bullishness near the highs this year.
Two major deals coming soon may help jumpstart the IPO market
The S&P 500 has been cracking fresh highs, but the IPO market remains sluggish in 2024. Market observers hope two new deals could help thaw things out.
Bears are eager to front-run a recession that has not materialized
The economic data continues to support a soft-landing scenario, where the economy slows but doesn't head into a tailspin.
The recession crowd has regained the stock market narrative, for now
Cynics call those who insist there is a serious slowdown coming, "the recessionista crowd." Someday, they'll be right. But they've been wrong for two years.
September's poor history is hard to ignore, but market has many things on its side including the Fed
Bob Pisani breaks down what traders are watching as September trading kicks off.
Nvidia may find it hard to impress Wall Street with earnings bar raised so high
Investors have come to believe that beats and raises are part of the DNA for Jensen Huang's company.
The explosion of online sports betting is taking a toll on how people invest
While sports betting has put considerable sums into state coffers, it has come at a notable personal expense to gamblers and their families.
The 'soft landing' hypothesis is alive and well: What retail sales and Walmart earnings tell us
The real issue for the market, and why it's been so volatile, was the "growth slowdown" and fears about how far it would go.
A guide to the wild week of trading, from Monday's 'flash crash' to the yen to the volatility spike
There is a difference between a bear market and a correction. Investors would do well to keep calm when fear rattles stocks.
The yen carry trade unwind: A big complication for global markets
In its simplest form, the yen carry trade has investors borrowing cheap yen to invest in higher yielding assets, often currencies.
The big issue for stocks: How real is the recession risk?
Recession fears are growing on Wall Street as a global market sell-off took hold. But how real is that risk?
What the second-quarter earnings results are telling investors about the rest of 2024
This reporting season is less than stellar so far, and risks to earnings in the second half are starting to crop up.
Fed chair Powell gives the market exactly what it wanted to hear
August is often a rocky month. But assuming data is in line, the most likely path is more of the same — with more of the rotation seen the last several weeks.
July brought a great stock market rotation. Here's why it is happening
Entering the last day of the month, the S&P 500 is flat for July but everything else further down the market capitalization scale is having a fine time.
Stocks are being routed as tech undergoes a re-rating. Here are the key drivers behind the shake-up
The major averages are grappling with a few hurdles, including an upheaval in tech shares and an uncertain outcome for the presidential election.
2024 is shaping up to be another tough year for IPOs. What it's going to take to turn it around
This week will mark the biggest week for initial public offerings all year, but it is likely not enough to shake it out of its funk.
Spot ether ETFs are set to trade Tuesday. Here’s what it means for the Ethereum blockchain
Roughly six months after spot bitcoin exchange traded funds debuted, spot ether ETFs are about to get their moment in the sun.
Investors to decide if the one-week rotation into small caps can last all summer
Money has been moving mostly out of tech for more than a week and into small cap and value stocks, which are often industrials, materials and some financials.
BlackRock's ETF business just keeps growing, but the search for revenue goes on
Larry Fink's gamble on Barclays' iShares ETF business has proven to be one of the greatest financial investments of all time.
Momentum rules the market this summer, but let the buyer beware
Sticking with those Big Tech winners has been the ticket this year, but coasting on momentum can be a risky play.
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