When to stop investing in the stock market? Wild price swings are shaking the resolve of some: Is it time to bail out of equities and bonds?

Is it time to bail out of stocks and bonds? This isn’t the market that investors likely signed up for back in 2021 when shares in GameStop Corp. GME, +4.69% and movie chain AMC Entertainment Holdings AMC, +3.72% were headed to the moon, drawing in droves investing neophytes. The meme-stock frenzy, the one underpinned by … Read more

What to expect from markets in the next six weeks, before the Federal Reserve revamps its easy-money stance

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell fired a warning shot across Wall Street last week, telling investors the time has come for financial markets to stand on their own feet, while he works to tame inflation. The policy update last Wednesday laid the ground work for the first benchmark interest rate hike since 2018, probably in … Read more

Resist buying US stocks and Treasury bills, Morgan Stanley advises. Here’s what their strategists recommend buying instead.

US stocks have been a winning investment for the past two years on what turned out to be a fair bet that corporate profits would recover from the coronavirus pandemic, as well as the low interest rates and fiscal stimulus that have fueled the global economy. Strategists at Morgan Stanley say investors should resist buying … Read more