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US stocks futures swing higher as S&P 500 fights off bear market territory

US stock futures were pointing to a higher start for Wall Street at the end of a volatile week, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cooled speculation about the potential for 75-basis point rate hikes. How are stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures ES00, +1.20% rose 1.1% to 3,971 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, […]

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This JPMorgan portfolio manager says he isn’t betting on a US recession

In a wobbly stock market, Phil Camporeale, a portfolio manager at JPMorgan Chase & Co., is betting the US will avoid a recession. Rising interest rates are the “number one culprit this year for the volatility and the chaos” seen in the market, said Camporeale, a portfolio manager for JP Morgan Asset Management’s global allocation […]

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‘What are the chances? I retire and the stock market crashes. All my plans are upside down.’ I want to draw on my 401(k) to renovate my new home. What options do I have?

Dear Quentin, I’m due to retire in two months and I have already moved to my new home in the sun. I have not sold my apartment in a major US metropolitan area on the east coast, as I wanted to see how I settled into my new life. It’s a quiet, but beautiful city […]

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Matt Damon crypto commercial: How much you would have lost if you invested then

Remember when Matt Damon told you, “Fortune favors the brave”? Well, Twitter TWTR, -2.19% users do, and many of them are bringing up the viral Crypto.com ad, while prices for cryptocurrency like bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.26% and ether ETHUSD, -4.69% are slumping, and crypto exchange platforms like Coinbase COIN, +8.90% are losing billions in market cap. […]

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The S&P 500 is on the brink of a bear market. Here’s the threshold.

The latest bull market for US stocks was on the brink of expiring Thursday afternoon, with the benchmark S&P 500 holding just shy of the threshold that marks bear territory. The S&P 500SPX, -0.91% was down 73 points, or 1.9%, at 3,860.88 in afternoon trade, after finishing Wednesday around 18% below its record close from […]

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Stock Market Today: Dow Drops, Bitcoin Plunges

Textsize If the losses hold, the Dow would fall for the sixth day in a row. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images The stock market was falling again Thursday, as investors were fretting about the impact of inflation and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy on the economy. In afternoon trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated […]

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Yellen: Cryptocurrency market turbulence is not a ‘real threat’ to US financial stability.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the turbulence in the cryptocurrency market is not a hazard for the stability of the US financial system. Yellen noted that TerraUSD USTUSD, -50.71% had decoupled from its $1 peg in recent days and the world’s largest stablecoin, tether, was briefly under similar pressure. Other companies in the […]

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Opinion: The S&P 500’s charts are pointing to more stock-market losses

This past week, the S&P 500 index plunged to new relative lows. It is now trading at prices last seen in March 2021. This latest move downward violated support at 4100-4200 and prompted a swift move down toward possible support at 3900. The next support area below that is 3700 – the lows of February […]

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Bitcoin Price Falls Below $26,000

Bitcoin plunged and the world’s largest stablecoin, tether, briefly edged down from its $1 peg, adding to fears of more turbulence in the cryptocurrency market. Cryptocurrencies have been hit by two forces this week. On one side, concerns that inflation will necessitate aggressive central-bank tightening have sapped the desire to hold assets perceived as higher […]

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Oil prices come under renewed pressure as market looks for direction

Oil prices traded lower on Thursday, reversing some of the previous day’s gains as the commodity market tries to find its footing amid a demand and supply tug of war. price-action West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery CL00, -1.59% CLM22, -1.59% CL.1, -1.59% fell around $1.84, or 1.8%, to $103.78 a barrel. The contract […]