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Business

Jim Cramer says investors shouldn’t allow a tumultuous market to prevent them from finding ‘better opportunities’

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that while investors should tread carefully as the stock market continues to be stormy, they also shouldn’t be afraid to make moves to strengthen their portfolios. “We want to be very careful to buy stocks with stories that can handle a slowdown. … A good portfolio manager never sells […]

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Markets

5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday, May 12

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures drop after Wall Street extends its multiday losing streak Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 11, 2022. Source: NYSE US stock futures dropped Thursday as the broad sell-off and revaluation of risk assets […]

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Markets

Stock market’s dismal performance is ‘part of the fight against inflation,’ Jim Cramer says

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that while the hot consumer price index suggests the Federal Reserve is losing in its struggle against inflation, the dismal performance of stocks, particularly in the Russell 1000, offers a different view. “When I talk about the Fed winning or losing the fight against inflation, I mean the fight to […]

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Economy

Corporate America’s debt sinks to lowest prices since 2008. Could it be a canary in the coal mine?

Stocks and crypto aren’t the only things getting walloped. Billions worth of bonds from Fortune 500 companies deemed nearly bulletproof from default also have been tagged in a yard sale for financial assets, as the Federal Reserve works to raise rates and cool inflation at the highest in four decades. The dollar price of the […]