Economy
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Small-cap stocks suck. Is it time to buy small caps?
If you own a small-cap fund in your retirement portfolio, you may be wondering if it’s time to throw in the towel. Small-cap stocks, which these days means stocks with a capitalization or market value of less than about $10 billion, are on track for yet another dismal year. The Russell 2000 index RUT, -0.62%,…
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Bright Idea – Raging Bull
The next “Bright Idea” will be dropping at 9:30 am EST on Monday, May 22. Make sure you refresh this page at that time, and be the first to see this exciting new stock! You won’t want to miss a minute of the action. Just check out how some of these previous alerts performed after…
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So long, Great Resignation: ‘The Big Stay’ is the new workplace trend, this economist says
The Great Resignation is coming to a close, as far as one prominent economist is concerned — and “the Big Stay,” as she dubs it, could be here to, well, stay. Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP ADP, +0.35%, the payroll-service company, says that workers are increasingly sticking with their jobs (aka the Big Stay)…
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Most stocks end up losing you money. So what’s a stock-market investor to do?
If you’re going to try to retire early and rich by picking the right stocks, there’s something you should know first: Most stocks end up losing you money. Over the long term, a majority of stocks on the U.S. stock market have actually ended up as worse investments than keeping your money in low-risk 1-month…
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Megacap tech stocks out of control? Big Tech still has the power to extend the rally and weather an economic storm, analysts say.
Megacap technology stocks have dominated the U.S. stock market performance this year, powering the Nasdaq Composite to a new nine-month high this week as investors have loaded up on them in a “safe-haven play” on concerns over a potential recession, a federal debt-ceiling breach and more stress in regional banks. The tech-focused Nasdaq-100 index NDX,…
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After the pause: This is how borrowers are preparing for resumption of student-debt payments
She doesn’t know how much her student-loan bill will be when the years-long pandemic-era freeze on payments ends. Eminger’s loans were transferred during the pandemic to a new servicer, but she’s struggled to communicate with the organization, which could help her learn her monthly payment amount. She’s also rushing to take steps that could provide…
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‘When I ran it past the missus, she went ballistic’: I want to buy a $40,000 car, but my wife said no. Then things really got weird.
My wife and I enjoy two week-long vacations a year to the local seashore, and we generally live well within our means. I’m convinced we can afford a new-car payment, but my wife is convinced it will break us, and that’s a problem. I’m 45 and my wife is 43. My wife and I make…
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China has its own reasons to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine
The United States needs detente with China to deescalate the danger of an armed conflict over Taiwan, losing control of maritime routes through the South China Sea and other potential Pacific region hotspots. This requires looking past China’s rhetoric about achieving broad technological dominance and recent provocations to focus on China’s economic concerns and desire to play a more assertive role in…
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Bond holders have more to fear from the Fed than the debt-ceiling standoff
The U.S. debt-ceiling drama on Capitol Hill makes for great theater, but is little more than a sideshow for bond investors. That’s because the shorter-term direction of U.S. interest rates is almost entirely a function of the Federal Reserve’s actions, and not the debt-ceiling negotiations in Washington. Yet judging by the saturated coverage of these…
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Banks trim loans slightly as deposits fall to nearly two-year low
Lending by banks fell slightly last week even as deposits dropped to a nearly two-year low, suggesting that U.S. financial institutions are in stable condition a few months after a bevy of bank failures. Total bank lending fell by $3.3 billion to $12.1 trillion in the seven days ending May 10, the Federal Reserve reported…