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Best offense is defense? This sophisticated market play helps investors protect themselves from dramatic lows
It’s a class of exchange-traded funds designed to prevent your portfolio from hitting dramatic lows — but it may require a level of sophistication. The idea: Incorporate short-term levered plays including covered call and risk-reversal strategies in order to help investors customize their own defensive strategies similar to hedging. However, it may come with an unintended […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures fall after jobs report People walk past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street on July 12, 2022 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Stock futures fell Friday morning after […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
Here are the most important news items that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures are flat Traders on the floor of the NYSE, August 1, 2022. Source: NYSE 2. Walmart lays off corporate employees A shopping cart outside a Walmart store in Torrance, California, US, on Sunday, May 15, 2022. Walmart […]
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4 takeaways from the Investing Club’s ‘Morning Meeting’ on Monday
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. It’s not time to be greedy Oil drops Quick mentions: WMT, COST, DHR, CRM, LLY AMD earnings this week 1. It’s not time to be greedy Stocks were a mixed […]
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13 of our companies report earnings this week. Here’s what Wall Street expects
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 18, 2022 in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 500 points in morning trading as investors weigh quarterly earnings and other economic news in a shortened trading week. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Source
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Wrong time to get bullish: Top investor warns deflating tech ‘bubble’ far from over
The recent tech rally may be doomed. Money manager Dan Suzuki of Richard Bernstein Advisors warns the market is far from bottoming — and it’s a concept investors fail to grasp, particularly when it comes to growth, technology and innovation names. “The two certainties in this world of uncertainty today is that profits growth is […]
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Wall Street believes these beaten-down global stocks are set for a rebound
Few would have anticipated the steep losses in stock markets this year, after such a solid 2021. But the first half of 2022 has turned out to be something of a nightmare for many investors The MSCI World had its worst start to the year on record, while the S & P 500 ended the […]
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Some experts say a recession is coming. Here’s how to prepare your portfolio
Phonlamaiphoto | Istock | Getty Images Months of stock market volatility, surging inflation and rising interest rates have left many investors wondering if a recession is coming. The stock market tumbled again on Thursday, with the S&P 500 capping its worst six-month start to a year since 1970. In all, it’s down more than 20% […]
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Recession fears flare and June jobs report looms as jittery markets head into third quarter
Investors are greeting the third quarter with greater trepidation about a recession, and that makes next Friday’s June jobs report a potentially bigger catalyst for markets than it might otherwise have been. The jobs report and Wednesday’s release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last interest rate meeting are expected to highlight the four-day, post-holiday […]
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Bitcoin falls below $19,000 again as pressure mounts on crypto firms
Bitcoin price remained under pressure in June as a number of factors including rising rates and a liquidity crisis in the crypto industry weighed on the world’s biggest cryptocurrency. Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Bitcoin on Thursday fell below $19,000 as the world’s largest digital currency remains under pressure from macroeconomic worries and a […]
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