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Recession playbook: Here are some of Wall street’s top stock picks for a downturn
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Recession playbook: Here are some of Wall street’s top stock picks for a downturn

A growing number on Wall Street are talking up the risk of a recession, with Goldman Sachs , Deutsche Bank and more all pointing to a higher probability of a downturn. “Economic data points indicate a higher probability of recession,” Morgan Stanley analysts said in a June 29 note. “Since the beginning of the year, […]

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Some experts say a recession is coming. Here’s how to prepare your portfolio
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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
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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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The S&P 500 just had its worst first half in more than 50 years, which ‘stressed’ this classic investment strategy
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The S&P 500 just had its worst first half in more than 50 years, which ‘stressed’ this classic investment strategy

Stock trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The S&P 500 Index, a barometer of U.S. stocks, just had its worst first half of the year going back over 50 years. The index fell 20.6% in the past six months, from its high-water […]

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‘The Big Short’ investor Michael Burry thinks financial markets rout is only halfway through
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‘The Big Short’ investor Michael Burry thinks financial markets rout is only halfway through

“The Big Short” investor Michael Burry, known for calling the subprime mortgage crisis, warned investors that 2022’s market turmoil is only half finished. Burry, who runs hedge fund Scion Asset Management, said the losses in stocks in the first half of the year have mostly been a result of multiple compression. He said corporations will […]

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Asset manager says the S&P 500 is primed for a rally — and reveals his top stock picks
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Asset manager says the S&P 500 is primed for a rally — and reveals his top stock picks

The S & P 500 — down about 20% so far this year — is on pace for its worst first half of the year since 1970. But fund manager Robert Luna believes it could be primed for a rally. “It’s definitely time for a rally talk because there’s a lot of pessimism out there right […]

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Investors see little to be gained in stocks the rest of the year, favor dividend payers now, CNBC survey shows
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Investors see little to be gained in stocks the rest of the year, favor dividend payers now, CNBC survey shows

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2022.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A majority of Wall Street investors believe the market stands pretty much dead in the water for the rest of 2022 and, as […]

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We’re trimming a stock we like that’s rallying to replenish some cash for future market downturns
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We’re trimming a stock we like that’s rallying to replenish some cash for future market downturns

Our sale of some shares is not a call on the health insurer stock in question or our investment thesis. Source

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The first phase of the market downturn is close to done. Two more to go: Billionaire investor Jim Coulter
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The first phase of the market downturn is close to done. Two more to go: Billionaire investor Jim Coulter

Jim Coulter, the founding partner and executive chairman of TPG, which manages $120 billion in investments, has been through seven or eight major market resets and that experience has led him to a form of pattern recognition in how downturns progress. He says there are “three chapters” in these difficult periods for investors, and the […]

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Is the bear market coming to an end? Here’s one indicator pros say to watch closely
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Is the bear market coming to an end? Here’s one indicator pros say to watch closely

After the worst first-half for U.S. stocks in decades, a major rebound last week prompted some optimism that the worst of the sell-off may be behind us — but not everyone’s convinced . It’s perhaps unsurprising that market watchers are reluctant to call the bottom on the brutal selloff, but there’s one indicator that many […]

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