Text size Crocs is among the stocks that have historically been most sensitive to changes in market-wide liquidity. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images It is possible to identify stocks with a good chance of outperforming market averages in the next bull market. These are the ones that are particularly sensitive to changes in overall stock market liquidity, … Read more
Text size US consumer and housing market data, as well as several notable earnings reports, will be the highlights this week. Barring any surprises, congressional testimony from federal financial regulators will be the main event on the banking front. On Wednesday, Fed Vice Chairman Michael Barr and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg are … Read more
Text size As Fed Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged on Wednesday, the latest rate hike will certainly slow the economy. Al Drago/Bloomberg Never underestimate the ability of the stock market to prioritize hope over experience. Hope would suggest that all will be well: the bank run that began with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is … Read more
Text size Ford electric trucks in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Ford engine finally gave investors a glimpse of the electric vehicle startup she was incubating inside her 119-year-old self. Although the stock’s decline suggests disappointment, there is more to love than the market is giving … Read more
Text size Ford electric trucks in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Ford engine finally gave investors a glimpse of the electric vehicle startup she was incubating inside her 119-year-old self. Although the stock’s decline suggests disappointment, there is more to love than the market is giving … Read more
Text size The market value of US Treasury securities has fallen from a peak of 108% in the economy to its current value of 85%, writes David Beckworth. Win McNamee/Getty Images About the Author: David Beckworth is a Senior Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a former international economist at the … Read more
Text size Wall Street is not happy with the recent performance of Rivian or Rivian stocks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Rivian Automotive the stock trades much worse than most of its peers. Sales and products are not the problem. It is spending. The company needs a plan to control cash and improve investor sentiment. Wall Street … Read more
GameStop shares soared late in trading on Tuesday after the video game retailer reported a strong quarter. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Text size GameStop announced a surprise fiscal fourth-quarter profit, sending the stock soaring late in trading on Tuesday. The company reported earnings of 16 cents per share, compared with a loss of 49 … Read more
Text size First Republic shares closed down 47% in Monday trading. The stock is now down more than 90% so far in March. Eric Thayer/Bloomberg Shares of Bank of the First Republic are still in freefall even after the banking industry provided the lender with billions of dollars in cash. That money could be enough … Read more
The Federal Reserve will meet on Wednesday and, for once, the outcome is unclear. This is the most uncertain Fed meeting since 2008, said Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research. Fed officials, starting with former Chairman Ben Bernanke, have perfected the art of having the market price in what the central bank will do – … Read more