Nasdaq futures down more than 2% after Wall Street’s worst week since January
U.S. stock futures fell Sunday night as Wall Street tries to recover from one of its worst weeks of 2022. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 340…
What Does Inflation Do to the Stock Market?
Inflation can be good or bad for the stock market, but in general high inflation is very bad news The relationship between inflation and equity prices is complex. When inflation…
Inflation rises at fastest pace in 40 years, pushed up by record gas prices
The pain of higher prices continues for US consumers. Record gas prices drove inflation to 8.6% for the 12 months ending in May, higher than the pace in April, according…
Top Canadian Oil Dividend Stocks
Just like every other stock on the market, top Canadian oil stocks suffered selloffs during the COVID-19 pandemic market crash that hit a low in March of 2020. The spike…
How oil holds the key to whether the stock market has bottomed
Oil acting as a tax and historically correlates well with recessions, pulling sentiment and consumption down Gina Sanchez asserted on CNBC today that stock market has mostly priced in Fed…
The European Central Bank Just Helped U.S. Stock Investors
The biggest companies in the market could benefit the most. Investors on Wall Street came in Thursday morning in a downbeat mood, and the stock market seemed to reflect the…
Stock Prices Follow Fundamentals In The Long Run
Most investors take their cue from stock price volatility. They get attracted to stocks whose prices are rising and tend to run for the hills when prices are falling. However,…
It’s 1979, Not 2009
Break out your mom’s bell-bottoms and dad’s leisure suit from your parents’ attic. It’s 1979 again (at least economically) Don’t listen to the perpetual doomsayers who claim this is the…
Mortgage demand falls to the lowest level in 22 years amid rising rates and slowing home sales
Mortgage rates are back on the upswing, after a brief decline in May, and the housing market is still suffering from a lack of listings. As a result, mortgage demand…
Identifying opportunities for income investors by screening for dividend yield
One part of the equity market that has benefited from a so-called flight to safety during this period of volatility has been the dividend stocks. For example, the S&P 500…