Several megacaps have seen concentrated selling, with a couple in bear-market territory.
Investors are becoming jittery that the Fed's reluctance to trim rates is jeopardizing its efforts to avoid a slowdown.
Investors worry that the labor market is on the verge of triggering recessionary signals.
Industrials earnings for the second quarter have been mixed so far
Advisors are cautioning nervous investors against making rash portfolio moves.
The rally in U.S. stocks has faltered since the S&P 500 Index hit a record high in mid-July.
The upward trajectory of technology stocks has been derailed in the past two weeks.
Investors have been frantically dumping shares of big winners such as Nvidia and Broadcom.
Tech giants fell after a massive cybersecurity software failure.
Beyond politics, investors are watching whether technology company earnings can support still-lofty valuations.
The contrarian economist says Americans have abandoned diversification and are seriously overweighted in equities.
Almost every major group in the S&P 500 fell this week, with the US equity benchmark down nearly 1%.
The small-capitalization Russell 2000 Index is up 10% in the past five sessions.
Durable profit growth and falling inflation should support stocks, but UBS sees limited upside.
The wagers on Trump had already been gaining ground since President Joe Biden's poor debate performance.
Investors have “stopped being remunerated for caring about risks,” the Muddy Waters founder said.
There's a better way to construct portfolios than scoring risk tolerance.
The economist sees no weakening in the robust equities rally.
For certain clients, these vehicles can make lots of sense.
“Shorts are getting torched,” a company analyst said.