How investors can learn to live with inflation: BlackRock
by Growth stocks may have led the early 2023 rally, but stubbornly high inflation means it won’t last. That’s the main message from the BlackRock Investment …
Tag: Monetary policy
The stock market doesn’t look cheap any way you slice it
Text size Last week’s numbers gave investors a lot to worry about. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Stock indices finished another week lower with a negative February …
What’s next for stocks when investors realize the Fed’s fight against inflation isn’t over any time soon
The stock market is ending February on a decidedly shaky note, raising questions about the duration of a rally into early 2023. It is blamed …
Inflation heated up in January. Rate increases for hidden reasons don’t work, yet
Inflation data released on Friday showed that consumer price growth accelerated again in January, marking the latest sign that the US economy is defying the …
Fed officials see interest rates spike this year, the FOMC minutes show
The Fed headquarters in Washington, DC Time to dream Text size Federal Reserve officials saw that slowing inflation could support a spike in the federal …
Chinese stocks lead gains in global markets as the US pauses for Presidents Day
Global markets were mixed on Monday, with US futures battling for direction in holiday trading ahead of another intense bout of economic data. Futures linked …
A sideways stock market and the case for sale in March
Text size The rally that sent stock prices up about 15% from their October lows is winding down. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors have heard the …
Because January’s CPI report could deal a major blow to the stock market
The stock market’s early-year rally is set to fade if a highly anticipated US inflation report on Tuesday scuttles hopes of a faster fall in …
The Fed’s Powell still speaks today. He listens carefully to his speech.
Jerome Powell’s speech at the Economic Club in Washington, DC will be the first time investors have heard him since Friday’s blockbuster jobs report. Kevin …
The jobs report tells the markets what Fed Chairman Powell has been trying to tell them
Oh dear. Many investors have just relearned, the hard way, the old rule: When someone tries to tell you something about themselves, listen. Federal Reserve …