Taper Tantrum Redux? Fed hints at tapering bond buying. Stocks puke
In an instant replay of the Obama Era’s original Taper Tantrum, negative Fed hints crush stocks, causing massive investor coronaries.
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Second Wave coronavirus outbreak behind Wednesday market crash?
Everyone writing on finance says that scary Second Wave coronavirus outbreak has Mr Market spooked. Hence our Wednesday market crash.
Bloody, post-Fed Thursday market crash erases recent stock gains
Bulls watched stocks erase recent gains in a massive, bloody, post-Fed Thursday market crash. It may be the biggest downturn since the March 18 debacle.
Pelosi Pork derails virus relief bill again. Stock market train wreck ensues
The Democrats' punch list of Pelosi Pork was a nonstarter in the Senate. But it thwarted key coronavirus legislation, causing a stock market train wreck.
Stocks get pummeled again Friday. Plunge Protection Team intervenes
Friday, we watched stocks get pummeled yet again. Until the secretive Plunge Protection Team quietly intervened to stage an intervention.
High Noon on Wall Street: Can stocks sustain a Wednesday snapback rally?
If Wednesday's currently fizzled High Noon rally is all the bulls can do, we might be in for yet another big drop in US market averages.
Comeback Tuesday: US stocks try to bounce back from Monday carnage
As of today's closing bell, we can confirm it was Comeback Tuesday on Wall Street. Today's bullish bounce back rally was a welcome relief.
Worsening US-China trade war crashes Dow over 850 points in Monday action
Investors are dumping stocks, any stocks, with abandon, increasingly worried about the worsening US-China trade war. Few have escaped Monday's carnage.
Chinese rare earth threat, bond market mess = Wednesday market dive
China threatens to cut the US off from their monopolistic supply of rare earth minerals and metals. Meanwhile, the bond market is making recession signals.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell kneecaps Mr Market with secret word
Today, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell decided once again to needlessly kneecap Mr Market with one very special secret word.
Mysterious sellers, zombie stocks strike another blow against investors
It seems some mysterious seller or sellers – perhaps zombie sellers of zombie stocks, or even green space aliens – pressed the wrong futures button. Big Time.
Secular bull market, Great Trump Rally: Are they finally over?
Is the long-running secular bull market in U.S. stocks over? Is the Great Trump Rally within that secular bull market also kaput? And finally, are we in a bear market now?
ETrade Baby wiped out in Monday’s massive stock market crash?
Those crazy kids at “College Humor” copied one of the original ETrade Baby commercials. Someone named Josh Rubin (I think) subversively re-dubbed the baby’s sales pitch into something completely different. The resulting over-the-top hilarious parody attracted a huge, enthusiastic audience.
Trump bear market takes a break. Traders facing a new reality?
Oil, high yield investments continue to take a hit as Election 2016 approaches. But for stocks and bonds, is the selling over? Or is the worst yet to come?