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Managed futures strategies can be helpful to investors during times of economic uncertainty. The strategies seek to take advantage of price trends — up or down — and produce positive returns that offset declines elsewhere. Having some money committed to a managed futures strategy can lower a portfolio’s overall risk and potentially keep an investor

It took only a 10-minute speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday to clarify that monetary policy would be relentlessly tightened in the months ahead. Investors dumped stocks, sending the S&P 500 Index down 3.4% following two days of gains. Only five stocks in the S&P 500 SPX, -3.37% were up on Friday:

As many segments of the economy roar back from pandemic-driven slumps, consumers still aren’t returning to stores like they used to. Sluggish traffic continues to dog apparel retailers, which are now sitting on large piles of inventory that they have to discount in order to sell. Walmart Inc. WMT, +0.67% and Nordstrom Inc. JWN, -0.81%

Investors’ appetites for hot, new meme stocks with high potential appears to be gaining momentum these days. Providing evidence for that assertion,  the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (NYSEARCA:BUZZ) has soared over 10% in the past month. Likewise, the Roundhill Meme ETF (NYSEARCA:MEME) is up about 9% since it touched a recent low on July 26. However, these exchange-traded

During the multiple-year debate over mass student-loan forgiveness, one of the major points of contention was whether the Secretary of Education had the legal authority to discharge student loans without congressional action.  With Wednesday’s announcement that the Department of Education will cancel up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers earning up to $125,000, and

The best known of the upcoming stock splits is Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). It will split its stock today, Aug. 24, after the close of trading. The three-for-one split will reduce the electric vehicle maker’s share price to less than $300. It will be Elon Musk’s second stock split since the beginning of the pandemic. Tesla stock

Fresh off an announcement that it would begin selling its bikes on Amazon.com Inc., Peloton Interactive Inc. posted a sharp loss for its most recent quarter along with nearly flat sequential growth in connected fitness subscribers. The maker of connected fitness equipment logged a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $1.24 billion, or $3.68 a share,

Today’s article introduces three stocks whose  price targets have recently been cut by analysts on Wall Street. So far this year, the stocks market has tumbled on the back of rampant inflation and investors’ shaken confidence. Indeed, the S&P 500 Index posted its worst return for the first half of a year  since 1970, triggering

Many years ago, when I was a reporter for the all-news radio station here in Washington, D.C., I usually did a story each year on the approach of flu season, and what people should do to stay healthy. All roads, even then, led to Dr. Anthony Fauci. I remember our conversations well, and always with no

The electric car market is constantly growing with new entries, but many of them are expensive luxury vehicles. However, that doesn’t mean finding a reasonably affordable EV is impossible. Such options on the lower end of the pricing spectrum are the Kia Niro EV and Nissan Leaf. 2022 Kia Niro EV The Kia 000270, -1.03%

As the major equity indices clawed out of their recent doldrums, so-called Reddit stocks — particularly those with meme-ish qualities — joined in on the optimism. While social media-driven investments dominated headlines throughout 2021, this year, they grabbed the spotlight for less-than-favorable reasons. However, with the bulls apparently returning to the scene again, prospective traders

Stock-market investors should forget about a Federal Reserve “pivot” and get used to aggressive interest-rate hikes, said several market professionals who see no signs of a central bank pivot. The summer rally in stocks finally cooled this week, as investors reconsidered an overly optimistic view that the central bank would pivot away from outsized rate

For low- to moderate-income homebuyers, the prospect of going toe to toe with cash-paying investors for a simple, affordable abode can be daunting — if not financially impossible.  But in Milwaukee, one nonprofit thinks it can level the playing field. Earlier this month, Acts Housing launched an acquisition fund to buy the kinds of single-family homes

In 2020, r/WallStreetBets captured business news headlines. The forum squeezed hedge funds that bet foolishly against GameStop (NYSE:GME). In hindsight, the group created frenzied momentum buying short squeeze stocks at the perfect time. The government locked down the economy. To offset depression-level economics, governments gave free money to people while slashing interest rates to historic

September is an eventful month for Hulu, which will roll out new seasons of some of its most acclaimed series, but also lose next-day streaming for NBCUniversal shows. Here’s the short and sweet explanation: Disney DIS, -3.50% -controlled Hulu and minority partner Comcast CMCSA, -2.74% (which owns NBCUniversal, including NBC, Bravo, USA, Syfy and streaming

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  Major changes to prescription drug affordability for more than 50 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Part D are likely on the way because of a new law. The Inflation Reduction Act “finally delivers on a promise that Washington has made for decades to the American people … We’re giving

The growing threat to democracy is the most important issue facing the country, according to a new poll that also found strong support for continued investigations into the actions of former President Donald Trump. An NBC News poll conducted earlier this month and released Sunday found 57% of respondents agreed that investigations into potential wrongdoing

Scott Burg, the chief investment officer of Deer Park Road Management Co., who made the prediction that Tesla would be “squashed like a bug” in a 2020 tweet, bought put options on almost 4.8 million Tesla shares during the second quarter, according to a regulatory filing this week, Bloomberg and Barron’s reported. The shares TSLA,

The U.S. dollar is back on the upswing and headed toward the year-to-date highs seen in mid-July following a period of relative dormancy over the past month as investors pulled back on expectations of an imminent U.S. recession. The ICE U.S. Dollar Index DXY, +0.58% soared 0.6% to 108.12 on Friday on its way toward

The Senate’s top Republican is out with a sober assessment of his party’s chances for taking the chamber in November’s midterm elections, and he says “candidate quality” is a big factor. Speaking in Kentucky on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said: “I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate.