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The stock market’s trend is relentlessly bearish

Plus, a new recommendation is a ‘straddle purchase’ on the S&P 500. Read More

There’s hardly any good news in the stock market and plenty of reasons for prices to fall further

The outlook is bleak, with the central bank poised to raise interest rates even higher. Read More

The tightening squeeze on corporate profits is the biggest risk to the stock market right now

S&P 500’s profit margin has shrunk three percentage points over 12 months. Read More

Apple is now the market’s most-shorted stock. If Tesla is an example, that’s bullish.

The dollar amount of shares sold short is ‘pretty meaningless.’ Read More

Wall Street’s prediction on the direction of the stock market is often wrong — way wrong

The best approach is to stick to your asset-allocation strategy regardless of what analysts say. Read More

A strong market rally could be just weeks away if the U.S. midterm elections can put anxious stock investors at ease

Why stocks could bottom right around Election Day in November. Read More

This interest-rate-hedge ETF has soared 60% this year as stocks, bonds sink in market carnage

This week’s ETF Wrap looks at an interest rate hedge ETF that is producing massive gains amid the carnage of 2022. Read More

These 20 stocks have short interest of 19% or more, and AMC and GameStop are not even in the top half

Carvana and Lucid Motors are among the most heavily shorted stocks. Read More

This investor posted a 30-fold gain over 10 years on one little-known company

The key to wealth is diversification, the adage goes. But building extreme wealth is often derived from just a few investments. Read More

It’s a great time to scoop up bargain stocks. Here are 21 examples that could make you a lot of money.

Stocks of online advertisers have been crushed. But the group may roar back, benefiting committed investors. Read More

Any one of these 15 money-losing companies could become the stock market’s biggest ‘unicorn’ failure ever

Investors have rained cash on Uber, Airbnb and other unprofitable companies . Read More

Here’s where ETF investors plan to put money to work in coming year, Schwab study finds

Here’s how ETF investors plan to put their money to work in the year ahead, according to a study by Charles Schwab Corp.’s asset management arm. Read More

20 value stocks whose growth potential is overlooked by investors

Value stocks have held up better than growth stocks this year, and that trend may continue, according to analysts. Read More

The worst year ever for the 60/40 portfolio?

Is 2022 the worst year even for a tried-and-true investment strategy? Read More