By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – Morning Bid U.S. What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets The mere threat of a trade war unnerved markets, but they now have to cope with the real thing, as U.S. tariff hikes on metals imports kick in today…
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) -U.S. retail investors are growing increasingly uneasy about a plummet in the stock market, asking for more investment advice, questioning whether to buy the dip and looking for safer havens, strategists and wealth advisors said. Investor fears that Donald Trump’s tariffs will spark an economic downturn are driving a sell-off in…
The S&P 500 has soared in the double digits over the past two years as investors have piled into growth stocks and bet on their successes in a lower interest rate environment. Growth companies generally outperform when they can more easily borrow to develop and expand, and a stronger economic backdrop means consumers have more…
pixhook/Getty, mbbirdy/Getty, Tyler Le/BI Bullish strategists often cite a record $6.9 trillion in money market funds as potential fuel for stocks. But the surge in money market cash might not be because investors are waiting to pile into stock. Potential dip buyers don’t see any bargains just yet as the stock market declines on worries…
When Berkshire Hathaway‘s (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) billionaire chief speaks, Wall Street wisely listens. That’s because Warren Buffett has vastly outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) in his 60 years as CEO. The aptly dubbed “Oracle of Omaha” has overseen a cumulative gain in Berkshire’s Class A shares (BRK.A) of 6,076,172%, as of the closing…