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The U.S. stock market has become more volatile recently, and stories about this shift in the market environment resonated with readers this past week. Check out how to use bonds as a portfolio hedge, and why trade wars are not necessarily causing the market’s gyrations. Plus, read about a dire near-term prediction for the stock market from a top bond-fund manager, and watch a video explaining the financial crisis of 2008, which still affects investors and policymakers today.
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This is the only protection your stock-market investments will ever need
Bonds are the simplest and cheapest way to hedge your investment portfolio.
This is the only protection your stock-market investments will ever need
Here’s the real reason why the stock market is struggling
Market-timers are taking a wait-and-see approach, writes Mark Hulbert.
Here’s the real reason why the stock market is struggling
Here’s what mutual fund investors really tell us about the stock market now
Money flows into and out of funds are at best a short-term contrarian indicator, writes Mark Hulbert.
Here’s what mutual fund investors really tell us about the stock market now
Don’t buy into this Wall Street sales pitch of a ‘summer rally’
Sure, the stock market will rally at some point this summer. It will also fall.
Don’t buy into this Wall Street sales pitch of a ‘summer rally’
S&P 500 may tumble 16% by summer’s end because markets never ‘had a trade war like this’
Trade tensions are likely to get a lot worse and we have never in modern times had a trade war like this,’ says veteran investor Scott Minerd.
S&P 500 may tumble 16% by summer’s end because markets never ‘had a trade war like this’
These are the most expensive stocks for short sellers to borrow
Shares of Beyond Meat carry borrow costs of nearly 70%, while Lyft fees have come down but remain steep.
These are the most expensive stocks for short sellers to borrow
The 2008 financial crisis: explaining the start
August 2007 marked the beginning of worst financial crisis since the great depression. A decade later, WSJ’s finance and banking editors break down the events that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
The 2008 financial crisis: explaining the start