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Attention Amazon Traders! Check Out This Chart

Attention Amazon Traders! Check Out This Chart

Amazon.com has declined along with the broader Nasdaq-100. But other consumer-facing companies have fared much better. The chart below compares AMZN with competing retailers. It uses percentage-change charts with a six-month interval. Notice how the e-commerce giant...

Stocks Could Face a Lull as Investors Wait for Bigger Events Next Week

Stocks Could Face a Lull as Investors Wait for Bigger Events Next Week

Action in the stock market could hit a brief lull as investors wait for big events later in the month. The S&P 500 rose 1.1 percent between Friday, November 25, and Friday, December 2. All of the gain occurred on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...

Three Potential Signs of a Turn, Even After Stocks Had Another Bearish Week

Three Potential Signs of a Turn, Even After Stocks Had Another Bearish Week

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on April 6, 2020. Stocks fell again last week, but there may be signs the market is starting to see light at the end of the coronavirus tunnel. The S&P 500 slid 2.1 percent between Friday, March 27, and Friday,...

How This Correction Is Unlike Anything in the History of the Stock Market

How This Correction Is Unlike Anything in the History of the Stock Market

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 12, 2020. If the coronavirus is shaking your faith in stocks, you need to keep reading this article. Why? There are three reasons. Reason 1: This Selloff Is a Total Aberration Pretty much every previous...

Suddenly, Everyone’s Talking About Rate Cuts

Suddenly, Everyone’s Talking About Rate Cuts

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on March 2, 2020. Last week's selloff is making people think the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again soon. The market is pricing in a near-unanimous opinion that the Fed will lower its target rate by 50...

Undercounting: A Potentially Bearish Twist to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Undercounting: A Potentially Bearish Twist to the Coronavirus Outbreak

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 27, 2020. A new and potentially bearish twist is emerging in the coronavirus outbreak: the risk of health officials undercounting cases. "We could have it spread here in the United States and not be...

Diagnosing the Coronavirus Selloff: Just How Bad Is It?

Diagnosing the Coronavirus Selloff: Just How Bad Is It?

Editor's note: This article was originally published on February 25, 2020. Stocks continued their selloff on Tuesday as coronavirus spreads around the world. Here are some facts on what it means for your money. First, this pullback is now a "big one." The S&P 500...

Stocks Eye Key Resistance as the Fed Looks to Slow Interest Rate Hikes

Stocks Eye Key Resistance as the Fed Looks to Slow Interest Rate Hikes

Stocks are eying key resistance as the market attempts its second straight positive month. The S&P 500 rose 1.5 percent in the holiday-shortened week between November 18 and November 25. The index is up 4 percent so far in November. If the gains hold through...