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The year has been grueling to those holding almost every type of stock. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is down 16% year-to-date. The Nasdaq (^IXIC) is down 24% during that same period. Even the energy sector (XLE) — the only one positive year-to-date — has seen some of its gains evaporate recently. In a new Yahoo Finance series, we’re looking at some of the strategies experts recommend for how to navigate a bear market. To kick things off, we asked them what they think investors should do in an… Source link

A bulldozer clears a descent path to move equipment down to the level for drilling operations as workmen start excavations for building the Channel Tunnel outside Calais, France, Nov. 17, 1973 At an age when my classmates were fascinated with dinosaurs or playing Cowboys and Indians, I picked up a book titled “Engineers’ Dreams” and was hooked. Thus began a lifelong interest in projects associated with engineering concepts about improving our world. The author, Willy Ley, sketched the… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. Let’s make Sunday a fun day, or at least a successful one. It’s time to get your DFS MLB lineups ready! I have 14 games worth of players to look at in order to make my lineup recommendations. Who stands out to me? It’s time to find out! First game starts at 1:35 p.m. EDT. Pitching Sonny Gray, MIN at DET ($46): Gray’s last two starts have been rough. Like raised-his-ERA-from- 2.47-to-3.71 rough. But on the season, he’s posted a 3.33… Source link

The 4×100 meter relay is one of the most thrilling events in track and field, but because it requires precision for blind baton handoffs, you never quite know how races will shake out. It was no different on Saturday night in Eugene, Oregon. The men’s and women’s 4×100 medal races were held at the World Athletics Championships, and neither favorite won gold, instead taking silver. In the women’s race, the United States earned a surprise win, with Twanisha “TeeTee” Terry holding off Jamaica’s… Source link

Brooke Henderson follows her ball after playing on the second hole during the Evian Championship on Saturday. (Laurent Cipriani / Associated Press) EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Brooke Henderson stood over a birdie putt from three feet at the 18th green, a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Evian Championship seemingly at her mercy. For the first time Saturday — maybe all week, given her dominance of the fourth women’s major of the year — her putting stroke let her… Source link

The Washington Nationals really might be trading Juan Soto, but it reportedly is not going to be cheap. Multiple MLB teams have reportedly told The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal that the Nationals are asking for four or five “youngsters,” basically prospects or big leaguers with several years of team control left, in negotiations for Soto. The Nationals have apparently signaled the price is non-negotiable, hence teams will have to choose to meet that price by the Aug. 2 trade deadline or try their… Source link

Erik Spoelstra’s son has rung the bell. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) For the last few months, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his family have apparently been going through a major challenge, one that is now hopefully done. Spoelstra’s wife, Nikki Sapp Spoelstra, announced Friday their son Santiago was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a serious, fast-growing form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, following an unexpected intestinal surgery the day after his fourth birthday. The cancer required months… Source link

Paddy Pimblett is carried by Molly McCann after his submission win over Jordan Leavitt (not pictured) at O2 Arena on Saturday in London. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett were inseparable throughout fight week and it was impossible to separate them on UFC Fight Night at the O2 Arena in London. Both Brits scored crushing victories in their bouts on the main card of UFC London, sending the sell-out crowd into a delirium. McCann scored a devastating first-round… Source link

Davante Adams hasn’t shied away from comparing Derek Carr and Aaron Rodgers in the past, and he continued to praise his Las Vegas Raiders quarterback and teammate in their first training camp together. Adams, who was traded from the Green Bay Packers to Las Vegas earlier this offseason, called Carr a Hall of Famer when asked about his own transition from Rodgers to Carr. “Any time you change quarterbacks from a Hall of Famer to a Hall of Famer … it’s going to be a little bit of an… Source link

Former Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett is back in the NFL, this time as a coach. The Detroit Lions hired Barrett as an offensive assistant Saturday. This comes almost two years after Barrett was waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers before the 2020 season. Barrett had signed with the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League in January, but an injury in March forced him to the retired list. Barrett signed with the New Orleans Saints after going undrafted in 2018 following an illustrious… Source link