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The precious metal often labeled a ‘hedge against inflation’ and commonly known as a ‘safe haven’, is looking dull. Gold (GC=F) is 23% off from its peak in March, and 10% down year-to-date. In our series, ‘What to do in a bear market’, we asked the experts to tell us if there is value to holding gold in this environment. Why hasn’t gold performed better this year? “First, with major central banks around the world tightening their policies, this has helped to send bond yields to… Source link

In Tom Wolfe’s famous essay about the 1970s, “The Me Decade,” he wrote about how Americans had abandoned communal thinking in favor of personal wealth. “They took their money and ran,” he wrote. In fact, there wasn’t much money to take. Today, with the stock market in meltdown mode, it’s natural to look back at other times of financial woe: The Great Recession of 2008-2009. The bursting tech bubble in 2000. The crash of 1987, never mind 1929 — and all manner of mini-downturns and… Source link

As the Fed tightens monetary policy and asset prices come down, investors may wonder if there is anywhere to hide during a bear market. In continuation of our series, “What to do in a bear market,” Yahoo Finance asked some experts which ETFs, or exchange-traded funds, to consider during these volatile times. Firstly, what is an ETF? Think of exchange-traded funds similar to a basket of securities that trade on an exchange, just like a stock does. EFTs may contain stocks within an industry,… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, August 18, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. After a nearly 25% rally off the June lows, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) took a step back Wednesday with its worst day in nearly three weeks. And while it’s too soon to throw in the towel on this… Source link

The July jobs report was so out-of-the-blue hot on Friday — coming in at more than double expectations — that it may spur the Federal Reserve to be way more aggressive on interest rate hikes than market goers thought just one day earlier. If so, would that set the table for a potential swift downdraft in stocks? “I think it does at the S&P level for the index,” Wall Street’s biggest bear strategist Mike Wilson of Morgan Stanley told Yahoo Finance (video above) when asked if on if the jobs… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, August 2, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Myles Udland, senior markets editor at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @MylesUdland and on LinkedIn. When the closing bell rang last Friday, the S&P 500 registered its best monthly gain since November 2020. The apparent enthusiasm from investors in July may be perplexing given the economic and… Source link

The It List is Yahoo’s weekly look at the best in pop culture, including movies, music, TV, streaming, games, books, podcasts and more. Here are our picks for Aug. 1-7, including the best deals we could find for each. (Yahoo Entertainment may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page.) WATCH IT: Celebs battle it out in the kitchen in Celebrity Beef Joel McHale, the longtime host of E!’s The Soup, returns to the network seven years later to present this new cooking competition… Source link

Tech stocks have gotten some of their mojo back — at least for now. Some of the beaten down tech-related names have rebounded since the market’s most recent bottom on June 16. In our series “What to do in a bear market,“ Yahoo Finance examines Wall Street analysts’ recommendations on tech related holdings — against a backdrop of a slowing economy and the Federal Reserve’s moves to bring down inflation. On Wednesday, the central bank announced a 75 basis point rate hike. Fed Chairman Jerome… Source link

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

For the last several months, Americans have nervously anticipated a recession as the market has fallen more than 20% since the beginning of the year. According to one longtime tech investor, the market could still recover but will likely face “systemic obstacles” on that journey. “None of us has a crystal ball, but it feels to me as though what’s going on now is the beginning, the middle, or something of a generational bear market,” Roger McNamee, an early Facebook and Google investor, told… Source link