John Davi, founder and CEO of investment management company Astoria Portfolio Advisors, has one overriding piece of advice for investors heading into the second half of the year: “Re-risk your portfolio.” The stock market has made a sharp turnaround from its early April lows, when fears over tariffs and their effect on inflation and the…
A screen shows trading indexes at the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters While Wall Street spent the past week sweating over whether President Donald Trump’s now-altered tariff plan would push the economy into a recession or ignite a bear market, Rachel Hazit knew exactly what to do. The…
President Donald Trump Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Investors who followed President Donald Trump’s blunt advice to buy stocks on Wednesday morning received a windfall when the president hours later rolled back some of his market-ruining tariffs. At 9:37 a.m. ET, just minutes after the opening bell, Trump posted on Truth Social that…
A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on April 2, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stocks fell in after hours trading as President Donald Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs of a minimum 10%, but even higher for some countries. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), which tracks the S&P…
An exchange-traded fund that is considered a representative gauge of the wider economy is breaking down, hinting U.S. equities could face still more pain. Investors are uneasy ahead of President Donald Trump’s long-awaited April 2 unveiling of broad tariffs on major trading partners. Monday’s sell-off brought the S & P 500 back into a correction…
Over the past few years, we’ve highlighted the risk of a slowdown in consumer spending as the post-pandemic surge — where consumers were flush with cash — has given way to depleted savings and rising debt levels to sustain spending. Recent data over the past four months shows a noticeable shift in consumer sentiment, with…
Market sentiment soured quickly this month as investors endured an acute 10% correction in the S & P 500. With $4.6 Trillion in options expiring Friday, I want to approach the S & P 500 with cautious optimism. I am using SPDR S & P 500 ETF (SPY) to obtain upside capture in a possibly…
There’s good news and bad news in the market these days. The good news is the market has finally gotten some reprieve from the steep price declines seen in recent weeks. The bad news is there is very little conviction behind the bounce. Over the past two sessions, the S & P 500 has jumped…
The Cboe Volatility Index (known as the “VIX”) measures the market’s expectation of volatility over the next 30 days as implied by a weighted strip of S & P 500 Index options. When investors are nervous, options premiums, and therefore the VIX tends to spike, reflecting heightened uncertainty. A very high reading often signals panic…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Investors continued to dump Palantir shares on Thursday, escalating concerns that the latest hot pick among retail traders could be fizzling out. Shares of the mysterious technology and defense stock retreated close to 5% on Thursday, regaining some ground into session close. Still, that builds on Wednesday’s slide…