market correction

Investors might want to brace themselves for more pain on Friday if past years of this infamous holiday are any indication. Here’s a look at what a Friday the 13th in the month of May has meant for the markets. What Happened: The stock market is down year-to-date and in the middle of a...

A week after the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit new all-time highs, the indexes plummeted another 4% and into correction territory after Goldman Sachs cut its 2020 S&P 500 earnings growth to 0%, well below consensus estimates of 7% growth. A market correction is defined as a...

Stocks are enduring a predictable, though unappealing reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak. So what asset classes have investors been matriculating to? Looking at the list of exchange traded funds that hit all-time highs on Tuesday, the group is heavily populated by fixed income funds. Add to that,...

The S&P 500 is down 5 percent year-to-date and 15 percent from its all-time highs, crossing over into correction territory. These stock market dips can be scary for investors, but history shows market corrections are not only extremely common, they're typically relatively short-lived....

Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX)'s President and COO Tony James said that a market correction is "coming." Speaking to CNBC, James highlighted many ongoing concerns, including the threat of terrorism, to justify the equity market taking a "pause." Blackstone's...

Amid the growing discussion of a correction, investors are naturally looking for stocks that will hold up well. Two important considerations to factor, in a decision to buy, are seeking out those publicly traded companies that have increasing revenues and that are in defensive sectors. United-...

The stock market is getting whacked. The question now for many investors is, what to do about it. The first thing to do is to understand what's going on -- in part because simply saying the stock market is getting whacked doesn't tell the whole picture. So let's sketch that in and then decide...

The recent pullback in the financial sector may give a trader an opportunity to get in on the long side or play a strangle depending on your outlook. The market has a hard time going up without the financials participating and the Fed is expected to give the go ahead for major banks to raise...