Martin Baccardax

Martin Baccardax

Senior Writer

LATEST ARTICLES

Google Stock Slides Toward Bear Market Territory. Time to Buy?

Google Stock Slides Toward Bear Market Territory. Time to Buy?

Alphabet stock is sliding toward bear market territory as investors weigh heavy AI spending, rising costs, and slowing earnings growth.

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The Stock Market Faces a Key Test This Week as Correction Risks Loom

The Stock Market Faces a Key Test This Week as Correction Risks Loom

The springtime fate of shares could be determined over the next few days.

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Markets are Ready to Buy on Peace Hopes. But Investors Aren’t Sold on a Longer Rally.

Markets are Ready to Buy on Peace Hopes. But Investors Aren’t Sold on a Longer Rally.

Stocks are rallying on optimism for peace talks, but the lack of details has primed volatility risk.

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Barclays Says the S&P 500 Could Post Big Gains This Year. Why That Won’t Be Easy.

Barclays Says the S&P 500 Could Post Big Gains This Year. Why That Won’t Be Easy.

Stocks will have solid tailwinds once the war ends. But it will need to end soon.

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A 3-Step Checklist for a Higher Stock Market

A 3-Step Checklist for a Higher Stock Market

Stocks are powering higher on hopes the war will end soon. Keep an eye on oil prices.

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Treasuries Extend Slump as Likelihood of Fed Rate Cuts Fades

Treasuries Extend Slump as Likelihood of Fed Rate Cuts Fades

Rate traders are now pricing in a higher chance of a Fed rate hike this year than they are a rate cut.

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Higher Oil Prices Have Pummeled Stocks. Rising Treasury Yields Are Also Hitting Hard.

Higher Oil Prices Have Pummeled Stocks. Rising Treasury Yields Are Also Hitting Hard.

Yields on the 2-year note suggest the Federal Reserve won’t be cutting rates for a very long time.

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The Metaverse Was a $100 Billion Flop. It Should Make Us Think Twice About AI Predictions.

The Metaverse Was a $100 Billion Flop. It Should Make Us Think Twice About AI Predictions.

Reality Labs, the Meta division that hosts the project, has racked up around $75 billion in operating losses since 2020.

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Oil and the Fed May Be Too Much for the Stock Market to Bear

Oil and the Fed May Be Too Much for the Stock Market to Bear

Echoes of the 2022 bear market are starting to ring on Wall Street.

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March Is a Game of Two Halves for Stock Market. Investors Bet on a Comeback This Month.

March Is a Game of Two Halves for Stock Market. Investors Bet on a Comeback This Month.

History suggests the second half of March is a winner for the stock market.

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The Stock Market’s Biggest Investors Are Pulling Back. But They’re Optimistic on 1 Key Point.

The Stock Market’s Biggest Investors Are Pulling Back. But They’re Optimistic on 1 Key Point.

Investors are favoring emerging markets, with the largest allocation in five years, and equities in Japan.

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Kill Quarterly Earnings Reports? Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon Had a Better Idea.

Kill Quarterly Earnings Reports? Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon Had a Better Idea.

There’s a better way to fight the short-termism in U.S. stock markets.

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S&P 500 Price Targets Aren’t Budging. It Would Be Wrong to Relax Just Yet.

S&P 500 Price Targets Aren’t Budging. It Would Be Wrong to Relax Just Yet.

One target is 7700. Another is 7600. Stronger earnings forecasts and cheaper valuations are why. But don’t forget oil, AI, and private credit.

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What Private Credit Is—and Why It Could Be a Bigger Problem Than Tehran

What Private Credit Is—and Why It Could Be a Bigger Problem Than Tehran

The $3 trillion market is facing growing investor withdrawals and rising scrutiny as analysts warn of risks tied to opaque lending and AI-driven disruption.

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It’s Been a Wild Week for Stocks. Investors Are Seeking Protection.

It’s Been a Wild Week for Stocks. Investors Are Seeking Protection.

The benchmark S&P 500 has fallen around 3% since the first wave of U.S.-led attacks on Iran at the end of February.

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Markets Doubt Trump’s Iran Timeline. Why Wall Street’s Bracing for a Long, Costly War.

Markets Doubt Trump’s Iran Timeline. Why Wall Street’s Bracing for a Long, Costly War.

For investors, the rhetoric has gone from the conflict being “over very soon” to “high oil prices for a year” in the span of a few days.

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Retail Investors Are Bearish as Hedge Funds Bet on Big Gains. The Market Needs Both to Recover.

Retail Investors Are Bearish as Hedge Funds Bet on Big Gains. The Market Needs Both to Recover.

Hedge funds might be betting on the fact that market declines triggered by geopolitical shocks tend to reverse rather quickly.

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The Best Way to Trade a Volatile Stock Market? It Isn’t What You Think.

The Best Way to Trade a Volatile Stock Market? It Isn’t What You Think.

War, inflation fears, and market swings are pushing investors to react. History—and economists from Keynes to Robert Shiller—suggest the best move may be doing nothing.

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