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The Stock Market

  1. the money game
    Wall Street’s Gloomiest Hedge-Fund Manager on ‘a Huge Crash Coming’“This is the most dangerous time in the markets ever,” says Mark Spitznagel.
    By Jen Wieczner
  2. the money game
    Jim Cramer and the Art of Being WrongFinancial Twitter’s favorite joke is that the CNBC host is an inverse indicator. Is anyone making money betting against him?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  3. the money game
    How Rising Rents Crashed the Stock MarketTuesday’s decline in stocks was the largest in more than two years. A steep rise in housing inflation was a big reason.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  4. the stock market
    3 Reasons Why Stocks Have Been PlummetingIt’s been a historically bad start to the year for markets.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. the money game
    Last Sane Man on Wall StreetNathan Anderson made his name exposing — and betting against — corporate fraud. But short selling in a frothy pandemic economy can be ruinous.
    By Andrew Rice
  6. the money game
    Why Trouble at a Chinese Real-Estate Company Led to a U.S. Stock Market PlungeWall Street seems to be wrapping its head around just how fast things are changing in Xi’s China. Evergrande’s woes are emblematic of those changes.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  7. encounter
    Litquidity Capital Is the Meme King of Wall StreetTalking to the anonymous banker chronicling our weird, get-rich-quick economy.
    By Jen Wieczner
  8. the money game
    Crypto’s Big, Billionaire-Making Day on Wall StreetCoinbase’s Nasdaq debut made various Silicon Valley execs and VCs — along with investor Kevin Durant — very happy.
    By Jen Wieczner
  9. the top line
    The Stock Market and the Tale of Two RecoveriesStocks have been falling as a new COVID wave hits. But there is also a lot of economic good news too.
    By Josh Barro
  10. the top line
    Why the Stock Market Is Soaring Even As the Economy FaltersHere, some good explanations for why stocks would appear to shrug off the very serious economic problems the virus has caused this summer.
    By Josh Barro
  11. the top line
    The Recession Started in February — And Is Probably Already OverWe are not out of the woods. But we are on the upswing.
    By Josh Barro
  12. the economy
    Is This What a Recovery Looks Like?The economic data is brightening. But it’s still hard to reconcile Wall Street’s euphoria with Main Street’s boarded-up (and/or broken) windows.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. the media
    Watch: Testy CNBC Anchors Clash Over Coronavirus Death Toll“100,000 people died, Joe, and all you did was try to help your friend, the president.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. buyer’s market
    Here’s How to Square a Rising Stock Market With the Dire EconomyIt depends a lot on what story you are telling.
    By Josh Barro
  15. the top line
    How a Riskier World Has Me Rethinking My InvestmentsMy strategy had long been to buy and hold for the long term. That changed – in part, anyway – earlier this month.
    By Josh Barro
  16. coronavirus
    Trump Brags of Stock-Market Surge Following His National Emergency DeclarationThe president sent supporters a signed stock-market chart showing the end-of-day gains caused by his coronavirus press conference.
    By Chas Danner
  17. markets
    Trading Halted for 15 Minutes After Markets Plunge at the OpenThe S&P dropped 7 percent, triggering a “circuit breaker” and temporarily pausing trading.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  18. the top line
    Which Stocks Are Rising on Coronavirus Fears?The companies that bucked Monday’s 1,000-point Dow drop paint a bleak picture of what a coronavirus pandemic could mean for the global economy.
    By Josh Barro
  19. the top line
    The Stock Market Is Plunging Because of Bigger Coronavirus FearsThe market is starting to price in two big concerns: supply-chain disruption and the chance of a global pandemic.
    By Josh Barro
  20. the top line
    Tesla Stock Is Way Up and Nobody Really Knows WhyThe price chart for Tesla shares has lately looked like a hockey stick. Are Elon Musk fans driving the action or is something else going on?
    By Josh Barro
  21. the top line
    Casper Will Go Public, Offering the Latest New and Exciting Way to Lose MoneyDon’t call Casper a mattress company. Casper, which filed paperwork to go public on Friday, says it is “a pioneer of the Sleep Economy.”
    By Josh Barro
  22. the top line
    The House Impeached Trump, and the Stock Market Did Not Crash. Sad!Despite Trump repeatedly warning that impeaching him would lead to a stock-market tumble.
    By Josh Barro
  23. the stock market
    Here Are the Non-Impeachment Reasons the Stock Market Is FallingThere is new data — and it’s not good.
    By Josh Barro
  24. the top line
    Why Does the Stock Market Even Care About Impeachment?News that Trump might be out has sent it tumbling. But the key dynamic to understand here is a love-hate one.
    By Josh Barro
  25. the top line
    Here’s What the ‘CRAZY INVERTED YIELD CURVE’ Means for YouAn unusual configuration of bond yields is not proof that we’re going into a recession. But there’s a reason the stock market is spooked.
    By Josh Barro
  26. the top line
    Trump Faces Same China Dilemma As Ever: He Loves Tariffs, Investors Hate ThemIf he wants China to take his trade threats seriously, he’s got to be ready to accept a big drop in the Dow.
    By Josh Barro
  27. long vs short
    Long Vs. Short: Is Chipotle a Healthy Investment?The stock has doubled in the past year — but the shadows of past PR disasters linger.
    By Steve Friess
  28. the top line
    China’s Economic Loss Is Not Likely to Be America’s GainGlobalism was hard on American workers — as would be any move away from it.
    By Josh Barro
  29. the economy
    December Was Bad for Stocks — But Great for WorkersWages rose sharply, employers expanded payrolls way more than expected, and discouraged workers reentered the labor market.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. the stock market
    Stocks Bounce Back From Christmas Eve Dive With Record One-Day RiseThe Dow rose 1,086 points on Wednesday, in part because the White House assured investors Trump isn’t firing everyone in sight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the top line
    Trump’s Attacks on Jerome Powell Show He Doesn’t Know How the Fed WorksTrump has been fantasizing about firing Powell because he’s upset about interest rates going up – but the Fed chair doesn’t unilaterally set rates.
    By Josh Barro
  32. the stock market
    Dow Plunges More Than 650 Points, the Worst Christmas Eve Trading Day EverMeanwhile, Trump tweeted attacks on the Fed from the White House.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  33. the top line
    Here Are Maybe Some Reasons Stocks Have Been FallingWall Street thinks there’s a problem out there. The Federal Reserve thinks the economy is doing fine.
    By Josh Barro
  34. the top line
    If Trump Is Obsessed With Stock Prices, Why Is He Still a ‘Tariff Man’?It’s one of the core contradictions of Trump administration.
    By Josh Barro
  35. the top line
    The Stock Market Plunged Yesterday, for ReasonsWere investors making too much of Trump’s “Tariff Man” tweet?
    By Josh Barro
  36. the stock market
    5 Reasons Why the Stock Market Is TankingTrade wars and bad press are sinking tech stocks, while mounting corporate debt and declining earnings expectations have investors feeling bearish.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. the top line
    This Election Might Be Important to You—But It’s Not So Important to the EconomyWhile the midterms obviously have vast significance to the public, the markets are mostly yawning.
    By Josh Barro
  38. long vs short
    Long vs. Short: Can Ford Survive in a World of Self-Driving Cars?With the stock at a nine-year low, and the company heavily affected by Trump’s trade policy, two investors make the bull and bear cases.
    By Steve Friess
  39. the economy
    Trump Should Blame Himself for the Federal Reserve Policies He Thinks Are ‘Loco’Since he is mad again about the Fed raising rates, it’s time to review the things he’s done to cause the Fed to do so.
    By Josh Barro