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☆ Stock, Bond and Crypto Investors Bet Fed Is Bluffing on Interest Rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Akane Otani | Nick Timiraos | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The market’s big comeback in January is indicative of one thing: Investors don’t believe the Federal Reserve is going to keep interest rates high for long. Stock and bond prices have jumped to start the year. Particularly risky assets have run up even faster.

☆ Short Sellers Feel the Pain in Stock Market’s 2023 Rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Jack Pitcher | Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some of the stocks that got crushed in 2022 have surged this year. The market’s comeback in 2023 has been very bad news for one group: short sellers. Short sellers profit from stock declines by borrowing shares of companies that they believe are overvalued, selling them, and then buying them back at a lower price later. They made huge gains in 2022, when markets around the world tumbled.

☆ Tesla Is Still Wall Street’s Favorite Car Company
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wall Street analysts are loving Tesla Inc. The electric car maker has had a tough year, between production delays in China, backlash over Chief Executive Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter Inc. and his unloading of tens of billions of dollars of his own Tesla shares. Investors have soured on the stock, which had its worst year in 2022.

☆ The Markets Are Locked in a Game of Chicken With the Fed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Akane Otani | Nick Timiraos | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Federal Reserve says it is too early to think about cutting interest rates this year. Investors are growing more convinced that is exactly what the central bank is going to do. The clash between investors’ hopes and Fed policy, and how it ultimately resolves, is shaping up to be one of the biggest question marks for financial markets in 2023.

☆ S&P 500 Rallies as Investors Digest Fed Rate Hike
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Akane Otani | Anna Hirtenstein | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. stocks jumped Wednesday, erasing earlier losses, after the Federal Reserve said it had approved raising interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. Markets’ afternoon rally showed just how confident many investors have become that the Fed will end up lowering interest rates this year.

☆ Stock, Bond and Crypto Investors Remain on Edge After Brutal Year for Markets
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Stocks Drop in Final Trading Day of Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Caitlin Mccabe | Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. stocks inched lower in the final trading session of 2022, closing out a punishing year with further losses. 2022 proved to be one of the worst years for markets in recent history. Stocks and bond prices both fell, exceptional volatility roiled currencies and commodities, and cryptocurrency prices cratered as a series of crises gripped the emerging industry.

☆ Wall Street and Fed Flopped in Trying to Predict 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Federal Reserve has signaled it expects to keep raising interest rates in 2023, yet traders have been pricing in rate cuts. Almost everyone on Wall Street and in Washington got 2022 wrong. The Federal Reserve expected 2021’s inflation surge to be transitory. Core inflation climbed to a four-decade high this fall, nearly tripling the Fed’s full-year forecast.

☆ U.S. Stocks Fall as Investors Weigh Recession Risks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Chelsey Dulaney | Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ U.S. Stocks Close Lower as Investors Weigh Recession Risks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Chelsey Dulaney | Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. stocks slipped Monday, dragged lower by shares of everything from banks to technology companies. Major indexes are on track to end December lower, a somewhat unusual occurrence. The S&P 500 has risen in 73% of Decembers since 1928, according to Dow Jones Market Data. As of Monday’s close, the S&P 500 had fallen 6.4% in December.

☆ Investors Grow More Confident Fed Will Pull Off a Soft Landing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A few months ago, Wall Street rebuffed the idea that the Federal Reserve would be able to pull off a soft landing. Now, a growing crowd is betting on exactly that happening.

☆ Why Berkshire Hathaway’s Latest Big Bet Is on a Taiwanese Chip Maker
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Berkshire Hathaway Bought $9 Billion in Stock in Third Quarter
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Classic 60-40 Investment Strategy Falls Apart. ‘There’s No Place to Hide.’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Akane Otani | Karen Langley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

For decades, Americans planning for retirement have been advised to invest in a mixture of stocks and bonds. The idea was simple. When stocks did well, their portfolios did, too. And when stocks had a bad year, bonds usually did better, which helped offset those losses.

☆ Investors Question Whether Big Tech’s Rebound Can Last
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-13 | by ( Gunjan Banerji | Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Swings to Loss, Stung by Battered Market
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. swung to a loss in the third quarter as a volatile stock market and losses from insurance underwriting offset gains in its manufacturing, service and retail businesses. The Omaha, Neb., company reported a net loss of $2.69 billion, or $1,832 a class A share equivalent, versus a year-earlier profit of $10.34 billion, or $6,882 a share.

A massive selloff in bonds. A plunge in tech stocks. The implosion of cryptocurrencies. The highest inflation in four decades. Amid a brutal and uncertain climate, we asked six heavyweights in the world of finance to share their thoughts on the state of the markets, how they have handled this year’s carnage and what they anticipate in the future.

☆ Traders Raise Bets Against Energy Stocks, Fearing Rally Will Fade
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Within the energy sector, traders are the most short on drillers and companies refining and marketing oil and gas. More traders are betting that energy stocks’ big 2022 rally won’t last. Short interest in U.S. energy stocks has risen to 3.9%, the highest level since October 2020, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. That means that 3.9% of energy shares available for trading are being held by short sellers. Within the energy sector, traders are the most short on drillers and companies refining and marketing oil and gas and the least short on transportation and storage companies.

☆ Whiplash in Stock Market Shows Investors Are Still on Edge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Akane Otani | Karen Langley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Investors place the blame for the market’s malaise on a difficult economic environment. Stocks slumped most of last week. Then they unexpectedly surged Thursday, only to tumble again Friday. What is driving the wild swings?

☆ Stocks Drop After Wild Surge on Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Caitlin Mccabe | Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. stocks fell Friday, the latest U-turn for markets after a volatile week marked by big swings in both directions. Stocks fell to start the week, then tumbled again early Thursday after data showed inflation rose more than expected in September—a major setback for investors who had hoped for a report that might give the Federal Reserve space to slow down its rapid pace of interest-rate increases.

☆ S&P, Nasdaq Stage Biggest Rally of the Year
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Akane Otani | Joe Wallace | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. stocks jumped, staging their biggest rally of the year, after softer-than-expected inflation data reignited bets that the Federal Reserve might slow down the pace of its interest-rate increases. The S&P 500 added 4% Thursday, while the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite soared 5.4% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2.6%.

☆ Stocks End Lower After Fed Rate Increase
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Akane Otani | Will Horner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. stocks finished sharply lower after the Federal Reserve said it would raise interest rates again and signaled the need for further rate increases in the months ahead. Trading was volatile Wednesday. Stocks were up throughout the morning, then dropped shortly after the Fed’s announcement. They then jumped back into the green within the hour, only to tumble in the final hour of trading.

☆ Rising Bond Yields Change the Calculus for Stocks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Akane Otani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Investors stung by deep losses this year face their next big test this week when the Federal Reserve holds its September meeting. The setup could hardly look less desirable.

U.S. stocks wobbled around the flatline Friday, retracing early losses after a stronger-than-expected jobs report cast doubt on how quickly the Federal Reserve will be able to slow down its pace of interest-rate increases. Stocks dropped and Treasury yields jumped early Friday on what seemed like a surprisingly strong jobs report. But investors picked up on some mixed signals in the report as they digested it, such as a decline in the average workweek for private-sector employees. The 10-year yield ended the day down.

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