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It took only about a week for riskier U.S. corporate bonds with ‘junk’ credit ratings to erase all of their gains this year.

A day after U.S. recession fears swept global financial markets, a few things became clear. One of them is that if the Federal Reserve actually delivers as many rate cuts as traders currently expect, it could lead to a new set of problems.

The S&P 500’s 3% pullback on Monday doesn’t meet the criteria to be considered a “black swan” event, said author Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

Recessions are rarely if ever easy to see coming. But there’s little reason to expect one now even after last week’s poor jobs report and a meltdown in the stock market.

The risk of a bear market still remains if the economic slowdown becomes a recession in the second half of 2024, says Stifel’s Barry Bannister.

Since the end of the pandemic in 2023, “the perception that COVID is gone is real … but the virus isn’t gone,” says WHO official.

Lumen’s recent business wins around AI suggest “a greater amount of fiber-related demand should still be on the horizon,” a Citi analyst said.

Cathie Wood kept to her strategy of buying on dips, as three of the high-profile investor’s ETFs used the recent tumble in Amazon’s stock to take new positions in the e-commerce and cloud giant.

“Set it and forget it” can help you establish a savings plan and exercise discipline, but sometimes it’s OK to ignore that advice.

Highlighted stocks fall into two categories: oversold, or idiosyncratic with catalysts. Both types offer ‘positive risk/reward.’

The Cboe Volatility Index was falling fast on Tuesday following Monday’s surge. But investors shouldn’t interpret this as an all-clear to buy back into stocks.

Americans are falling behind on their credit-card bills at a pace not seen since the aftermath of the 2007-09 recession — and interest-rate cuts might come “a little too late.”