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Was the stock market’s 3% selloff Monday a ‘black swan’ event? Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb says no.

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.

Six reasons a recession is unlikely

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.

This Wall Street bear says it’s too soon to jump back into stocks after the selloff. Here’s why.

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.

Positive COVID tests among Olympic athletes prompt WHO vaccination-rate warning

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.

Why fiber company Lumen’s stock is extending its surge with an 80% pop

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.

Amazon’s stock selloff enticed Cathie Wood’s ETFs to start buying

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.

Your retirement plan won’t pay off if you just ‘set it and forget it’

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

KBW analysts recommend these 11 financial stocks after the market sell-off

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

Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ is falling — but it hasn’t given stocks the all-clear yet

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’ credit-card debt just hit another record high. Is it a further recession warning sign?

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.”

SunPower stock falls after solar power company files for bankruptcy

Solar stock that crested near $100 in 2007 is now below $1 a share.

American women are crushing it. So why aren’t they getting paid what they’re worth?

Women’s achievements in sports, politics and other arenas are in the spotlight, but women at all levels still tend to earn less money than their male counterparts.
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