The S&P 500 ended the first half of the year lower by 20.6%, its worst start to the year since 1970. The Dow ended at 30,775.43, dropping 15.3% year-to-date for
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Bear market rallies are the stuff of legends. Born through a combination of conditioned dip-buying and FOMO — or a fear of missing out from investors — the bear
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75%, the largest move it has made in a single meeting since 1994. The central bank messaged that further interest
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CPI data came in much hotter than expected, killing the idea of peak inflation. It also should kill any hopes the bulls have that the Fed will pause in
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The stock market finishing lower for the seventh straight week and down almost 20% from the intraday peak during the first week of January. The 7-week losing
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed confidence that the central bank will aggressively persist in its quest to resolve its biggest inflation challenge
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said that high readings on inflation still concern central bank officials, reinforcing the need for
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The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates by 0.50%, as part of an effort to tamp down the inflationary pressures weighing on Americans. The central
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The Federal Reserve released minutes from its March 15 and 16 meeting, which details conversations among top central bank officials suggesting that the Fed will
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Since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, we have had five previous major episodes where the S&P 500 dropped by -15% or more. Each of these past price drops
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There have been four QE programs conducted by the Federal Reserve from the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 through March 2022. The Fed operates QE by purchasing
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pledged to Americans that the central bank will continue to lever interest rates as much as needed to slow the rapid
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