NEW YORK, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street experienced another painful session this week, with the S&P 500 in an official bear market, CNBC reported recently. The S&P 500 on Monday fell 151.23 points, or 3.88 percent, to 3,749.63. The decline brought the S&P 500 to drop more than 21 ...
6 Fears the Fed will trim stimulus soon and doubts about the effectiveness of Japan's own policy continued to hit the Nikkei stock index, which slipped 20% below the peak reached last month. Investors were also disappointed by the Bank of Japan keeping ultra-low rates for institutions at 1...
This is a bear market. That’s why the market went down. If it wasn’t that, they would have found another excuse. If we were in a bull market, I think the market would have shrugged it off. So, we’re going lower.” Peter has been saying we’re in a bear market for weeks. ...
A bear market is a sobering reminder that investing in equities is risky, especially if you're older and nearing the retirement finish line. If the recent stock market decline has taken a bigger toll on your account than you expected, it could be that you're investing too much of your po...
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THAT A CORRECTION OR A BEAR MARKET HAS ENDED? Generally, investors look for a 20% gain from a low point as well as sustained gains over at least a six-month period. On average, bull markets last 4.5 years. In terms of the S&P 500, the current bull market has be...
Asian markets were roiled Monday, as China's stocks closed in bear-market territory, and uncertainty about Greece shook sentiment across the region. A move by China's central bank over the weekend to cut interest rates failed to give a sustained lift to China's main stock market, which has...
In that sense, the broad stock market, be it the S&P 500, the Dow or some other measure, could fall by any amount and, so long as buyers appear to soak up shares, it’s not a bear market yet. The idea of a bear market, and a bull market too, thus suffers from the “I’ll...
The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq entered a correction this month. The Nasdaq slid into a bear market Friday as a sell-off in Apple, Google’s parent Alphabet and other big names weighed on the technology heavy index. It’s the first year since World War II that the S&P 500 has had two ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The bear came close to Wall Street but then backed off. The stock market’s slump this year briefly pulled the S&P 500 into what's known as a bear market Friday, before a late rally put the index in the green. The prevailing sentiment am
Because the S&P 500 did not finish the day more than 20% below its record, the company in charge of the index says a bear market has not officially begun. Of course, the 20% threshold is an arbitrary number. "Whether or not the S&P 500 closes in a bear market does not matter too ...