U.S. stocks are close to bear-market territory. Here’s what history says will happen next.
The Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 are either bleeding into bear-market territory or teetering on the ...
10-year Treasury yield ends at lowest since October, sees biggest weekly drop in 8 months
Friday's aggressive rally in U.S. government debt pushed Treasury yields to their lowest levels in months as traders weighed the risks of a tariff-driven U.S. recession. The 10-year yield fell 6.2 ...
All S&P 500 sectors are down sharply as U.S. stock market tanks
The S&P 500 was down around 5% in late-afternoon trading Friday, with all 11 of its sectors selling off sharply, according to FactSet data, at last check. Energy had the biggest drop at around 8%, ...
Trump is calling for a rate cut to rescue markets. Why he might be right.
President Trump has long been demanding that Jerome Powell come to the rescue of the economy. So far the Fed chair has ...
Airline stocks have taken a beating, and tariffs aren’t even the biggest worry
Airline stocks add a bad week to a tough month, as Trump’s tariffs spark fears of an “economic and touristic slowdown” in the ...
Mortgage rates are plunging. Here’s the ‘smartest play’ that house hunters can make now.
The 30-year mortgage rate dropped 20 basis points in two days, and some prospective home buyers are wondering if now is the ...
Another market plunge, and another ho-hum Arms reading. And that's a bad thing.
While the market plunge has accelerated in afternoon trading, the Arms Index continues to indicate investors are nowhere near panicking, which could actually be considered a bad sign. The Arms Index i ...
How to protect your money during a period of economic turmoil
This week, the MarketWatch team tackled risks to investors, consumers, home buyers and retirees.
Trump overrides Congress to grant TikTok an extension. Here’s why that matters.
President Donald Trump on Friday said he’s giving Chinese-owned social-media platform TikTok more time to operate in the U.S. while an investment deal gets worked out. “We have made tremendous ...
Dow plummets more than 2,000 points to hit fresh session low
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was plummeting more than 2,000 points on Friday afternoon, hitting a fresh session low amid a brutal selloff in the U.S. stock market. The Dow was down 2,078 points, ...
These stocks have the biggest losses in the Dow in Friday’s stock-market carnage
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was plunging almost 1,600 points on Friday afternoon following a recent session low, as traders continued to grapple with the Trump administration's latest tariffs.