NASDAQ Financial News

Bear market, correction, bonds—you don’t need to be working on Wall Street to know how these impact your investments and what’s happening to your money. If you’ve been looking at your brokerage account or 401(k) balance, it’s fluctuated a fair bit this year thanks to volatility in the stock market. 

Beware the “stealth bear” that’s contributing to increased volatility in the stock market so far this year, analysts warn.

It’s been a rough year so far for stocks. The S&P 500 is off to its worst start since 1970 and its third-worst ever, falling briefly into a bear market last week, and the picture gets more grim depending on which way you turn.

After feigning a recovery over the past few weeks, the S&P 500 Index moved into bear territory Monday as concerns about inflation and higher interest rates heightened fears that a recession is on the horizon.

U.S. stocks more than recovered last week’s losses, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index reaching a record high and the Nasdaq Composite Index closing above 15,000 for the first time Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed just shy of its all-time high.

A tracking tool introduced Thursday by Nasdaq opens a window on stocks and exchange-traded funds with the most activity among small, individual traders. 

The S&P 500 (SPX) added a further 2.35% last week to secure the highest weekly close since April 2022. The index cleared a major resistance block around 4320 and is now approaching the next important resistance in the 4500-4550 range.

Prices of bitcoin and ether—the two largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization—are usually closely correlated, but that's changing after Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade, and it could affect investments and risk management for cryptocurrency investors.

Robinhood (HOOD) and allied market makers including Virtu Financial (VIRT) have come out against newly proposed rules that, if passed, would amount to the largest change in securities market regulation in over a decade.

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says “the headwind and the recent uneasiness in IEX is more because this is an FII-owned stock. They owned it at Rs 300 and at Rs 125 they are getting the jitters. So the investor will make 50% return in IEX from here.

(Reuters) — Nasdaq 100 futures rose on Monday, with the tech-heavy index set to extend its rally to the second half of the year, as shares of electric vehicle maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) surged after reporting a record number of vehicles deliveries in the second quarter.

The last two decades have witnessed a monumental transformation in the technology space. These developments have become ingrained in our daily life and often go unnoticed. Such is the impact of technology. Consider this, the amount of time spent online either on mobiles or on laptops has changed significantly. Everything is available at the touch of a button or a click. You have virtual assistants, chatbox, cloud computing, artificial intelligence etc. One can firmly assert that technology covers practically all sectors of the modern economy; and sectors too rely on technology to uplift their quality, productivity, and profitability. Today, the challenges an organisation would face are not about a lack of technology but identifying the right use and delivering value.

SEC) has said recent applications by asset managers to launch spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were not sufficiently clear and comprehensive, a source familiar with the matter said. The SEC has communicated its concerns to the exchanges Nasdaq and Cboe Global Markets which filed the applications on behalf of asset managers including BlackRock and Fidelity, the source added on Friday. Bitcoin, which has jumped since BlackRock filed its application on June 15, fell after the Wall Street Journal first reported the SEC rejection on Friday. The world's largest cryptocurrency was last down 1% at $30.142. The SEC, Fidelity, BlackRock and Nasdaq declined to comment on the report, while Cboe was not immediately available.

The Nikkei index ended 1.7% higher at 33,753.33, its highest close since March 1990. The broader Topix rose 1.41% to 2,320.81. «U.S.

China's recovery has so far disappointed high expectations and the Caixin manufacturing survey due later on Monday is forecast to dip to 50.2 in June, from 50.9, and may even slip into contraction. The central bank has promised more «forceful» action to support the economy and looks likely to soon get a new boss. Something major is needed given Chinese blue chips shed 5% last quarter while much of the developed world rallied.

Investing.com — U.S. stock futures were trading in a mixed fashion on Sunday night, with markets trading higher during Friday's trade as weakening PCE prices boosted investor sentiment.

Stocks on Wall Street rallied on Friday to wrap up an action-packed week, month, and quarter as signs of cooling inflation boosted hopes the Federal Reserve is approaching the end of its rate-hiking cycle.

Stocks on Wall Street are on pace to end June on an upbeat note as a recent batch of strong economic data helped ease recession fears.

Investing.com — Here is your weekly Pro Recap of the past week's biggest headlines in the electric vehicle space: RIDE files Chapter 11; Tesla sees continued expansion for its charging standard; and TSP puts up for-sale signs.

Investing.com — Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report and Wednesday’s minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting will be the highlights of a holiday-shortened week. The stock markets go into the second half with a tailwind after strong gains in the first six months of the year. The Reserve Bank of Australia is set to make its latest rate decision while PMI data from China is likely to underscore the need for more stimulus measures

While the technology-focused Nasdaq and the Japanese Nikkei 225 have had all the attention due to their impressive rallies this year, it's important to redirect our focus towards another category of stocks that have been performing exceptionally well, particularly in recent times.