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Worried couple meeting with their investment advisor getty The leading bearish signs were right: The stock market is at risk of a major selloff. What to do now? Raise cash reserves for future opportunities. However, do not expect the good times to return soon. Why not? Because it takes time for widespread optimism to wash out. In spite of the reality weakening over the past weeks, bullishness remained the driving force. So, why the sudden change? Because the multiple uncertainties and negatives have finally begun to dent investors’ optimism. WSJ...

Worried couple meeting with their investment advisor getty The leading bearish signs were right: The stock market is at risk of a major selloff. What to do now? Raise cash reserves for future opportunities. However, do not expect the good times to return soon. Why not? Because it takes time for widespread optimism to wash out. In spite of the reality weakening over the past weeks, bullishness remained the driving force. So, why the sudden change? Because the multiple uncertainties and negatives have finally begun to dent investors’ optimism. WSJ...

It was the worst day yet in a scary stretch where the S&P 500 has swung more than 1%, up or down, seven times in eight days because of Trump’s on -and- off -again tariffs. The worry is that the whipsaw moves will either hurt the economy directly or create enough uncertainty to drive U.S. companies and consumers into an economy-freezing paralysis.Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.The economy has already given some signals of weakening, mostly through surveys showing increased...

Stock buybacks could counteract extended market declines, Citi said.The bank predicted $1 trillion in stock buybacks by 2025, up from 2024.Companies may shift spending from capital expenditures to buybacks amid Trump policy uncertainty.The stock market has a $1 trillion weapon to fight further price declines: stock buybacks.Analysts at Citi said in a Monday note that as the stock market continued to decline, it could present a too-good-to-ignore deal for companies to buy back their stocks at discounted levels."Should large cap US equities continue to correct, we expect that share repurchase...

Jeremy Bowman  |  The Motley FoolTesla tumbles below $1 trillion valueFor the first time since November, Tesla is worth less than $1 trillion. The firm's stock tumbled 8% after new figures showed sales have slumped in Europe.After soaring following the election, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock ran into a wall in February as a number of news items, macro challenges and CEO Elon Musk's involvement in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative all seemed to contribute to a sharp pullback in the stock.When the dust settled for February, the stock...

Jim Walker, the Chief Economist at Aletheia Capital, who famously foresaw the 2008 financial crisis, has laid out four major predictions for 2025: a 10% drop in the U.S. dollar, a painful but not catastrophic economic slowdown, a long-term bullish stance on copper, and a strong recommendation to double down on Indian equities.In an interview with ETNow, Walker dismissed concerns that the global economy is headed for another 2008-style meltdown. “It will be a pretty painful slowdown, but we can go to the other end of it without the kind...

US stock market concerns are prompting investors to reconsider Chinese equities.China's stock markets are seeing historic gains after years of underperformance.Goldman Sachs highlighted China's tech advances and reduced regulatory risks.The US stock market skidded last week over concerns about a potential recession — and it's making some investors consider China again.The change in tune comes on the back of a bull run in China's stock markets. The MSCI China Index is up 20% so far this year, marking the best start of the year in history for Chinese stocks. The...

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex opened today's trade session little changed. Nifty 50 opened at 22,521.85, while Sensex opened at 74,474.98. Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 opened today's trade session 3,755.5 points away from its record high of 26,277.35.Asian equities declined in early trade today.Last week, the Nifty had its best week in three months and ended on a positive note after four weeks, above 22,500. This truncated week, the bulls are tasked with protecting this level.Gensol...

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been getting slammed harder than the rest of the market recently as stocks sold off due to fears of a trade war. Many are down in the double digits, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.55%) is down around 6% (at the time of this writing). However, I think this is a knee-jerk reaction to something that likely won't last more than a few months. As a result, I'm taking this sell-off as an opportunity to load up on some of my top AI picks. Topping...

Tesla (TSLA -0.30%) stock soared 63% last year, reaching a new all-time high in December, shortly after President Trump's election win. Investors speculated that a friendlier regulatory environment could help the company fast-track its autonomous driving and humanoid robotics technologies, which some Wall Street analysts believe could become trillion-dollar platforms. In fact, CEO Elon Musk believes Tesla is on track to become the most valuable company in the world. He even believes there is a possibility it will be worth more than the next five largest companies combined -- today,...