The Ball Corporation logo. Getty Friday’s big down move really accelerated on news about China’s latest retaliatory tariffs. Many have asked if it makes sense to go to cash until the storm passes. But, there will always be another storm. A better question is what stocks should we buy now, at lower prices, if we have
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Source: Stock.Adobe.com There is an old line about a ballplayer getting blurred vision. “Doc,” he says, “when the pitch comes at me, I see three different balls.” The doctor’s advice: “focus on the one in the middle.” Recent stock market gyrations, plunging interest rates, and front-page talk of a global recession are enough to cause
Some 40% of those surveyed can’t handle a $400 emergency expense. This recent finding by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRRC), won’t surprise you. And it’s no eye opener to suggest that the most vulnerable Americans are either deep in debt or stuck in low-income jobs. What is a something of a
. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Global financial markets could face a nightmare scenario one day: the burst of multiple bubbles, fueled by years of easy money around the globe. That’s what happened back in 2008-9. US stocks dropped 37%, German stocks 42%, and Chinese stocks 62%; commodities dropped 37 percent (with
Target joined Walmart this week reporting strong sales, driven by same-day fulfillment. Online sales leaped 34% during the quarter. Last week, Walmart reported a 2.8% jump in same-store sales and a 37% jump in on-line sales for the fiscal second quarter. All in all, Target has reported nine consecutive quarters of positive sales results. Walmart