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Bill Watts

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Markets Editor at MarketWatch.

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This strategist says retail investors are completely baffling Wall Street. Nationwide strategist Mark Hackett says the battle to control Wall Street is so far veering in favor of retail investors.

'Buy-the-dip' retail investors keep throwing curve balls...

06.08.2025 11:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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S&P 500 heads for first ‘golden cross’ in over 2 years. Here’s what comes next. The positive technical indicator suggests momentum is building in bulls’ favor.

What's more reliable...golden cross or death cross?...

01.07.2025 19:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Powell says Fed is going 'meeting by meeting,' ducks precise question about July Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. central bank is going "meeting by meeting" in its decisions about interest rates. Asked if the next meeting, at the end of this month, was too soon for a cut, ...

'I wouldn't take any meeting off the table or put it directly on the table. It's going to depend on how the data evolve,' Powell says when asked if July Fed rate cut possible...

01.07.2025 14:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What a plunge in shipping traffic from China says about tariffs and the economy Fears of pandemic-era shortages at American stores have made a big comeback as shipping-container traffic between China and the U.S. plunged in the wake of President Trump’s tariffs.

'Empty shelves' warning...Fears of shortages at American stores are on the rise as shipping-container traffic between China and the U.S. plunged in the wake of President Trump’s tariffs, reports MarketWatch's Joy Wiltermuth...

28.04.2025 12:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stock-market bulls are cheering a rare technical signal. Here’s how it works. A rare technical signal known as the Zweig Breadth Thrust Indicator was triggered this week. That’s bullish, but investors should tread with caution.

Last week saw the stock market deliver a rare 'Zweig Breadth Thrust' -- a rare, bullish technical signal. But technicians aren't going all-in....

28.04.2025 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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