Viewpoints about Market volatility
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How recessions can affect retirement savings
Do you worry about how a recession could affect your retirement savings? We’ll help you understand recessions and what you can do to help your savings weather the storm.
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What is stagflation, and how likely is it?
Tariff-related trade tensions have reignited worries about stagflation, a challenging economic brew of high inflation, weak growth, and high unemployment. Stagflation can lead to weakness in both equity and fixed-income markets, and is challenging for central banks to address.
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How tariffs can affect your retirement savings balance today
We'll put the recent tariff and stock market headlines in perspective to help you weather these short-term changes and keep a long-term focus on your retirement accounts.
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What investors need to know about today’s market volatility and the VIX
The first step toward dealing with market volatility is to understand what it is and how it can affect your portfolio. We explore the recent spike in tariff-driven volatility and an index informally knows as the market’s fear gauge.
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Riding the wave: building resilience amid volatility
The threat of escalating tariffs is fast becoming a reality, sparking wild swings in the financial markets. How should investors approach the markets? Read more.
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What happens in a recession?
Recessions are neither common nor rare. Some predictions of them prove inaccurate; at other times, recessions can result in significant damage to the economy and markets.
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U.S. stocks falter, overseas stocks rally: start of a tectonic shift?
Last week's outperformance by non-U.S. stocks has many investors wondering if a new market trend has begun.
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From earnings to recession fears—making sense of market volatility
Volatility made a dramatic return to the markets in early August, sparked by less-than-stellar corporate earnings, unexpected yen strength, and concerns that economic growth may be stalling. We take a closer look.
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What to do when your emotions go up and down with the market
Understand how the market works to help you stay steady when the stock market is on a roller-coaster ride.
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Why the stock market goes up and down and what you can do about it
Stock prices change from day to day, even minute to minute, making it difficult to know exactly what to do and when. We’ll break down some of the mechanics that cause all the changes and help you understand what it could mean for your own investment strategy.
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