Volatility on Wall Street has led shares across the globe on a wild ride in recent months, resulting in a number of stock markets dipping into bear territory. That's set to worsen in the new year, experts told CNBC on Monday. Bear markets — typically defined as 20 percent or more off a recent peak — are threatening investors worldwide. In the U.S., the Nasdaq Composite closed in a bear market on Friday and the S&P 500 entered one on Monday. Globally, Germany's DAX, China's Shanghai Composite...

•· Volatility on Wall Street has led shares across the globe on a wild ride in recent months, resulting in a number of stock markets dipping into bear territory. That's set to worsen in the new year, experts told CNBC on Monday.  "I would love to be more optimistic but  i  just don't see too many positives out there. I think the worst is yet to come next year, we're still in the first half of a global equity bear market with more to come next year," Mark Jolley, global strategist...

• The S&P 500 tumbled to the brink of a bear market on Monday as U.S. stocks extended their steep sell-off in a pre-holiday shortened session, with investors rattled by the U.S. Treasury secretary’s convening of a crisis group and by other political developments. All three major indexes ended down more than 2 percent the day before the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 finished about 19.8 percent below its Sept. 20 closing high, just shy of the 20 percent threshold commonly used to define...

• A “bear market” is when stocks see a 20 percent decline or more from a recent high — but they’re also marked by overall pessimism on Wall Street. Since World War II, bear markets have lasted 13 months on average, and stock markets tend to lose 30.4 percent of their value. During those  conditions  it usually takes stocks an average 22 months to recover, according to analysis from Goldman Sachs and CNBC. • Japan’s Nikkei retreated to a 20-month low on Tuesday after a...

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 414.23 points, or 1.81 percent, to 22,445.37, the S&P 500 lost 50.84 points, or 2.06 percent, to 2,416.58 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 195.41 points, or 2.99 percent, to 6,333.00. For the week, the S&P 500 fell 7.05 percent, the Dow dropped 6.87 percent, and the Nasdaq declined 8.36 percent. For the second day in a row, more than 2,600 New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq-listed stocks hit 52-week lows. The day before, nearly 3,000 stocks hit their low...

•I sat down with UBS’ Art Cashin at the bar at Bobby Van’s  steakhouse  across the street from the NYSE for our annual look back/look ahead. Art and I both agree that the big story for 2018 was the return of volatility. Here are Art’s thoughts on what’s in store for 2019. On the Federal Reserve and rates: “I think perhaps the Fed will not hike ever again in 2019. ... If you go back and look at what I said both in our interview and with  you  time and time again, I have been a bear...

• U.S. stocks swooned for a second day Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised benchmark interest rates and said that it would continue to let its massive balance sheet shrink at the current pace. Fears of a government shutdown also sent stocks tumbling to new lows Thursday afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 464.06 points to 22,859.6, bringing its two-day declines to more than 800 points and its 5-day losses to more than1,700 points. The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent to finish at...

Chinese stocks took a beating this year, but a recovery may not come until the second half of 2019, experts say. The Shanghai composite and main Shenzhen index are down more than 20 and 30 percent, respectively, this year. That puts Chinese stocks among the worst performers globally, where the S&P 500 is off by more than 6 percent, Japan's Nikkei 225 is down more than 9 percent and the German DAX has lost some 16.6 percent so far this year. "There's really not much impetus for the market to...

·           European stocks are set to open lower Friday morning, with the prospect of further hikes in U.S. borrowing costs prompting investors to rush out of crowded trades. The FTSE  100  is seen  17  points lower at  6 , 694 , the CAC is expected to open down around  14  points at  4 , 678 , while the DAX is poised to start  54  points lower at  10 , 557 , according to IG. ·           Global stocks were sinking in a sea of red on Friday as the threat of a U.S. government shutdown and of...

·           U.S. stocks sank Wednesday in a wild session after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark overnight lending rate for the fourth time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell  351.98  points and closed at its lowest level so far this year at  23,323.66 , erasing a  380  point gain that came prior to the Fed decision. The broad S&P  500  index also closed at a  2018  low, falling  1.5  percent to finish at  2,506.96 as technology and banks stocks rolled over. The Nasdaq...

·         European markets opened lower on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates for the fourth time in  2018. The pan-European STOXX  600  was  0.6  percent lower shortly after the opening bell, with all sectors and major bourses in negative territory. Officials at the Federal Reserve voted to hike interest rates by  0.25  percent on Wednesday, although President Donald Trump had been pressing the central bank for a more dovish policy outlook. ·         Asian shares slid on...

•The dollar fell to a one-week low on Tuesday as investors unwound long bets on the currency, anticipating the Federal Reserve could slow the pace of U.S. interest rate hikes after this week’s policymaking meeting. The dollar index fell 0.09 percent lower at 97.01 at 12:55 p.m. ET, after earlier sliding to its weakest since Dec 10. With the prospect of a “dovish rate hike” keeping the dollar in check, the euro on Tuesday rose 0.16 percent to $1.1364. It has recovered all of...

KEY POINTS - Growing trade uncertainty, weak economic indicators and a series of domestic political challenges have pushed major stock market indexes in China, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Germany and Mexico into bear market territory. - More could be on the way as growth fears multiply — key benchmarks in Spain, France and Russia are all less than 5 percent away from bear market territory. - Recent signs have suggested the slowing growth could be affecting U.S. equities. The Dow Jones Industrial...

  ผู้สื่อข่าวรายงานว่า ที่ประชุ มคณะกรรมการนโยบายการเงิน (กนง.) วันที่ 19 ธ.ค. 61 ซึ่งเป็นการประชุมนัดสุดท้ ายของปีนี้ มีมติ 5 ต่อ 2 ให้ปรับขึ้นอัตราดอกเบี้ยนโยบาย 0.25% จาก 1.50% มาที่ 1.75% โดยให้มีผลทันที ทั้งนี้เพื่อลดความเสี่ยงด้ านเสถียรภาพระบบการเงิน รวมทั้งเพื่อสร้างขี ดความสามารถในการดำเนิ นนโยบายการเงินสำหรับอนาคต อนึ่งก่อนหน้านี้ นายลวรรณ แสงสนิท ผู้อำนวยการสำนักงานเศรษฐกิ จการคลัง (สศค.) เปิดเผยว่า การตัดสินใจเรื่องดอกเบี้ยเป็ นหน้าที่ ของคณะกรรมการนโยบายการเงิน (กนง.) และธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย...

• European stocks opened slightly higher Wednesday morning, after a dramatic fall in the price of oil spurred speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve might be done with monetary tightening. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up around 0.1 percent shortly after the opening bell, with most sectors and major bourses in positive territory. • Asian share markets played second string to bonds on Wednesday as a spectacular fall in the price of oil spurred speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve might be done...

•Stocks tanked on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 to a new low for the year amid growing concerns that the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates could be too much for the economy and stock market to handle. The S&P 500 fell as much as 2.5 percent to 2,530.54, surpassing its February intraday low of 2,532.69. The broad market index finished the session down 2percent at 2,545.94, its lowest close for the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 507.53 points to close at 23,592.98, bringing...

•    The S&P 500 could rise more than 20 percent from Thursday's close by the end of 2019, UBS' Keith Parker told CNBC. UBS' price target for the S&P 500 is 2,875 by the end of this year — a gain of about 10 percent in the next two weeks — and 3,200 at the end of 2019. With the Federal Reserve likely to raise interest rates next week, Chairman Jerome Powell's apparent decision to pull back on the number of planned hikes will also benefit the market next year, Parker said. "Lower interest...

•Stocks fell sharply on Friday after weaker-than-expected data in China and Europe exacerbated concerns of a global economic slowdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 496.87 points to 24,100.51, its lowest level since early May, led lower by declines in Apple and Johnson & Johnson. For the year, the Dow is now down 2.5 percent. The S&P 500 dropped 1.9 percent to 2,599.95 — its lowest closing level since April — as the tech and health care sectors lagged. The broad index also closed...

• European stocks opened lower Monday morning, amid escalating concerns of a sharp slowdown in global growth. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.25 percent with majority of sectors in negative territory. The FTSE 100 opened 0.16 points lower, the CAC was down 0.3 percent, while the DAX was lower by 0.08 percent, according to IG. • Asian share markets ticked up on Monday as investors cautiously looked to whether key policy events in the United States and China could allay concerns about slowing...

   ·           European stocks were slightly lower on average Thursday as the European Central Bank formally brought its  2.6  trillion euro ( $3  tn) QE program to a close. The pan-European Stoxx  600  was little changed from the previous session, provisionally slipping  0.16  percent. ·           The ECB is to end to its crisis-era bond-buying program this December after nearly four years. European lenders have generally been critical of the central bank’s QE program, arguing it has...