The Latest Breaking News from Recession

The value of Swedish Buy Now, Pay Later business Klarna has plummeted 85% from its 2021 peak after a fresh funding round, in the latest sign of dwindling fortunes for short-term lenders amid rising inflation and fears of a looming recession. 

The growing concerns over a potential recession due to tighter monetary policy to tame the high inflation have kept the stock market under immense pressure lately. Given this volatile backdrop, we think it could be wise to buy and hold high-yield dividend stocks Suncor Energy Inc. (SU), MetLife, Inc. (MET),…

Determining bear market bottom is much easier in hindsight than doing it in real time. That's because the stock market (SPY) offers up many impressive bounces that give the illusion of the worst being over...just before you drop to even lower lows. So price action is a tricky way to…

The Stock Exchange of Thailand was hammered in June, falling from 1,663.41 points at the end of May to close the month at 1,568.33, a drop of 5.7%. The decline follows those of other markets around the globe, especially the Dow Jones which plunged by almost 10%.

Every week, Benzinga conducts a survey to collect sentiment on what traders are most excited about, interested in or thinking about as they manage and build their personal portfolios. This week we posed the following question to more than 1,000 traders and investors as to how likely they view a recession occurring in…

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in June, signaling the labor market remains strong even as the Federal Reserve tries to weaken it to tame inflation. The July 8, 2022, jobs report also showed the unemployment rate remained at a 70-year low of 3.6%.

The economy may not be coming in for a landing after all.

The Fed officials are supporting another big rate hike this month to tame inflation, adding to the recession worries. Amid the recessionary pressures, consumers turn their spending to necessary items like food. Hence, we think food makers Pilgrim’s Pride (PPC) and Sanderson Farms (SAFM) might be solid buys. Read on….

Concerns over the rising macroeconomic headwinds have led to a massive market sell-off over the past couple of months. This has led to once investor favorite stocks, Shopify Inc. (SHOP), Block, Inc. (SQ), and Roblox Corporation (RBLX), dropping more than 50% year-to-date. However, given the increasing odds of a recession…