Goldman’s Panic Index hits ‘max fear’ as traders warn Wall Street to ‘buckle up’

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A fresh selloff could hit Wall Street as soon as this week, with Goldman Sachs’ Panic Index signaling markets are near “max fear” despite Friday’s rally. Analysts at Goldman’s trading desk estimate that as much as $33 billion of selling could hit US equities this week, telling investors that they need to “buckle up,” according […]


Nasdaq plunges as consumer sentiment nears historic lows, panic over AI spending mounts

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Stocks tumbled on Friday as consumer sentiment plunged near all-time lows and investors panicked over AI spending – hammering tech stocks in their worst week since April. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.2% Friday, closing the week down 3% – its worst drop since the April launch of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs sparked a massive […]


Trump team needs a trade deal to stop investor panic

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About 10 days ago, an increasingly confident Scott Bessent began telling Wall Street executives that he was on the verge of removing the big dark cloud hovering over the US markets and economy: The Treasury Secretary said he was making significant progress in cutting trade deals with India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia, some of […]


Trump’s Attack of Powell Tempered by Risk of Market Panic

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President Trump this week revived a longstanding threat against Jerome H. Powell when he accused the Federal Reserve chair of “playing politics” and moving too slowly to lower interest rates. But privately, according to people close to Mr. Trump, the president has for months been aware that trying to oust Mr. Powell could inject more […]


In DNA sale, delete calls, a new market panic born

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Signage at 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DNA testing has become a valuable tool for hobbyists and novice genealogists. For some, learning they are the 10th cousin of Paul Revere or the 15th great nephew four times removed of the last […]