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As Senior Columnist at Yahoo Finance, Michael Santoli writes analysis and commentary on the stock market, corporate news and the economy. He also appears on video segments through the business day. He has covered the Wall Street beat for 20 years, including 15 years as a columnist and feature writer for Barron’s magazine. He is a regular on-air contributor to CNBC and a frequent guest on other cable and broadcast news programs.
Yahoo FinanceHas the market priced in an 'earnings recession'?
We’re now hearing more talk of an “earnings recession,” with plenty of confusion and disagreement over what it means.
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Forget 1987: This is the market's relevant precedent
This year has more closely resembled 2011 – a mostly sideways crawl as stocks digested prior years’ gains, until global credit and growth anxiety smothered fragile risk appetites that summer.
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The nagging question for investors: Is 2% enough?
For so many crucial investor queries, it seems, the answer is coming up 2%.
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It's still a bull market and Cisco's a buy: TIAA-CREF's Malik
Some long-term investors are betting the market's nasty shakeout has probably past.
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This rally deserves respect, though Nasdaq weakness glares
Not everything is lining up in favor of continued immediate or impressive gains from here. It’s hard to start calling confidently for one of those scripted year-end chases to the upside just yet.
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General Mills CEO tackles 'food insecurity,' at home and abroad
General Mills makes its food-science experts available to farmers and producers in Africa to combat hunger, as the company rushes to meet evolving customer tastes in its core markets.
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Hard-to-please bond investors hold sway over stocks
Even if stocks can continue reclaiming more lost ground, they would be hard-pressed to stretch back toward their heights without some important improvement in credit markets.
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Hershey CEO fights hunger in Africa, preps for a busy Halloween in U.S.
J.P. Bilbrey says his company's heritage of social outreach informs its global nutrition efforts, as it adapts to customers' changing relationship with food.
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As laggard stocks lead, investors wonder if storm has passed
After a five-day winning streak, stocks have put some distance between the S&P 500 and its August low, while finally lowering the pitch of investor fear, if not dispelling confusion.
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Activist wants GE to quit acting like a growth company
Famed investor Nelson Peltz is urging GE to throttle back on acquisitions and buy back more shares as a way to revive its long-moribund stock.
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Stock investors forced to pause at yield signs
The climb in high-yield corporate bond risk spreads has been a more direct challenge to stocks in recent weeks and months.
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Good news: No one expects much from stocks
We’ve seen the "expected" reduction in public expectations given the market realities.
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Market rides the line between bull and bear
The reason market watchers are parsing the coded messages of the tape so closely is this: The line between bull and bear market is nearby to us, and fine enough to cross without really noticing.
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No shelter for U.S. stocks as trapped global investors flail
Unceasing pressure is being applied across so many global markets that the headline asset class captured by the Dow and S&P has been unable to find its footing.
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With crude stuck in a sloppy range, stick to 'quality' energy stocks
While crude oil won't stay under $60 in years to come, excess supply could keep the energy industry pressured well into 2016, says Paul Sankey of Wolfe Research.
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Squeezed by rates and technology, big banks are shuttering branches
The top dozen banks have closed a combined 1,000 U.S. branches since 2013, a trend that looks certain to continue.
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How far can some Fed clarity carry the market this time?
The market may gives a hint about which moment from the past we might be reliving.
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After the media sector's 'big bang,' a bargain stock emerges
Shifts in the television business model have placed investors on edge. But parts of the small-screen economy still look to be resilient.
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An ill-tempered market, now stuck in a new range
With the tape acting ill tempered and untrustworthy, with many indicators showing late-cycle fatigue, investors are showing unease as they play the game of “We’ll see” on at least three broad fronts.
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An uneasy market now driven by 'daily fantasy' traders
As investors with cash hunt for unduly cheapened business and asset allocators modulate risk exposures, the day-to-day action is a push-pull among tactical traders trying to figure if the Aug. 24 low will hold.