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Why a Strong Economy Is Making Stock Investors Jittery



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It’s dawning on stock investors that they were wrong about the Federal Reserve.After rallying behind a resilient economy, slowing inflation and the hope that the central bank would soon end its interest-rate increases, stock trading has grown jittery.The S&P 500 is up just 1 percent in February, having drifted sideways since it peaked early in the month. Stocks have oscillated between gains and losses as new economic data clouded the outlook for investors, a notable shift in the market after stocks jumped more than 6 percent in January.The tone shifted markedly this week as a steady flow of data showed the economy continued to run hot in January. Despite high-profile layoffs at big technology firms like Meta and Microsoft, employers in the United States continued to …

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