The analysts who forecast the fortunes of corporate America have rarely been more pessimistic at the start of a year than they are in 2023.The country’s largest companies are about […]
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Back to news homeMarkets Rise as Investors Like the Look of Hiring and Wage Trends
For investors and policymakers, bad news may be good news when it comes to the latest data on the health of the job market.Stock rose on Friday, after fresh data […]
The Year the Long Stock Market Rally Ended
Neither the S&P 500 nor Tesla has since reached the heights they achieved on Jan. 3. The S&P 500 began the year’s final trading session on Friday almost 20 percent […]
Actively Managed Mutual Funds Consistently Fail to Beat Markets, Study Finds
The answer was none.Not a single one of the initial 2,132 funds managed to achieve top-quartile performance for those five successive years. That hasn’t happened for stock funds since 2011. […]
Markets Edge Higher at End of a Strong Week
Markets nudged higher on Friday, after China eased its strict pandemic policies, which have roiled global supply chains. It built on the previous day’s surge, which investors said was driven […]
Markets Soar on Signs of Slower Inflation
Stocks jolted higher on Thursday, after fresh data showed a moderation in inflation, bolstering investors’ hopes that the Federal Reserve may slow the pace of interest rates increases that have […]
Quarterly Earnings Likely to Give Mixed Signals to Investors
Investors, weary of guessing where the Fed’s battle on inflation will take the economy, hope that third-quarter company earnings will bring clarity. Read More
Stock Markets Tumble as Recession Fears Return
Stocks nose-dived, government bond prices plummeted, the pound dipped against the dollar, oil prices slumped and cryptocurrencies wobbled on Friday as investors, already worried about rising interest rates and stubbornly […]
Bad News From the Fed? We’ve Been Here Before.
The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates again is hardly a positive development for anyone with a job, a business or an investment in the stock or bond market.But […]
Stocks Slide in One of Market’s Worst Weeks This Year
After one of the worst weeks for the stock market this year, investors are losing their nerve as the burst of optimism that accompanied a summer rally fades away.The S&P […]