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Weekend reads: Santa Claus may come early for stock investors
How can you get an edge on other investors? Watch when corporate insiders use their own money to buy their…
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Insider buying says a Santa Claus rally is on the way — here are 10 stocks they favor
Hang on to your stock-market exposure and add more if you can. The twin fears spooking investors – the omicron…
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Dow squanders Friday’s opening gains as investors parse smallest monthly headline jobs number of 2021
U.S. stock were struggling to hold modest opening gains Friday morning, as investors parsed a weaker-than-expected November jobs report, in…
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Dow surges 700 points, poised for best day in a year, as investors shake off omicron-sparked angst
U.S. stocks traded sharply higherThursday afternoon, with the Dow industrials on track for the best percentage gain since last year,…
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Tesla’s stock is still cheap, says manager of new ETF who made Musk’s EV company its No. 1 holding
Gary Black and business partner David Kalis established the technology-oriented Future Fund Active ETF FFND, -2.85% in August, and made…
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Dow claws back from Tuesday rout as Powell says he doesn’t think Fed tapering will disrupt financial markets
U.S. stock benchmarks were climbing midday Wednesday, following the previous session’s selloff, as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in a second…
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These are Wall Street’s 20 favorite stocks as the Fed’s Powell jolts the market with taper talk
Investors unloaded stocks Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it’s possible the central bank will remove stimulus faster…
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Dow futures fall more than 400 points as Moderna CEO predicts existing vaccines will be less effective against omicron variant
U.S. stock futures tumbled anew on Tuesday after Moderna’s chief executive officer Stéphane Bancel predicted that current vaccines would be…
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Biden holds Cyber Monday meeting with retail CEOs to discuss inflation, supply chains
President Joe Biden convened a roundtable meeting Monday with a group of major retailers and consumer product manufacturers to discuss…
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Here’s what the Black Friday carnage may mean for the stock market’s trade Monday, analysts say
The new, potentially fast-spreading B.1.1.529 strain of coronavirus declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organization roiled global markets…
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U.S. stock market’s COVID selloff puts these potential pullback lows in focus: analyst
With U.S. stocks suffering a sharp, Black Friday selloff following the discovery of a fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that…
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Here are the stock market’s trading hours for Black Friday
U.S. financial markets are closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will close early on Black Friday. Black Friday, Nov. 26, is…
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Here are the stock market’s trading hours for Thanksgiving and Black Friday
U.S. financial markets are closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, and will close early on Black Friday. Black Friday, Nov. 26, is…
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Dow rises, but Nasdaq Composite falls as tech sector sees renewed pressure
U.S. technology stocks were under pressure Tuesday afternoon as Treasury yields extended a rise, dragging down major stock indexes. Energy…
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Existing-home sales rise slightly as demand remains strong for housing
The numbers: Sales up by nearly 1% Existing-home sales moved higher in October despite expectations they would do the opposite,…
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Here’s why Santa may skip Wall Street this year
Everyone knows about the Santa rally effect, and it’s particularly pronounced in a bull market. According to Bank of America,…
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House approves Biden’s $2 trillion social-spending bill — but big changes loom in Senate
The House of Representatives on Friday approved a roughly $2 trillion social-spending and climate-change bill backed by President Joe Biden,…
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This Treasury dealer says the market has it entirely wrong on the Fed and interest rates. Here’s why.
It feels like year-ahead previews just keeping coming out earlier and earlier, now that many Wall Street firms are having…
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Biden signs bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, authorizing big spending on roads, broadband, EV chargers and more
President Joe Biden on Monday afternoon signed into law a bipartisan infrastructure bill, delivering long-awaited spending on roads, bridges, broadband,…
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4 stock picks for the post-pandemic ‘nesting’ economy from a five-star money manager
The pandemic has driven changes in behavior that are important to investors, as they underline growth opportunities that are likely…
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Dow rises modestly amid J&J split-up news but stock market set for weekly losses on inflation angst
U.S. stock indexes climbed modestly on Friday, with the Dow enjoying a bump from enthusiasm about a breakup of blue-chip…
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Is the stock market closed on Veterans Day? No, but the bond market is—here’s why.
Veterans Day—intended to pay homage to U.S. military servicewomen and men—kicks off on Thursday and as a result, bond markets…
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These 25 semiconductor stocks could rise as much as 43% with chips in short supply
Just about every investor is aware that a shortage of semiconductors and related equipment, including microprocessors and chips, are in…
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Researchers from Federal Reserve’s San Francisco regional bank throw support behind 50-year Treasury bond
Researchers from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, one of the central bank’s 12 regional entities, are lending support…
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Dow up 160 points in record territory to start second week of trade in November
U.S. stock benchmarks were on the rise Monday, driving the blue-chip Dow to an intraday record, as investors bought energy,…
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House approves infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden to be signed into law
The U.S. House of Representatives late Friday voted 228-206 to approve a bipartisan infrastructure bill, in a move that sends…
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House looks set to pass infrastructure bill tonight, as progressives accept promise that social-spending package will advance later
The U.S. House of Representatives late Friday appeared on track to approve a bipartisan infrastructure bill, after progressive Democratic lawmakers…
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Here’s the factor that mattered most to driving stocks — and it sure wasn’t interest rates
Mitch Rubin, co-chief investment officer at RiverPark Capital and manager of both its long/short opportunity and large growth funds, chided…
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A bargain you can’t ignore: Small-cap stocks are trading at their second-biggest discount in 20 years
Small-cap stocks, as a group, are bargain-priced relative to more popular large-caps, but you may be surprised at just how…
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U.S. stocks build on gains after calm reaction to Fed’s taper plan
The S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite traded at intraday records Thursday as investors greeted a Federal Reserve decision to…
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U.S. stocks turn higher after Fed says economy recovering and tapering of bond purchases will start this month
U.S. stocks were mostly higher, rising off session lows Wednesday after the Federal Reserve acted as expected by announcing its…
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Here are the five dumbest ways you could have gotten rich in 2021
After a record-breaking start to the week for stocks, markets are looking less charged for Tuesday. A two-day Federal Reserve…
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U.S. IPO market bracing for 13-deal week that includes eco-friendly shoe company Allbirds and personal finance site NerdWallet
The U.S. initial public offering is bracing for another week of double-digit deal flow with 13 companies expected to come…
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Dow clings to gain after briefly topping 36,000 as investors await this week’s Fed meeting
All three U.S. major stock-market indexes were trading not far from their intraday records on Monday, with investors awaiting this…
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Stocks up slightly as Wall Street aims to build on records after October rally
U.S. stocks kicked off November with modest gains early Monday, as bulls took aim at further records ahead of a…
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How much is Big Pharma making from COVID-19 vaccines? We’re about to find out
U.S. pharmaceutical companies are expected to collect more revenue from COVID-19 vaccines in the third quarter than they did in…
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Futures point to further Wall Street records ahead of earnings onslaught
U.S. stock futures pointed to an upbeat start Tuesday, continuing a winning run as investors face an onslaught of corporate…
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COVID caused more than 3 million Americans to retire early, a new Fed analysis finds
More than 3 million Americans decided to retire earlier than they would have due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to…
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Tesla stock jumps toward another record after Hertz’s plan to buy 100,000 Tesla EVs
Shares of Tesla Inc. shot up toward another record Monday, after Hertz Global Holdings Inc. announced plans to order 100,000…
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Holiday earnings forecasts have been lumps of coal so far, and here come the biggest ones
Holiday earnings forecasts are disappointing investors so far, and the biggest boxes under Wall Street’s tree are coming this week.…
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Existing-home sales rise on the month as some buyers are motivated by FOMO
The numbers: Sales jumped 7% Existing-home sales improved in September, as the threat of rising mortgage rates likely compelled some…
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Virginia governor’s race could give ‘flashing red warning sign’ for Democrats — and shift market sentiment
That’s an overstatement, but the governor’s race in the Democratic-leaning state is drawing considerable attention this fall, with analysts connecting…
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U.S. stock futures consolidate after lurching toward new record high
U.S. stock futures took a step back Thursday, consolidating after a rally from last month’s lows that has brought indexes…
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Dow, S&P 500 touch record-high territory Wednesday, with Tesla earnings due after the close
U.S. stock indexes saw modest gains Wednesday morning, but they were sufficient to push the S&P 500 index and Dow…
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U.S. stocks push higher as earnings season rolls on
U.S. stocks pushed to the upside again Tuesday, after the largest four-day stretch of gains since late July for both…
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Futures point to further Wall Street gains as earnings season rolls on
U.S. stock futures pointed higher Tuesday, extending gains after the largest four-day stretch of gains since late July for both…
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Dow, S&P 500 trade lower as weak China data sets cautious tone
U.S. stock benchmarks traded modestly lower Monday morning, as slower-than-forecast growth in China set off a cautious tone ahead of…
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Wall Street set for weaker start after China data
U.S. stock futures edged lower Monday as slower-than-forecast growth in China set off a cautious tone ahead of huge slate…
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Investment advisers ‘extremely skeptical’ about first U.S. bitcoin ETF: ‘It’s a hard thing for RIAs to recommend an inferior’ crypto product
Happy Sunday! Welcome to the penultimate installment of Need to Know Crypto Edition, ahead of the launch of a new…
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This development may fully reopen the global economy — and the stock market has mostly ignored it
The buzz surrounding the potential for the antiviral drug from Merck & Co. MRK, -0.43% and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics is hot…
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