Gold futures were modestly higher on Wednesday, ready to post a ninth straight gain after scoring a record deal and intraday high a day earlier, as investors await the outcome of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. In the weeks after the last Fed meeting, “the number of new [COVID-19] cases …
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Shares were moderately higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the conclusion of a Federal Reserve policy meeting, watched conversations about a coronavirus aid package in Congress, and continued to advance through an avalanche of corporate earnings reports first order. Market participants also braced themselves for possible fireworks on Capitol Hill, …
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If you really want to call yourself a counter investor, it’s time to take a closer look at what hasn’t worked so far this year: value stocks and dividend stocks. Value stocks have underperformed growth stocks (especially Tesla Inc. TSLA, -4.09% and the most popular tech names) amid the economic …
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Sometimes it takes a stranger to fully appreciate something. Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi Asset Management has produced research showing why US stocks have outperformed the world and why that superior performance can continue. Admitted by two from his Boston office, Craig Sterling, his head of US equities research, and …
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Asian stocks mixed on Wednesday as the company’s sad earnings reports add to pessimism about the widespread economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1% after Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook for Japan to “negative” from “stable”. “The coronavirus pandemic has caused a sharp economic contraction …
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