Text size Oracle founder and chairman Larry Ellison Phillip Pharaoh / Getty Images The week started with strange news: Oracle apparently considered a bid for TikTok. Even touching is that hardly anyone on Wall Street talks about it. This would be a big deal. Oracle (ticker: ORCL) is a 43-year-old …
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Text size Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images It’s like the bear market never happened. And maybe just did that. The stock market had another good week, with the S&P 500 index ending 0.6% to 3372.85; the Dow Jones industrial average rose 497.54 points, or 1.8%, to 27,931.02; and the …
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Text size Ina Fassbender / AFP via Getty Images After Apple and Tesla recently announced stock splits, shares of each accounted for nearly 20%. Given those large gains, investors can expect more companies to follow high-priced stocks. That can frustrate anyone who believes in market efficiency. Pins are not intended. …
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Text size Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images It’s like the bear market never happened. And maybe just did that. The stock market had another good week, with the S&P 500 index ending 0.6% to 3372.85; the Dow Jones industrial average rose 497.54 points, or 1.8%, to 27,931.02; and the …
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Text size Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images The Nasdaq Composite hit 11,000 this past week – and all anyone wants to talk about is negative real rates. You see, it’s not good enough for the Nasdaq to win 2.5% for the week – and in the process break a …
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