Futures for the stock index turned positive Thursday as claims for unemployment benefits fell much faster than expected for the first time, but gains remained suppressed as investors checked a stalemate between Congress Democrats and the White House over a package of coronavirus. What do key benchmarks do? Futures on …
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Warren Buffett once wrote that investors would have seen the dot-com crash from a mile away if they had paid attention to what he described in a 2001 Fortune article as “probably the best single measure of where valuations at any given moment stand. “ Known in investment circles as …
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Text size Getty Images U.S. equities stand despite the lack of progress in efforts to negotiate another stimulus package and further data showing strengthening inflation. Shortly after the open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average averaged 263 points, or 1%, up 27,950. The S&P 500 also advanced 1%, while the Nasdaq …
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Stock market benchmarks were mostly higher on Monday as investors checked signs that a long-awaited rotation on Wall Street could be extended into more growth-sensitive equities, at the expense of their high-growth counterparts. Investors also focused on President Donald Trump’s weekend of signing executive orders aimed at extending some elements …
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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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