Mark Twain once said, “History does not repeat itself, but often rhymes.” Ed Yardeni, chief investment strategist at Yardeni Research, applies those words to what, for most observers, should feel like a unique climate for playing the market these days. But that is not necessarily the case, according to Yardeni. …
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The rally in shares in Moderna Inc. jumped through news late Tuesday that the U.S. government ordered 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate on Wednesday as analysts waited for what the order meant for prices. Modern MRNA, + 1.94% is widely regarded as a front-runner in the race …
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Cisco Systems Inc. will expect to benefit from technical expenditures of large companies despite the COVID-19 pandemic, but the struggle of smaller companies could take its toll. Cisco CSCO, -1.13% is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal revenue on Wednesday afternoon, always a crucial barometer for IT spending, which turned out …
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