For retail stocks, one of the things that a lot of investors look forward to is the typical, “Santa Claus Rally” leading up to Christmas. It makes sense, since holiday shopping is at its peak. That hasn’t really been the way things have turned out this year. After surging from a bear market low in […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Euphoria is sweeping every corner of Wall Street in the wake of the latest data that suggests inflation is peaking from a four-decade high. Yet big money managers are in no mood to celebrate – betting that the world will have to contend with elevated prices for years to come, in a game-changer […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Global equities trimmed a weekly loss as Chinese shares surged amid signs that authorities are trying harder to ease the impact of the Covid-Zero policy. European and US futures rose and a gauge of Asian shares headed for the biggest weekly jump since July. Hong Kong-listed technology stocks rallied as much as 10%. […]
Read MoreFor investors, the holiday season generally marks a time when consumer activity should be healthy and demand for consumer goods will be high. That’s a big reason that the latter part of the year, as the colder months set in across the country that retail stocks often start to see healthy increases in prices. That […]
Read MoreThe New York Stock Exchange lit up in Christmas colors. Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images Is it Santa or merely rational exuberance? With the possibility of a record spike in Covid-19 looming, the S&P 500 index nevertheless headed into the Christmas weekend with a record of its own. And even stocks that […]
Read MoreThe stock market’s record run is poised to gain steam in the weeks ahead — if history is any indication. The start of the holiday season is typically a strong time of year on Wall Street, a pattern that analysts point to as a reason to remain optimistic that the stock market will remain at […]
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