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S&P 500 Pushes Above 5000 Mark on Economic Strength
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoTODAY'S MARKETS Technology stocks drove the S&P 500 past another milestone and to a fresh record on Friday, with the broad index closing above 5000...
The Real Culprit in Our Housing and Homelessness Crisis: Wall Street
The New Republic via Yahoo Finance· 2 weeks agoBack in 1967, a friend of mine and I hitchhiked from East Lansing, Michigan, to San Francisco to...
S&P 500 Notches a Weekly Gain After Jobs Report
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoNEWSPLUS Stocks finished out the week on a strong note after a Goldilocks jobs report boosted hopes for a late-summer rate cut. Hiring slowed sharply in...
Jobs Data, Tech Stocks Power Indexes to Weekly Gains
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoTODAY'S MARKETS Renewed hope for interest-rate cuts later this year and a big day for technology shares fueled a rally Friday that lifted all three major...
Treasury Yields Rise, S&P 500 Extends April Slide
The Wall Street Journal· 3 weeks agoTODAY'S MARKETS Bond yields rose and stocks mostly slumped Thursday as investors continued to adjust to the idea that interest rates may not come down...
Natural Gas Hasn’t Been This Cheap in Decades
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoGAS MARKETS An unusually warm winter and roaring U.S. output have pushed natural-gas prices to some of the lowest levels of the shale era. Adjusted for...
Stocks Retreat to Start Holiday-Shortened Week
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoTODAY'S MARKETS Stocks pulled back Monday, a second straight daily retreat since investors excited by the potential for lower interest rates pushed U.S....
Your Sweet Tooth Is Getting Expensive
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoCOMMODITIES Cocoa prices have climbed past a record set nearly a half-century ago, costing chocolate makers, bakers and aficionados alike. The sharp...
Investors Hit Pause on 2024’s Market Rally
The Wall Street Journal· 3 months agoTODAY'S MARKETS The stock-market rally hit speed bumps this week when government data showed that prices rose more than expected last month and suggested...
Middle East, Gender Politics in Focus in Berlin Sidebars
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Berlin Film Festival is staying true to its political roots. The 74th Berlinale on Wednesday...