Markets
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5 ideas for avoiding an overemphasis on short-term results
Jan 26, 2025 4:45 am - Market news, by definition, focuses on recent events rather than long-term trends. As a result, recent events are top of mind, easier to remember, and often play an outsize role in investment decision-making.
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Former suburban cannabis executive, 3 golf pals charged with insider tradingJan 21, 2025 2:29 pm - A former cannabis enterprise executive and three golfing buddies from the suburbs are facing federal insider trading charges.
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Why are interest rates rising when the Fed has been cutting them?
Jan 17, 2025 11:59 am - NEW YORK — What’s shaking Wall Street seems so backwards. Swings in the bond market recently sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury above 4.80% and its highest level sin...
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Economic outlook: What to expect in 2025Jan 12, 2025 4:37 am - In the stock market, what goes up doesn’t necessarily need to come back down. While some of history’s most popular sayings are thrown around to simplify complex topics, they shouldn’t always be applied universally.
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TikTok Shop rival Whatnot raises funds at $5 billion valuation
Jan 08, 2025 10:30 am - Whatnot Inc., a livestream shopping platform that competes with TikTok Shop, raised $265 million at a valuation of $4.97 billion in a funding round led by Greycroft Partn...
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Value-seekers drove 2024’s retail trends and dead ends
Dec 30, 2024 8:09 am - Shoppers and restaurant patrons in the U.S. were choosy about where and how to spend their money as they wrestled with high housing and food prices.
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How you could benefit from tax-loss selling this year
Dec 29, 2024 5:22 am - Unless your strategy is to buy only U.S. stocks, you may have opportunities to realize tax losses in your portfolio, which you can use to offset gains elsewhere.
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How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers
Dec 26, 2024 2:57 pm - NEW YORK — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Res...
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Trump was poised to inherit a strong economy. Then things got rocky and he added to the uncertainty
Dec 20, 2024 7:20 am - The smooth economy that Donald Trump was poised to inherit suddenly looks a bit rockier — with critics saying the president-elect is contributing to the uncertainty.
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How to decide whether sustainable investing is right for you
Dec 15, 2024 4:27 am - If you’re thinking of trying out ethical investing, here’s what you need to know.