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In the Stock Market, Don’t Buy and Sell. Just Hold.
There’s new evidence that market timing doesn’t work. Your odds of success are better if you just hang on and aim for average returns, our columnist says.
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Business
In Biden’s Climate Law, a Boon for Green Energy, and Wall Street
The law has effectively created a new marketplace that helps smaller companies gain access to funding, with banks taking a cut.
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World
The OpenAI Coup Is Great for Microsoft. What Does It Mean for Us?
There was the coup that hit the headlines: the OpenAI board’s abrupt ousting of its co-founder and chief executive, Sam Altman. Now we are on the verge of a second, even more critical coup, one that cements control of one of the most powerful and ...
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Business
Stocks Rally as Inflation Report Cements View the Fed Is Done With Raising Rates
Stocks soared on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 on course for its best day of the year, after an inflation reading raised hopes that the Federal Reserve’s campaign to slow inflation may have reached its limits. The S&P 500 rose roughly 2 percent by midday ...
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World
10 Charged in $20 Million Scheme to Sell Black-Market H.I.V. Drugs
Federal prosecutors said the defendants encouraged low-income patients to sell their medication to them and then resold the drugs and used the money to buy luxury goods.
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Business
The Gems Hiding in Plain Sight in the Treasury Market
Back in 1994, bonds with fabulous yields were there for the taking. Our columnist doesn’t see treasures like that now, but there are solid buys.
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Business
Investors Are Calling It: The Federal Reserve May Be Done Raising Rates
Investors doubt that central bankers will lift borrowing costs again following big market moves that are widely expected to cool growth.
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Business
Investing Has Been Ugly. Stick With It Anyway.
Most people have lost money in the markets over the last several months, but people who have held on have prospered, our columnist says.
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Business
Yields Jump and Stocks Slip After Strong Jobs Report
Markets shuddered on Friday after a fresh report on hiring pointed to a much stronger labor market than economists had expected, igniting concerns among investors that the Federal Reserve would need to clamp down on the economy more forcefully as it ...
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Business
Why Are Investors So Jittery?
Stocks are sliding, government bond yields are soaring, and investors are reacting strongly to scraps of economic information that they typically ignore. In other words, the markets are jittery — veering between fears that the economy is running too ...