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A Question About Your Money: Has Anything Truly Changed This Week?
Banks failed. Rich men became publicly agitated, demanding protection. Regulators stepped in to try to stop the panic. Markets wobbled anyway. And now we everyday actors in the economy are supposed to do what, exactly? It’s not a rhetorical question ...
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Berkshire Hathaway Reports Major Investment Losses in 2022
After a $22.8 billion loss, Warren Buffett called the figure “100 percent misleading” and urged shareholders to focus on his empire’s overall health.
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Why Adani’s $100 Billion Loss Hasn’t Tanked India’s Markets
The steadfastness of India’s economy attests to the size and seeming strength of the country’s broader business landscape.
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Wall Street’s Newfound Optimism Faces a Test as the Fed Meets
Recent stock gains have been driven by hope that a rate-raising cycle is close to ending. If investors decide they were wrong about this, a drop could follow.
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Wall Street Has a Lot Riding on the Fed’s Rate Decision
Stocks and bonds are on an impressive run so far this year, driven by hopes the Federal Reserve will slow down, or even pause, its interest rate increases.
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N.Y.S.E. Glitch Leads to Wild Swings in Share Prices
Prices eventually returned to normal levels, but the turmoil left some traders uncertain of whether their orders were placed.
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S.E.C. Inquiry Into Former Senator’s Stock Sales Is Closed Without Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission ended its investigation into former Senator Richard Burr, three years after he sold more than $1.6 million in stocks following Covid-19 briefings.
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The Bull-and-Bear Case for 2023
The S&P 500 is on pace for its first annual decline since 2018 and its worst performance since 2008. Will markets fall further next year?
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How Sexism Influenced Corporate Governance
Early in the 20th century, many owners of the iconic companies of the day were women. Before the 1929 stock market crash, female shareholders outnumbered male shareholders at AT&T, General Electric and the Pennsylvania Railroad (even though the ...
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Mutual Funds That Consistently Beat the Market? Not One of 2,132.
No actively managed stock or bond funds outperformed the market convincingly and regularly over the last five years. Index funds have generally been better.
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