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The career of Jeff Bezos as CEO of Amazon.com has been nothing short of amazing. And a very simple way to measure that is to look at one chart: FactSet This chart shows the total return for shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.11%, since Bezos led its initial public offering …

As people and markets around the world adjust to having Joe Biden as U.S. president, a key factor is what the veteran Democratic politician aims to accomplish without having to work with Congress. Biden is making use of executive orders that affect health care XLV, +1.13%,  the energy sector XLE, …

So much has been made of Tesla’s breathless rise to mind-boggling valuations in 2020. But the stratospheric rise of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company also might have a broader impact on the overall markets, not just Tesla or the nascent electrical vehicle market, notes one Deutsche Bank strategist. The share …

Raise your hand if you knew, after the March crash, that the stock market would hit record highs by the end of the year. Stop. Put it down. Nobody believes you. Even for the hardy “buy when there’s blood in the streets” crowd, throwing more money into the game when …

Good things come in threes, it’s often said. But what happens when a formerly tight trio becomes dominated by a power couple?  In the asset-manager world, BlackRock BLK, +0.09%, State Street Global Advisors STT, +1.51%, and Vanguard have been known for the past several years as the “Big Three” behemoths, …

Buy or sell? Getty Images The 33rd anniversary of the “Black Monday” stock-market meltdown is upon us, and if hedge-fund managers are scared of history repeating itself, you certainly wouldn’t know it from the massive overhaul in their positions they’ve undertaken over the past week. Read: This is the last …

AFP via Getty Images As President Donald Trump looks to fill the Supreme Court seatleft open by the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he and other Republicans want to secure a reliable conservative majority on the nation’s highest court for many years to come. They have tried to do this in …

Pro-democracy district council member Lui Man-kwong holds a sign on Sunday as he protests a decision to have mainland inspectors carry out COVID-19 testing in Hong Kong. Isaac Lawrence/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images There’s growing interest among Hong Kong residents in leaving for Britain, at least if job searches are any indication. …

If it weren’t for the “Giant 5,” your money would have been better off sitting in cash than the stock market over the past few years, according to Wolf Richter of the Wolf Street blog. Yes, investment gains since early 2017 have been completely dominated by Apple AAPL, +0.24% , …