MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE After a frenetic February, investors are probably hoping that March holds true to its proverb: In like a lion out like a lamb. See full story. This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of biblical proportions Comments like ‘the GOP worship a golden crook’ spread …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE After a frenetic February, investors are probably hoping that March holds true to its proverb: In like a lion out like a lamb. See full story. This CPAC ‘golden calf’ Trump statue is spurring backlash of biblical proportions Comments like ‘the GOP worship a golden crook’ spread …
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After years of no one in my household taking an interest in how I make a living, my 12-year-old caught me off-guard recently with a barrage of questions about investing. “What do you know about Elon Musk?” “How much money do I need to invest?” “How long will it take …
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer, citing a famous quote from Alexander Haig, recently told his co-host David Faber that Reddit, not Citigroup C, +0.28%, was “in control.” He then used a “Rock, Paper, Scissors” metaphor to hammer home his point. “Citi’s paper, OK? Reddit’s scissors,” Cramer said. Cramer and Faber were discussing …
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Scott Berg’s T. Rowe Price Global Growth Stock Fund last year more than doubled the return of the S&P 500 Index and did even better against its benchmark by betting on large-cap technology companies and next-generation disruptors. In an interview, Berg, who joined T. Rowe Price as an analyst in …
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The COVID-19 economy has been brutal for millions of people who have been directly affected, through illness and loss of family members and friends, but also though lost jobs, destroyed businesses and disrupted careers. The stock market has been a different story: Unprecedented stimulus efforts of the federal government and …
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In this exceptional year, much of our collective attention span was spent on the pandemic, the U.S. election, geopolitical tensions, and social media paroxysms. When it came to US-China in particular, there simply wasn’t enough “China” as the bilateral dynamic was regularly filtered through the prism of the pandemic and the U.S. …
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Read More »NewsWatch: Stock-market investors are ‘living through 3 transitions’ and short-term volatility may be ‘gut wrenching’
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE BTIG Researchers say investors face a trifecta of inflection points that could feed off one another in the coming months and is sure to deliver turbulence for investors. See full story. There are six types of retirees — which are you? Everyone transitions to retirement differently. See …
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