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It’s been a pretty impressive 12 months for the world’s leading miners. The FTSE 350 mining index 156995, -0.22% — which includes diversified mining giants Rio Tinto RIO, -0.13%, BHP Group BHP, +0.35%, Anglo American AAL, -0.23%, and Glencore GLEN, -0.33% — has returned 46% to shareholders over the last year, according to …

Investing in U.S. stocks had few bigger fans than the late, great Jack Bogle. “If you hold the stock market, you will grow with America,” the legendary Vanguard founder told CNBC in 2018, less than a year before his death. He famously suggested keeping things simple. Invest through low-cost index funds (such …

About nine months ago, oil futures did a crazy thing and briefly crashed into negative territory, marking a low point of a historic bear market for the commodity. But this week, oil reclaimed its 12-month highs, with U.S. benchmark futures CL.1, +0.53% settling at $ 56 a barrel Thursday and …

As social media has stoked interest in an assortment of stocks that recently were being shorted by hedge funds, Robinhood and similar, low-cost trading and investing platforms have served as an important tool. On Reddit, in particular, a community of day traders has organized to send the price of multiple …

GameStop Corp.’s stock movement continued to turn efficient market theory on its head Wednesday, streaking to a record that valued the retail chain at more than $ 24 billion. GameStop GME, +134.84% shares rose as much as 157% to an intraday high of $ 380 Wednesday and closed up 135% …

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Copper-exposed stocks could be set to surge in 2021 and a buying opportunity may be around the corner, Morgan Stanley analysts said on Monday. See full story. Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America Bill Gates may no longer be the world’s richest man, …

U.S. stocks mostly shook off early losses to trade higher Wednesday, though technology sector stocks remained lower, after Democrats scored at least one U.S. Senate seat in run-off elections in Georgia Tuesday, bringing the possibility of regulation and higher corporate taxes. How are stock benchmarks performing? The Dow Jones Industrial …

Security-software stocks soared Friday, as investors bet that the fallout from one of the most devastating hacks in U.S. history will lead to increased security spending by companies and government agencies. The breach was executed through a vulnerability in ubiquitous network-monitoring software from SolarWinds Inc. SWI, -19.43%, which hackers believed …

Gold prices on Friday were set to take a pause from a recent series of gains that have taken it to around a six-week high, but the precious metal was on pace for its third consecutive weekly advance. Precious metals have been partly supported by central banks that have vowed …