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Investors look to the future.
Last week, employment and manufacturing data confirmed that the United States economy continued to strengthen in
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COVID-19 strikes again.
Coronavirus cases have been on the rise in Europe, climbing from about 700,000 new cases a week in September to 2.6
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Thinking about the possibilities.
The Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index finished last week slightly higher and has gained about 6 percent during
A lot of people think they will never need skilled nursing care and if they do that Medicare will take care of it and do not need to worry. This is often due to
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Economists like to joke that inflation is just right when no one notices it.
Last week, investors noticed it. The Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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Feeling bullish…
Investor bullishness ticked higher last week on all four investor sentiment gauges tracked by Barron’s. Investor optimism may
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The road to recovery is slow and bumpy.
Last week, we learned that economic growth slowed in the third quarter as a new wave of COVID-19 surged
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It’s MESSI!
No, this commentary is not about Lionel Messi, the Argentine soccer phenom who is widely regarded one of the greatest footballers of
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Don’t get spooked!
Barron’s Big Money Poll is an exclusive survey of market sentiment among professional investors. Last week, Nicholas Jasinski
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The word “jouncy” may have started life as a combination of bouncy and jolting – and it’s a pretty good way to describe what happened to stock
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September strikes again…
If you look back over the last 20 years, September has been the worst-performing month for the Standard & Poor’s 500
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Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets, and economies.
For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120
