Markets edged lower in early trading Tuesday following declines in yesterday’s session as investors tune in for on a prolific week in Washington that includes the Federal Reserve’s final policy-setting meeting of 2021, set to commence today, and the release of new prints on retail sales, housing starts and other […]
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The indirect benefits that effective financial markets can create by improving overall economic performance vastly exceed any direct benefits that the financial services sector produces through its revenue and employment. The primary goal of financial regulation should therefore be to bring about effective financial markets. But there is now no […]
Hello, there! I’m stepping in this week for MarketWatch’s crypto reporter Frances Yue. I’ll walk you through the latest and greatest in digital assets this week so far, as we enter the week before an important meeting of the Federal Reserve and consider its possible impact on bitcoin and other […]
The hottest U.S. consumer inflation reading in almost 40 years is bringing a surprising sigh of relief in certain corners of the financial markets, where some were expecting a headline year-over-year number closer to 7{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. The relief was evident in investors’ appetite for U.S. Treasuries Friday morning after the government’s […]
A feeling of unreality still pervades financial markets. Investors who take fiduciary duties seriously still exist — but they’re seemingly outnumbered by people who see investing as a fun get-rich-quick game. Why it matters: The post-pandemic return to some kind of pre-pandemic “normal” has yet to arrive, and as a […]
I am not a professional stock picker, but over the past decade my portfolio has beaten the stock market by a factor of three to one. Unlike Peter Lynch, who advocated investing in the makers of products you love and who, in my estimation, stands out as one of the […]