Worries Be Damned: Good Earnings Push Stocks Higher
S&P sets 60th record for 2021, amid relative strength warning.
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Puny Q3 GDP Increase? Just a Bump in the Upward-Inclining Road, Says ING
Why the bank thinks 2021’s final period will be much better. Hint: consumers.
As COVID Recedes, Can Gold Maintain Its Lofty Level?
The commodity has been having a good month despite a recent report of low demand.
Iceland’s Retirement System Leads Global Rankings
A report finds the gender gap continues to persist in every retirement system in the world.
Microsoft Threatens Apple’s Market Cap Supremacy
Both once seen as has-beens, the two tech giants draw closer as the software firm picks up speed.
Brown Leads Ivies for Third Year in a Row, as Columbia, Harvard Lag Behind
Endowment investment returns range from 32.3% to 51.5% for the fiscal year ending June 30.
Credit Suisse to Pay Nearly $500 Million to Settle Mozambican Bond Charges
The investment bank was charged with financial crimes involving kickbacks and bribes to government officials.
GDP Growth Slows Down Big Time; the Market Shrugs
As a third quarter economic deceleration was expected, the S&P 500 keeps on gaining.
Get Ready for the Year’s Best Period: November Through April
CFRA says it has outshone any other rolling six-month stretch since World War II.
Op-Ed: The Climate Investment Dilemma—Divestment or Decarbonization?
FEG’s Tim O’Donnell explores the merits of engagement.
Cathie Wood vs. Jack Dorsey: Deflation or Hyperinflation?
The disruption avatar takes on the Twitter founder over his Weimar-like projection.
What They Say, What They Do: Maybe US Consumers Aren’t So Dour
While pollsters say their mood is sour, people still are spending more than before, JLL’s Severino says.
Ohio Teachers Pension Faces Special Audit Over Scathing Report
The state auditor says the information supports ‘a reasonable basis’ for conducting a probe of the retirement system.
Asset Managers Are Feeling Leery, BofA Survey Finds
The bank says its survey is the ‘least bullish’ since October 2020.
Missouri Teachers’ Pension Hit by Cyber Attack
Accessed files contained personal information such as names and possibly birth dates, but not Social Security numbers.