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3 simple rules for cushioning yourself against inflation
This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. Inflation — the rise in consumer prices — is a slow erosion of your money over time. Before 2021, the U.S. hadn’t seen annual core inflation m...
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Face a New Rival as GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Prepare to Enter the Ring
As new Covid-19 cases fall, the postpandemic vaccine market grows more interesting. On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, two of the world’s largest vaccine makers, said they would submit a Covid ...
What CEOs Are Saying: ‘We See Inflation Going Up Everywhere’
Here is what some of the world’s corporate leaders said in their quarterly earnings reports this week about inflation, pricing strategy and the pandemic. Coca-Cola Co. KO -1.78% Chief Executive James ...
The next ‘pain trade’ could be on the horizon as investors crowd into bets pegged to Fed monetary policy
Investors may be set up for the next so-called “pain” trade, with market participants increasingly coalescing around expectations that Federal Reserve needs to act aggressively to combat persistent U....
Nearly two years into the pandemic, Uber and Lyft still looking for a consistent lane
Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the ride-hailing industry is still seeking stability. Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, +7.27% and Lyft Inc. LYFT, +3.63% are scheduled to release fourth-quarte...
‘Good luck! We’ll all need it’: U.S. market approaches end of ‘superbubble,’ says Jeremy Grantham
The U.S. is approaching the end of a “superbubble” spanning across stocks, bonds, real estate and commodities following massive stimulus during the COVID pandemic, potentially leading to the largest m...
Johnson & Johnson’s got a new CEO and a plan to split the company in two. Here’s what else to expect out of J&J’s earnings
Johnson & Johnson JNJ, -0.31% has long been viewed as a bellwether stock for other health care companies, given its early slot in the earnings calendar and a business model that spans everything f...
Credit Suisse Chairman Quits After Breaching Covid-19 Rules
Text size António Horta-Osório, former chairman of Credit Suisse AFP via Getty Images Credit Suisse Chairman António Horta-Osório has resigned only 8 monthsafter being appointed, following a board inv...
Is the stock market open today? Here are the trading hours on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Stock and bond markets in the U.S. will be closed Monday, January 17 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, offering traders a rest after a volatile start to the year. The Securities Industry a...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? These Are the Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2022 Hours.
Text size Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors looking for a brief respite from two weeks of volatile trading on Wall Street may get one on Mo...
Value Gets Its Moment. Consider These Stocks and ETFs.
Buy the dip, wrote J.P. Morgan’s strategists early this past week. As calls to courage go, it wasn’t exactly Churchill during the Blitz. The dip in this case was a 2% decline, year to date, in the S&a...
The yield curve is no longer sending a don’t-worry-be-happy signal, warns bond king Jeffrey Gundlach
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.28% snapped a five-session losing streak on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed the central bank would use its “tools” to get inflation under control wi...
Moderna Shipped 800 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses in 2021
Text size Syringes with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images Moderna said in a letter to shareholders on Tuesday that it had shipped approximately 800 million doses of its Covi...
The ‘best job in America’ pays $145,000, has 14,000 job openings — and offers a generous work-life balance
A six-figure salary and the option to work from home? It sounds too good to be true. Job openings are rising, while workers continue to quit. The number of vacant jobs hit 10.9 million in December, up...