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Wall Street record high belies widening gap between investor haves and have-nots

by Scott Tong
Aug 24, 2020
Who actually benefits when Wall Street hits a record?
The New York Stock Exchange in May. Stock wealth has become concentrated among fewer people in recent decades.
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Who are the political candidates Wall Street gravitates to?

by Janet Nguyen
Aug 12, 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s vice-presidential running mate, is drawing support from many investors because they see her as the moderate choice.
Sen. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's running mate, appears with him in Wilmington, Delaware. Harris is the first Black woman and first person of Indian descent to join a presidential ticket.
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Banks set aside billions, expecting big consumer loan defaults

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jul 15, 2020
At the end of the first quarter of this year, U.S. consumers were a record $14.3 trillion in debt.
A view of the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street. Americans' indebtedness is affecting banks' balance sheets.
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Wall Street zooms higher on news of labor market improvements

by Associated Press
Jun 5, 2020
The S&P 500 was up 2.2% after the government said that U.S. employers added 2.5 million workers to their payrolls last month.
Stocks are rushing higher in morning trading Friday after a much better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.
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Do you sometimes wonder, what is the stock market thinking?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 2, 2020
Mostly about the future — and the Fed.
Ever look at the stock market and make this face?
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What's behind some of the market volatility? Algorithms.

by Kristin Schwab
Mar 5, 2020
People don't buy and sell anymore. Computers do.
These days, computers and algorithms have replaced a lot of the action on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Stocks plunge, resuming volatility, as traders, analysts find data lagging

by Scott Tong
Mar 5, 2020
"Analysts have their hands in the air," one investment strategist says as markets struggle to predict the future.
There's evidence that the more markets go up and down, the more they are driven by emotion.
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How the vest became Wall Street's bulletproof armor

by Justin Ho and Leila Goldstein
Apr 19, 2019
The fleece vest has become ubiquitous in the finance world. Manufacturers are taking note.
Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon, arrives for the third day of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 13, 2017 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. 
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What can one company’s results tell us about the economy?

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 16, 2019
BlackRock's first-quarter performance exceeded expectations.
“We believe companies need purpose," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says.
Toru Yamanaka / Staff
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Rebalancing the S&P 500 means a whole lot of trades

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 15, 2019
Friday was one of the four times a year when the S&P 500 rebalances itself. This means that some stocks leave this index and some come in. This also means that all the indixes and exchange-traded funds that track the S&P 500 (and there’s many) have to also rebalance themselves to reflect the changes. S&P […]
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