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Read More »Why Wall Street’s growth-heavy Nasdaq Composite is still rallying as Treasury yields rise
Stock-market investors should not blindly follow the established narratives suggesting rising Treasury yields usually spook technology and growth stocks but focus on underlying economic trends which are the real driver, market analysts say. The Nasdaq Composite index COMP, -0.58%, home to many of the tech and growth stocks that were …
Read More »Ghosting your job candidates? You better watch out — it might come back to bite you later.
If you’re in the process of hiring new workers, be wary of ghosting your candidates. The Conference Board surveyed more than 1,100 workers to weigh in on their job hunting preferences, hiring practices, and interview processes. According to the survey, 18% of candidates who did not hear back from a …
Read More »‘The risk is that we’re going to hit the brakes very, very hard,’ Larry Summers says
“‘The risk is that we’re going to hit the brakes very, very hard.’ ” — Larry Summers Almost a full year of monetary-policy tightening by the Federal Reserve appears to be having little impact on price pressures, putting policy makers in danger of needing to do much more, according to …
Read More »Albemarle, Lithium Stocks Beat the Market for Years. Until Now.
Text size Albemarle and Livent reported solid earnings this past week, sending shares higher. Above, a scientist works on lithium battery research at an Albemarle facility in North Carolina. Logan Cyrus/Bloomberg Lithium is the metal at the center of the electric vehicle revolution and shares of lithium producers have beaten …
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