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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 »‘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 »Shopify Stock Slumps and Cathie Wood’s ARK Swoops In to Buy Shares
Text size Cathie Wood focuses on high-growth stocks. Lauren Justice/Bloomberg High-profile fund manager Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management has increased holdings of e-commerce company Shopify and shed chip maker Nvidia , the group said in a statement. ARK snapped up about $35 million worth of Shopify shares. The stock has …
Read More »Amazon and Other Quality Stocks Have Been Hit Hard. They Could Be Buys.
Amazon stock is down more than 35% in the past year. Above, an employee works at a company delivery station Phil Nijhuis / ANP/AFP via Getty Images Text size Quality stocks have been out of favor for a while now. The category includes names that have been slammed but that …
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