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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 …

Text size Lael Brainard is leaving the Fed to head the White House’s National Economic Council. Jim Vondruska/Bloomberg The dash for trash has hit a speed bump. Stocks faltered again this past week as the early-year rally, led by rebounds in 2022’s speculative-grade losers, ran into resistance from higher expected …

“‘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 …

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 …

Text size The New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Investors just don’t feel confident about stocks’ rally over the past few months, but the market could still hold up well this spring. The S&P 500 has risen about 15% since early October, when it hit its low point in …