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World
What a Viral Post on Giraffes Says About China’s Fed-Up Investors
As their losses pile up, Chinese investors are losing confidence not only in the stock market but in the government’s…
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Business
What Could Go Right (and Wrong) in the Markets Next Year
Wall Street’s forecasts mostly missed this year’s bull market rally. Here’s what strategists are saying about 2024.
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World
Hong Kong Stocks Plunge to Losses for 4th Straight Year
Investors worried about China’s economy shunned Hong Kong’s stock market, once one of the biggest and most important in the…
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Business
Downturn or Not? At Year’s End, Wall St. Is Split on What’s Ahead.
Analysts bullish on 2023 were largely right and expect more of the same in 2024. Bears caution that the Fed’s…
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Business
Wall St. Loves to Guess, but Nobody Knows What the Market Will Do in 2024
So-called stock forecasts don’t deserve the name, our columnist says. Wall Street’s track record is horrendous.
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Politics
A Christmas Gift From the Bond Market
It’s been a strange few days on the Donald Trump front: He said something about himself that I actually believe…
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Politics
Raymond Dirks, Whose Tipster Case Redefined Insider Trading, Dies at 89
In a far-reaching decision, the Supreme Court restored him from censured analyst to whistle-blower in a major corporate fraud.
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Business
E.V. Start-Up Founders Made Big Claims. Now One Could Go to Prison.
Trevor Milton, who founded the truck company Nikola, will be sentenced on Monday in a fraud case that exposed the…
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Business
The Markets Are Getting Ahead of the Fed
Stock and bond markets have been rallying in anticipation of Federal Reserve rate cuts. But don’t get swept away just…
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Business
In the Stock Market, Don’t Buy and Sell. Just Hold.
There’s new evidence that market timing doesn’t work. Your odds of success are better if you just hang on and…