Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for March 18

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for March 18

Tech giants led gains in stocks at the start of a week that will bring a raft of central-bank decisions from the US to England and Japan. Equities rebounded from a recent pullback, with megacaps outpacing the broader market. Alphabet Inc. jumped as Bloomberg News reported Apple Inc. is in talks to build Google’s Gemini … Read more

Adobe Inc. (ADBE) Stock Price, News, Quote & History

Adobe Inc. (ADBE) Stock Price, News, Quote & History

Adobe Inc. Analyst Report: Adobe IncBased in San Jose, California, Adobe Inc. provides software for creative professionals, consumers and enterprises. Its products are organized into three segments. The flagship Digital Media segment, comprising over 70% of revenue, includes the Creative Cloud and Document Cloud business, with such applications as Acrobat, Photoshop and Flash Player. The … Read more

General Electric Company (GE) Stock Price, News, Quote & History

General Electric Company (GE) Stock Price, News, Quote & History

Investor’s Business Daily General Electric will soon emerge as an aerospace and defense company, shedding its diversified conglomerate past. Is GE stock a buy amid the countdown to GE Aerospace? Ahead of its final breakup, GE held events in March to that dug deeper into the post-split companies — GE Aerospace and GE Vernova. Source … Read more

Why US Stocks Don’t Care If the Fed Takes Time Cutting Rates

Why US Stocks Don’t Care If the Fed Takes Time Cutting Rates

To get John Authers’ newsletter delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here. Tuesday’s core CPI print for February came in hotter than expected, yet the stock market wasn’t bothered. For much of 2023, the S&P 500 moved inversely to expected fed funds rates, with the index selling off while the Federal Reserve was expected … Read more

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for March 14

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for March 14

The world’s biggest bond market sold off after another hot inflation report reinforced bets the Federal Reserve will be in no rush to cut rates even as some areas of the economy show signs of sluggishness. Treasury yields climbed and stocks retreated as the data underscored the Fed’s challenges in achieving its 2% inflation goal. … Read more

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for March 12

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P Live Updates for March 12

The stock market managed to rebound after the latest inflation figures did little to alter bets the Federal Reserve will cut rates this year — even if it keeps a more cautious stance for now. Following a series of twists and turns, the S&P 500 pushed decidedly higher. Notwithstanding the fact that the consumer price … Read more

A Fight Over Factor Investing Tests a Pillar of Modern Finance

A Fight Over Factor Investing Tests a Pillar of Modern Finance

In November a curious paper dropped on SSRN, an online hub widely used by economists to circulate their work. The paper’s authors are two of the most important figures in academic finance: Kenneth French, of Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business, and Eugene Fama, a Nobel Prize-winning economist from the University of Chicago. The article … Read more