Stocks were slightly lower in early trading today as Wall Street anticipated the July Federal Reserve meeting minutes, scheduled for release at 2 pm ET. Investors will be looking for clues on the timeline for the central bank's inevitable tapering of asset purchases.
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Stocks have recovered from their pandemic lows at an astounding rate, and JPMorgan sees more gains ahead. “We remain bullish on stocks, particularly cyclical and value stocks, thanks to a strong earnings season, signs of receding risk from the delta variant, and normalization of bond-equity correlations,” JPM...
REITs offer a unique risk/reward profile that doesn’t always perfectly correlate with stocks or bonds because real estate is an asset class that’s not directly tied to traditional markets; REITs can bolster your portfolio when markets take a plunge.
For example, during the dot-com...
This morning, stocks edged higher to begin the final trading session of what looks to be a winning week for the S&P 500 and the Dow. So far this week, the Dow is up 0.8%, and the S&P 500 is up 0.6%. The Nasdaq is the underperformer...
Stocks were little changed this morning following a record-breaking session. The S&P 500 and the Dow closed yesterday at fresh all-time highs. Despite a surge in consumer prices for July, we may see yet another record-breaking session today.
Notably, as the pandemic led to...