When investors think of technology stocks, they might automatically gravitate toward “the next big thing,” or to the giant companies that dominate the S&P 500 SPX, -0.14%. But Robert Stimson, chief investment officer of Oak Associates Funds, makes a case for diversification through exposure to smaller innovators which he believes…
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The United States needs detente with China to deescalate the danger of an armed conflict over Taiwan, losing control of maritime routes through the South China Sea and other potential Pacific region hotspots. This requires looking past China’s rhetoric about achieving broad technological dominance and recent provocations to focus on China’s economic concerns and desire to play…
The U.S. debt-ceiling drama on Capitol Hill makes for great theater, but is little more than a sideshow for bond investors. That’s because the shorter-term direction of U.S. interest rates is almost entirely a function of the Federal Reserve’s actions, and not the debt-ceiling negotiations in Washington. Yet judging by…
Lending by banks fell slightly last week even as deposits dropped to a nearly two-year low, suggesting that U.S. financial institutions are in stable condition a few months after a bevy of bank failures. Total bank lending fell by $3.3 billion to $12.1 trillion in the seven days ending May…
U.S. stocks finished lower Friday, weighed down by worries over the debt-ceiling deadline and concerns that more mergers involving regional banks may be needed.How stock-indexes traded The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.33% fell 109.28 points, or 0.3%, to close at 33,426.63. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.14% fell 6.1 points,…
For the first time since 2009, the 3-month U.S. Treasury bill rate is now higher than the yield on earnings derived from generally accepted accounting principles for companies in the S&P 500 Index. That’s according to Ed Clissold, chief U.S. strategist, and Thanh Nguyen, senior quantitative analyst, at Ned Davis…
[]The U.S. dollar, which rallied to a two-month high on Thursday, is demonstrating a bullish signal from a technical perspective and has the potential to trend up in the coming months, according to Sevens Report Research. []The greenback’s strength will weigh on equities, starting by the beginning of June, noted…
The financial fallout from half-empty U.S. office buildings has begun to be reflected in prices for bonds backed by luxury office buildings.From New York City’s famed Park Avenue to San Francisco’s California Street, properties long considered fortress investments are reeling as efforts to return more staff to office buildings in…