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Financial planners and academic research typically concur that diversification, a fundamental concept in investing, can decrease a portfolio's volatility without reducing expected returns. For most...

Not many might have imagined the humble hog getting the better of OPEC+. But as the curtains fall on the first quarter, it is lean hogs that win the top prize for commodity returns, despite...

Walt Disney & Co. (NYSE:DIS), one of America’s most iconic brands, was a staple stock for many retirement portfolios before the pandemic. The company showed solid growth and had an...

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) shares were sold off last week, after a Congressional hearing on Thursday during which lawmakers grilled the CEOs of major social media platforms regarding the availability of...

10- and 5-year Treasury yields reach new yearly highs Markets recover from the Archegos debacle, with banks leading a European stock rally The Suez Canal was finally freed on Monday but it's already...

Just like Christmas, which everyone knows is coming, the lack of surprise does not diminish its ability to be a big event. That is the effect that last weekend's deal by New York state legislators to...

Large capitalization stocks typically receive significant headlines as well as a higher share of allocated investor funds. Yet, most financial planners and academic research concur that small-cap...

Recovering from a wobbly start to the year, palladium has powered off the blocks in the last two months, beating oil, gold and other major commodities for stellar March returns that could continue.As...

Investors are still dithering about what to do with US Treasuries as yields on the benchmark 10-year note bounce around 1.7%, dipping below that mark on Friday and topping it on Monday. Federal...

After years of uncertainty and underperformance, it seems things are moving in the right direction for America’s largest telecom operator, AT&T (NYSE:T).During the past couple of months, the...

The S&P 500 Index jumped on Friday, closing up 1.66%, to hit a new record. The move was triggered by two catalysts: US President Joseph Biden pledging on Thursday to double the US vaccination rate...

Traders brace for contagion from margin call-induced selloff Oil slides as Suez Canal reopens and lockdowns hamper demand outlook Key EventsFutures on the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell 2000 as...

The rise in Treasury yields has made the markets jittery. In recent weeks, the US 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since late March 2020 and moved above 1.7%. Now it is hovering at 1.67%....

The big question in oil is who’ll win as this week closes: the bears or OPEC+? The 13-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its ten non-member...

There’s probably no metaphor more overworked than the punchbowl the Federal Reserve is supposed to take away when the economic party gets going, even though real punchbowls have gone out of...

Investors returned to buying U.S. equities last week, on optimism that accelerating vaccine rollouts will increase profitability for those companies that were hardest hit by the...