The Japanese stock market is up nearly 30 percent this year, far ahead of the S&P 500, as firms bet that changes in how companies are run might just finally last.
Category: Stocks and Bonds
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Stocks Climb as Inflation Continues to Cool
The S&P 500 has climbed more than 20 percent from a 2022 low, a marker of a new phase of exuberance in the markets.
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WeWork Faces More Turmoil After Its CEO Departs
The company’s top boss, a real estate industry veteran, abruptly left in May after growing frustrated with SoftBank, its largest shareholder and lender.
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A $1 Trillion Borrowing Binge Looms After Debt Limit Standoff
The government has avoided default, but the effects of the debt-ceiling brinkmanship may still ripple across the economy.
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Are Stocks in a New Bull Market? It Depends.
The S&P 500 could end the day 20 percent above its low point last year, marking an important milestone for some market watchers. But assessing a bona fide bull market is not so simple.
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‘Apes Together Strong’ Review: Rooting for the Small Investors
The 2021 “short squeeze” of GameStop was a rare victory for the little guy. This documentary explains why the house — Wall Street wealth, that is — almost always wins.
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Investors Sour on China’s Stocks, Renewing Fears About Economy
They initially reacted enthusiastically to China’s reversal of pandemic restrictions but have since taken a dimmer view of the country’s recovery.
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Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation
Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.
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After Nearly Collapsing, Indian Billionaire’s Stock Is Back on the Rise
Investors have again rushed into the conglomerate controlled by Gautam Adani after a panel signaled that the investigation into the company’s finances was getting nowhere.