The S&P 500 stock-market benchmark has produced a stellar 28% return in 2024, following a comparable 26% return in 2023. The market has doubled your money in five years and produced double-digit gains ...

A summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan's December meeting suggests that the next interest-rate hike is approaching. The 30-year mortgage rate is averaging at 6.85%, Freddie Mac said in its ...

China's industrial profit in November fell, though at a slower pace, as Beijing moved to stimulate domestic demand. Profit earned by industrial companies in the government's survey in November fell ...

Earlier this month, CATL and Jeep maker Stellantis said that they planned to invest up to 4.1 billion euros, equivalent to $4.27 billion, to build a plant in Spain to develop low-cost EV batteries, ...

TOKYO--A summary of opinions from the Bank of Japan's December meeting suggests that the next interest rate hike is approaching, with policymakers assessing that the economy and inflation are moving ...

The SPDR S&P Retail ETF XRT rose 1.4% on Thursday. Among the ETF's more prominent components, shares of Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) slipped 0.9%, Walmart Inc.'s stock (WMT) gained 0.1% and Costco Wholesale ...

TOKYO--Japan's economy is gathering strength but momentum remains uneven, with indicators showing healthy growth in inflation and retail sales but a decline in industrial production.

Wedbush's Daniel Ives higher price target, based on an expected surge in iPhone sales, implies 26% upside Wedbush technology sector analyst Daniel Ives already had the highest price target for Apple ...

As the U.S. opioid crisis deepened, Medicare plans administered by UnitedHealth and CVS Health were a top source of OxyContin sales, a Barron's investigation found. Holiday Sales Reveal a Split in ...

But if the period should produce a loss, Hirsch's memorable phrase applies: "If Santa Claus should fail to call, bears may come to Broad and Wall." In other words, the outlook for stocks can be quite ...

The stock has been by far the S&P 500 index's SPX best performer this year, as it has skyrocketed 380.9% to date in 2024 to boost Palantir's market value to $188.1 billion. Meanwhile, Nvidia shares ...

The SPDR Select Sector Communications Services exchange-traded fund, which tracks the communications services industry group of the S&P 500, is up 37% for the year to date. Write to Rob Curran at ...