Equity Markets

U.S. stock-index futures fell Sunday night, following a losing week on Wall Street amid worries about Fed policy and the fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures…

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U.S. stocks opened 2022 with tepid gains as investors monitored cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and other factors that could weigh on stocks this year. The S&P 500 gained 0.4% in early Monday trading. The index ended 2021 up…

The S&P 500 rose Friday, on track to extend a recent stretch of gains and snap a seven-week losing streak. The broad-market benchmark was up 1.9% as of Friday afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 367 points, or about 1%,…

Shares of ProFrac Holding Corp. powered to a fresh high Tuesday, after Wall Street gave the fracking services company a unanimously bullish endorsement, a little less than a month after a relatively disappointing…

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Cash is king right now. The latest evidence: the market’s embrace of dividend-paying stocks over another longtime favorite, firms that do buybacks. Investors are rushing to companies promising regular payouts to shareholders, a sign of…

Oaktree Capital founder Howard Marks is a boldfaced name on Wall Street, equally well known for his firm’s performance as for his lengthy investor letters that he periodically publishes free online to reach the…

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The best of times and the worst: It was the tale of two IPO markets this year on Wall Street. Investment banks booked a record tally in revenue from initial public offerings in 2021, despite IPO performance that was the worst in at least…