Stocks and Bonds
Why Hitting the Debt Ceiling Would Be Very Bad for the U.S. Economy
WASHINGTON — Washington and Wall Street are bracing for a revival of brinkmanship over the nation’s statutory debt limit, raising fears that the fragile U.S. economy could be rattled by a calamitous self-inflicted wound. For years, Republicans have sought to tie spending cuts or other concessions from Democrats to their votes to lift the borrowing […]
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Bob Jordan, Southwest Airlines’ CEO, on What Went Wrong
Your unions say that for years, Southwest has been too focused on investors and hasn’t invested enough in the operation. What’s your response to that criticism? I’ve been asked a lot about whether we have antiquated technology. We spend a billion dollars a year on technology here at Southwest. And, like every company, there are […]
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Stock Trades Reported by Nearly a Fifth of Congress Show Possible Conflicts
Despite their influence and extensive access to information, members of Congress can buy and sell stocks with few restrictions. A New York Times analysis found that 97 lawmakers or their family members bought or sold financial assets over a three-year span in industries that could be affected by their legislative committee work. Senator Tommy Tuberville, […]
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Advice for Handling Retiring During a Financial Downturn
Most Americans finance their retirement with a certain amount of faith: Investing will help their savings keep pace with inflation, institutions will continue to work as they always have, it will all work out in the end. It’s challenging to maintain that optimism in moments like these, when it seems just about everything is at […]
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What Is the Yield Curve? Wall Street’s Recession Alarm Is Ringing.
Wall Street’s most talked about recession indicator is sounding its loudest alarm in two decades, intensifying concerns among investors that the U.S. economy is heading toward a slowdown. That indicator is called the yield curve, and it’s a way of showing how interest rates on various U.S. government bonds compare, notably three-month bills, and two-year […]
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A Warren Buffett Protégée Strikes Out on Her Own
By 15, Ms. Britt Cool was president of the local farmers’ market, collecting dues from dozens of vendors. She also recruited several of her friends from high school to work at the market, where she increased the farm stand’s weekly sales about fivefold to $2,500. With her savings, she bought a red Ford Mustang convertible, […]
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Start-Up Funding Falls the Most It Has Since 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — For the first time in three years, start-up funding is dropping. The numbers are stark. Investments in U.S. tech start-ups plunged 23 percent over the last three months, to $62.3 billion, the steepest fall since 2019, according to figures released on Thursday by PitchBook, which tracks young companies. Even worse, in the […]
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How to Think About E.S.G. Investing in a Falling Market
Any time the stock market falls, investors are likely to rethink nearly everything. The current gut check comes at a point in the evolution of the investing industry when assets in so-called E.S.G. funds have risen 38 percent in the past year, to $2.7 trillion by the end of March, according to Morningstar Direct. Professionals […]
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Wall Street Stabilizes in Bear Market Territory as Fed Decision Approaches
Stocks on Wall Street began trading on Tuesday with a modest gain, a day after a rush of selling pushed the S&P 500 into a bear market, leaving the index more than 20 percent below its recent peak. The index rose 0.3 percent in early trading, even as European markets reversed their own gains and […]
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