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How Silicon Chips Rule the World

When I first arrived in Taiwan as a college student in the summer of 1973, there was no ambiguity whatsoever about the American role...

Bear Markets and Recessions Happen More Often Than You Think

Spending money can be delightful. But losing it? If you are watching big chunks of hard-earned savings disappear, losing money can be sheer misery.That’s...

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Ends, but Uncertainty That Drove It Lingers

The stock market’s staggering run of losses came to an end last week, with the S&P 500 snapping a seven-week losing streak and pulling...

Stock Market Declines Can Help Long-term Investors

But does it make sense to invest in stocks now, she asked?I explained that I couldn’t give advice about buying particular stocks, and instead...

Amateur Investors Rode the Bull Up. Now the Bear Looms.

Millions of amateur investors got into the stock market during the pandemic — some gingerly, some aggressively, some determined to teach Wall Street bigwigs...

Stocks Return to Earth, With the S&P 500 Nearing a Bear Market

But the downdraft has sunk the share prices of companies that represent innovation and the future, too; Amazon is down more than 30 percent...

As Stocks Fall, Economic Fears Rise, Along With Inflation

Broadly speaking, earnings reports have shown that profit growth continues, and results from some big firms, like Microsoft and Facebook’s parent, Meta Platforms, did...

Stocks and Bonds Are Giving Investors Whiplash

Bond funds lost 4.2 percent, on average, with long-term funds recording double-digit declines.Marko Papic, chief strategist at the Clocktower Group, an asset manager, agreed...

Russia-Ukraine Crisis Troubles the Stock Market

The U.S. stock market has been stumbling since the beginning of the year. Now, Russia’s escalating conflict with Ukraine is adding considerably to the...

Google, Facebook, Apple, Starbucks and Exxon Mobil Reveal Earnings

With Apple setting the tone, the stock market rose until Wednesday, buoyed by a series of fairly upbeat earnings reports. They included:Exxon Mobil’s disclosure...

S&P 500 Rallies After Touching Correction Territory, Erasing Day’s Losses

So a slide in prices that removes some of that excess was long overdue, many market watchers said.“We haven’t had a correction in a...

Stock Markets Off to Worst Start Since 2016 as Fed Fights Inflation

After falling for a fourth day in a row on Friday, the stock market suffered its worst week in nearly two years, and so...

Stocks Hit a Record as Investors See Progress Toward a Spending Deal

Wall Street likes what it’s hearing from Washington lately.The S&P 500 inched to a new high on Thursday, continuing a rally aided by signs...

Global Markets Swoon as Worries Mount Over Superpowers’ Plans

Investors on three continents dumped stocks on Monday, fretting that the governments of the world’s two largest economies — China and the United States...

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