What’s in your head, financially speaking, as 2024 plays out? The Dow breaking through 40,000 or backtracking? The election’s impact on the markets? Inflation and interest rates? Artificial ...

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Despite recent fluctuations driven by geopolitical tensions and less-than-stellar global economic data, the stock market has demonstrated resilience, maintaining gains year to date (up 10.5%) and over ...

As the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average have climbed to never-before-seen levels, stock valuations ...

The stock market started 2024 with a blistering rally, with the Morningstar US Market Index up 7.8% so far and roughly 26% higher than its lows in October. But the relentless pace of gains has some ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Can anything stop the stock market? The U.S. economy recently weathered ...

The stock market rally has already defied expectations this year, shrugging off geopolitical strife, economic uncertainty and global trade tensions to reach fresh record highs. Some analysts say the ...

In recent forecasts, Vanguard projects the stock market will rise by only 3.3% to 5.3% a year over the next decade. Morningstar sees U.S. stocks gaining 5.2% a year. Goldman Sachs forecasts the broad ...

Mr. Malkiel is an American economist and financial executive. His 50-year-old book, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” is widely credited with popularizing stock index funds. Stock markets regularly go ...