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S&P 500 adds three companies not named Tesla — ‘a bit of a shocker,’ analyst says
Three new names will be added to the S&P 500 index this month, but none of them are Tesla Inc.
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday afternoon that it will add three companies to the S&P 500 SPX, -0.81% — Catalent Inc. CTLT,…
Market Extra: Stock-market rout: Why it’s too early to call tech plunge the start of a correction
Big rallies often come to an ugly end — and that was certainly the case Thursday for tech stocks and other high-flying sectors that have benefited from momentum-driven waves of buying. But that doesn’t mean a full-fledged correction for the…
Even with a toddler, this couple’s cost of living is less than $25,000 a year — this is how they do…
Raising children is expensive, but that hasn’t stopped Nic and Court from keeping their annual expenses below $25,000, even with a 2-year-old daughter.
It helps that the two are masters at the FIRE movement, short for “Financial…
Bond Report: 10-year Treasury yield’s move above 0.70% is short-lived after strong debt auction
Long-dated U.S. Treasury yields trimmed their rise Wednesday after market participants showed strong appetite for a record-large debt auction, affirming the bond market’s ability to shrug off the waves of new supply.
What are Treasurys…
Economic Preview: Washington deadlock on jobless benefits, coronavirus aid risks economic recovery
Here’s the biggest unknown about the economy right now: Just how much will the loss of federal coronavirus aid for families and businesses stunt a recovery that already has lost steam.
Democrats and Republicans ceased negotiations in early…
Market Snapshot: Dow, S&P 500 end higher and Nasdaq books 35th record close in 2020 as tech…
U.S. stock-market benchmarks booked gains on Thursday and the Nasdaq closed at a record high, as investors rushed to large-capitalization technology and e-commerce shares for safety, after a pair of economic reports set off concerns about…
Metals Stocks: Gold ends higher for a second session and retakes perch atop $2,000
Gold prices finished higher to extend a rally on Tuesday, with the precious metal regaining traction above the psychologically significant level at $2,000 amid persistent weakness in the U.S. dollar and slack in government bond yields.
One…
If you didn’t get a $500 stimulus check for your child, it should be coming soon
Stimulus checks were supposed to pay $1,200 to eligible adults and $500 apiece for dependent children, but an Internal Revenue Service error skipped the $500 payments for some families through mid-May.
Now that the glitch has been fixed,…
Refinancing your mortgage will cost more thanks to a new fee from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
If you’re in the process of refinancing your mortgage, you may end up paying more than you expected.
Fannie Mae FNMA, +1.89% and Freddie Mac FMCC, +1.91% announced Wednesday evening that they will now be charging a 0.5% adverse market fee…
Republican senator calls Trump’s stimulus executive order ‘unconstitutional slop’
President Donald Trump’s executive order and memorandums ostensibly providing relief amid the intractable coronavirus pandemic don’t seem feasible or legal, experts said Saturday.
One Republican lawmaker, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, called…