Author: super@dmin

A “titanic battle” between stock-market bulls and bears looms as the Federal Reserve prepares to lift interest rates, says Deutsche Bank’s Alan Ruskin.

Shares of Nvidia Corp. top a list of tech shares that would be expected to bounce back strongly over the next month, according to an artificial-intelligence screening platform.

President Joe Biden said last week he’s “not sure” an expanded child tax credit will make a comeback as lawmakers debate a new version of his big social-spending package. Five Democratic senators are urging him to change his mind.

Microsoft Corp. helped give a jolt to software stocks after issuing an earnings report and outlook that drew wide praise.

Shares of DraftKings Inc. bounced sharply Wednesday off a near two-year low, after Morgan Stanley analyst Thomas Allen turned bullish, saying the price plunge has created “too big an opportunity” for long-term investors to ignore.

The U.S. economy sped up in the final three months of 2021, fourth-quarter GDP is likely to show, but the acceleration in growth also masked some weakness that are persist early in the new year.

The SEC is set to consider new regulations requiring private equity and hedge funds to more frequently report to the government when they suffer large losses.

As President Joe Biden keeps beating the drum for his Build Back Better package, analysts are saying parts of it still have a good chance of becoming reality even after last month’s big setback.

It certainly seems that Jerome Powell got more hawkish after he was re-nominated to be Federal Reserve chair. That’s not unusual, according to academic research.

The stock market tends to perform better amid rate hikes than some might guess. Here’s what history shows, according to Dow Jones Market Data.