Once buoyed by demand for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, the biotech industry is experiencing a sobering leveling out
Market Extra: Stock-market volatility gauge hits highest since March. Still not a ‘buy’ signal, technicians say.
The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, trades Friday at its highest since March. Investors want to know if that’s extreme enough to be a buy signal for stocks.
Retirement Weekly: Don’t give up on the 60:40 portfolio now — it has been a good insurance policy in an unpredictable stock market
The iconic portfolio is doing a lot better this year than last
Retirement Weekly: What’s a really big, unexpected cost that can drain your retirement budget? It’s in your mouth.
So how can retirees brace for steep dental bills?
Retirement Weekly: What’s the best way to give to charity?
Some techniques can be better than writing a personal check.
: Jim Jordan dropped as speaker nominee by House Republicans, who plan for new pick next week
House Republicans vote Friday in a secret ballot against keeping Jim Jordan as their speaker nominee after he came up short in a third vote on the House floor.
: UAW won’t expand auto workers strike
General Motors Co. offered a 25% compounded raise to auto workers and union leadership says no additional strikes are planned for now.
Commodities Corner: Here’s what the Israel-Hamas war has done to U.S. gasoline and diesel prices
Fuel prices, with the cost of gasoline and diesel at the pump both down from a month ago, don’t appear to be fazed by the escalating risks to oil in the Middle East from the Israel-Hamas war, but they are.
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Market Extra: Popular Treasury ETF sees record-setting trading frenzy as surging yields rattle bond market
Rising Treasury yields helped provoke a frenzy of trading in a popular bond exchange-traded fund as dip buyers battled with bears on the cusp of a threshold for markets.