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Investors who own stock in the micro-blogging and social media platform Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), have seen strong returns in the past 12 months. Since June 2020, the shares are up around 6%.In February,...

This has become the year when “meme stocks,” like movie theatre operator, AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), have captured Wall Street’s imagination. So far in 2021, AMC shares are up...

With interest rates at a historical low, it’s quite a challenging environment for income investors to earn decent income. The dividend yield on the S&P 500 index is just 1.37%, the lowest in...

Soybeans’ fuel for the tank is doing three times better than its fuel for organics. Prices of soybean oil, or soyoil, one of the main feedstocks for biofuels, are up 66% on the year....

Buzz about mergers and acquisitions in the cannabis sector is starting to catch investor attention again.The development is being viewed as a bit of a turnaround for the industry, which has seen a...

Bitcoin is falling for the fourth day out of five and has reached a four-and-a-half month low. There are a number of possible drivers:The possibility of changing monetary policy in the US; Restrictive...

The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23. Japan is the host nation for the events, which will be held after a one-year delay due to the pandemic.When the Olympics' host country is initially announced,...

Government bonds seem to have entered the summer doldrums as yields in the U.S., Europe, and Japan stay in a narrow range. A meeting this week of the European Central Bank governing council and next...

Copper’s rally this year was huge, but there’s something even bigger: China’s price squeeze.After the world’s most in-demand base metal reached record highs of $10,746 a tonne...

Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a star performer this year.A member of the FAANG group of stocks, comprising such notables as, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), the move in...

In an interview on Sunday night, Treasury Secretary (and former Chair of the Federal Reserve) Janet Yellen said that higher interest rates would be positive for US policy makers and the country....

Digitalization is having a substantial impact on the financial services industry. Therefore, financial technology (fintech) has been one of the most important investment themes of recent...

One of the most useful contributions from the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional banks is the so-called Beige Book, a collection of anecdotes from each Fed district reflecting the real-time...

Traders in gold are expected to struggle for direction this week amid the typical Federal Reserve information blackout ahead of its monthly meeting, while those in oil could be pacing a little...

After taking a severe blow last year in the middle of the global pandemic, oil and gas stocks are roaring back.The Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VDE)—whose top 10 holdings include...

Stocks on Wall Street rallied on Friday, with the major averages all closing within sight of their recent records. This, after the latest jobs report boosted optimism a bit over the U.S. economic...