All major indexes fell on Wednesday, but capped a third straight blockbuster year. The S&P 500 fell 0.7%, bringing its annual gain to 16%.
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US stocks fall for a fourth straight session, limping to end of another banner year
All 11 sectors in the S&P 500 closed lower on Wednesday, though the index is still within striking distance of a record high.
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Financial Times columnist Gillian Tett predicted that the Magnificent 7 tech stocks were not going to fall, but they wouldn’t ride a lot higher
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Chinese AI and semiconductor stocks have rallied since the breakout of the China-made DeepSeek-R1 AI model in January 2025.
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Barron’s consistently favored equities over bonds for income in the past decade, and we’re sticking with that bias in the new year.
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All strategies mix good days and bumper years with bad days and market-lagging returns. For commodities traders in 2025, it was more of the
China’s multi-asset funds dominate top performers as tech soars
Efforts in Beijing to drive more long-term capital into the stock market helped the rally [MELBOURNE] Chinese multi-asset funds trounced their global peers last
Why investors are turning to hybrid mutual funds amid volatility
Hybrid mutual funds are increasingly drawing investor attention for their promise of combining market-linked returns with a measure of downside protection through diversified asset