The Federal Reserve is reversing course to fight inflation, but interest rates remain low, which means bond prices remain high. Meanwhile, stock valuations are high relative to earnings, in part because so much new money has flowed in during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s a chart showing the aggregate forward...
General Electric Co. investors should expect a “particularly noisy” earnings report for the industrial conglomerate’s fourth quarter, which will be the first since the company said it was breaking up, and said it would start reporting results on a consolidated basis. GE GE, -1.98% is slated to release results...
You know things are bad for President Biden when liberal columnists criticize him, and when the administration itself complains about media coverage and the polls. Presidents love polls when the numbers are good, but when they’re not, they’re either “fake,” as Donald Trump complained, or the methodology is...
With tension building between Russia and the U.S. over Ukraine, new variants of COVID-19 testing the effectiveness of vaccines, and only a slow response to climate change by most accounts front of mind, we’re left to ask: Is humanity now safer or at greater risk? The symbolic measure known...
STANFORD, Calif. (Project Syndicate)—The nomination of new members to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board offers an opportunity for Americans—and Congress—to reflect on the world’s most important central bank and where it is going. The obvious question to ask first is how the Fed blew its main mandate, which is...
The numbers are in: After the pandemic cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, our rebounding economy caused a sharp increase in 2021. That jump makes it harder to avoid the worst harms from climate change. In response, more governments and companies are promoting carbon offsets as a...
Amazon’s Prime Video is rolling out two of its most prominent original series in February, along with a slate of movies and Valentine’s Day-themed original films. The big newcomer is “Reacher,” the long-awaited series adaptation of the popular character from Lee Child’s series of novels. Alan Ritchson plays Jack...
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As the stock market has convulsed lower and yields for bonds have surged in recent weeks, culminating in a so-called correction for the Nasdaq Composite Index, average Americans are wondering what’s amiss with Wall Street. Increasingly, Google searches have been focused on the state of the market (and...
