3 main risks of investing in foreign equities…

Foreign equities offer a way to diversify out of domestic market bias. However, developed markets (DM) and emerging markets (EM) offer different risk-rewards. There are various risks and rewards of investing in foreign equities of…

The stock market’s rally to a record on…

Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Source: New York Stock ExchangeWith the Biden inauguration — and the risk of disruption — now over, what's next for markets? The S&P 500 has risen 15% since…

Why markets boomed in a year of human…

By Neil Irwin and Weiyi CaiThe central, befuddling economic reality of the United States at the close of 2020 is that everything is terrible in the world, while everything is wonderful in the financial markets.…

Japan’s Nikkei 225 surges to levels not seen…

SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific were higher in Tuesday morning trade following overnight gains on Wall Street that sent the major averages to record highs.In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.62%, trading at levels not…

The Fed could disappoint markets Wednesday, even if…

Federal Reserve Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on "The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2020.Susan Walsh | ReutersThe Fed may see a…