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Stock Market Today The major indexes appeared ready to plumb new 2022 depths Monday, but an afternoon bounce-back gave investors much-needed relief.The stock market’s 2022 washout, which included an uncharacteristically awful April for equities, looked like it was about to bleed into May, but a late relief rally helped the major indexes finish in positive… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Late Rally Gives Stocks a Sunnier Start to May | Kiplinger

Big data stocks might not seem like the most scintillating technology plays on the market. But their underlying companies provide a service of growing importance: cleaning and sorting an ever-swelling pool of digital data. The proliferation of technologies from smart phones to cloud computing to the internet of things (IoT) has resulted in torrid growth… Continue reading 5 Big Data Stocks to Buy for Big Long-Term Growth | Kiplinger

stocks Our preview of the upcoming week’s earnings reports include Pfizer (PFE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and DraftKings (DKNG).We’re in the thick of first-quarter earnings season, and on this week’s busy lineup is blue-chip drugmaker Pfizer (PFE, $49.34). PFE shows up early on this week’s earnings calendar, with the Big Pharma firm scheduled to unveil its first-quarter… Continue reading Pfizer (PFE) COVID, Cancer Drugs Key to Top-Line Growth | Kiplinger

It’s not easy being a bond investor these days. Bonds are generally thought of as conservative investments. But as we’ve seen this year, even conservative investments like bonds can lose money. Having said that, it’s not all doom and gloom for bondholders. Instead, I think there is potential opportunity in the municipal bond market. Here… Continue reading 3 Reasons I Like Municipal Bonds | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today Negative earnings reactions for mega-caps Amazon.com and Apple weighed on broader markets today.U.S. stocks finished both the day and the month on a down note as a fresh round of earnings forecasts from companies only added to investors’ laundry list of concerns.  Last night, Amazon.com (AMZN, -14.1%) said first-quarter revenue rose 7%… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Out Worst April in Years With Another Slide | Kiplinger

mutual funds BALPX capitalizes on mergers, executive turnover and other events.Coloring outside the lines isn’t just for kids in school—adding some color to the edges of your core portfolio can brighten returns. Investors adopted that strategy in 2021, pouring a record of nearly $4 billion in new money into so-called event-driven funds, or funds that… Continue reading BlackRock Event Driven Equity Profits from Corporate Change | Kiplinger

stocks Many cybersecurity stocks are still unprofitable, but what they’re selling is an absolute necessity going forward.In June 2017, Russian hackers launched a malware attack on Ukraine called NotPetya. The attack, which locked users out of their own files unless they paid a ransom in bitcoin, was just one more tactic in the conflict between… Continue reading An Urgent Need for Cybersecurity Stocks | Kiplinger

Technology and tech-esque stocks were the vanguard for a wild (and broad) stock-market rally Thursday that largely ignored an unexpected contraction in U.S. economic activity. This morning, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. gross domestic product declined at a 1.4% annualized pace during the first quarter of 2022, falling far shy of the 1% gain… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Big Tech Carries Wall Street on Its Back | Kiplinger