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Stock Market Today Profit drops among Wall Street’s big banks and slowing retail sales weighed down the major indices Thursday.Stocks fell across the board at the holiday-shortened trading week’s conclusion as mixed bank earnings and cloudy economic data dampened bulls’ enthusiasm. The Commerce Department on Thursday reported that while retail sales did indeed grow for… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Wall Street Lays an Egg Heading Into Easter Weekend | Kiplinger

stocks to buy UBS views pricing as a lever to fight inflation. Those companies with strong pricing power can ably deal with rising prices. Those without might struggle.It’s understandable, even forgivable, if our current environment of rapidly rising prices has left investors at a loss. After all, with inflation running at levels not seen in… Continue reading The Best (And Worst) Stocks for Rising Prices | Kiplinger

stocks Tesla CEO’s $54.20-per-share bid for TWTR is a ‘best and final’ offer that will either see Musk rebuffed or Twitter taken private.If it wasn’t obvious before, Elon Musk was never going to be a “passive” shareholder in Twitter (TWTR, $45.85).  The Tesla (TSLA) CEO and world’s richest person offered to buy the social media… Continue reading Musk’s Twitter Buyout Offer Means the Endgame Is Near | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today Delta Air Lines, Fastenal kick off Q1 earnings season with Street-beating figures, helping to spearhead a market rebound Wednesday.U.S. equities managed to snap their slide Wednesday as the first-quarter earnings season got off to a decent start. Delta Air Lines (DAL, +6.2%) was one of the sharpest gainers in the S&P 500… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Start of Earnings Season Gets Stocks off the Ground | Kiplinger

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) typically come to mind when considering the most yield-friendly asset class. And it’s these generous yields that make REIT dividends especially attractive to income investors. According to NAREIT data, equity REIT dividend yields averaged approximately 2.6% in 2021, or more than twice the 1.2% yield of the S&P 500. REIT… Continue reading 7 REITs Flaunting Fast-Growing Dividends | Kiplinger

Markets The stock and bond markets alike will enjoy a day off for Good Friday and the beginning of Passover.Investors are about to embark on a three-day (or three-and-a-half-day) holiday weekend. The stock market is closed on Friday, April 15, 2022 – Good Friday, as well as the start of Passover this year – ahead… Continue reading Is the Stock Market Closed on Good Friday and Easter 2022? | Kiplinger

Imagine a day when, despite being thousands of miles apart, you and your grandchildren can put on visorlike headsets and “walk” together through a digital version of the Smithsonian, Times Square or even your local shopping mall. You’ll be able to watch movies with them or attend virtual reality “concerts” together and then hang out… Continue reading The Metaverse Explained (and Why You Should Care) | Kiplinger

Today’s much-awaited March inflation figures showed prices rocketing at their quickest pace in more than four decades. And yet, the report appeared poised to drive stocks higher … right up until it didn’t. The Labor Department said Tuesday that March’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 8.5% year-over-year – the fastest such rate since December 2021… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Rally, Then Retreat, Amid 40-Year-High CPI | Kiplinger