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Stock Market Today Fed Governor Brainard says a rapid shrinking of the central bank’s balance sheet is in order, sending rates higher and stocks well into the red Tuesday.Fresh reason to believe that the Federal Reserve could put the pedal to the metal as it fights high inflation cooled U.S. equities Tuesday.  Ahead of tomorrow’s… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Signs of Fed Aggressiveness Spook Bulls | Kiplinger

Restaurant stocks could be growthy comeback play in 2022, though they’re hardly a slam dunk. Restaurants are pulling numerous levers to resuscitate sales of on-premise dining, drive-thru pickup and delivery channels to recover from some of the ill-effects COVID-19 had on consumers’ patronage. And their efforts are only being further complicated by inflationary pressures, supply-chain… Continue reading 5 Restaurant Stocks Rising Above the Rest | Kiplinger

Americans and their global counterparts are getting ready to enjoy a more open world in 2022 – good news for travel stocks. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the seven-day average of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is at its lowest level since last summer.  “After more than a year of waiting,… Continue reading 7 Travel Stocks to Buy as COVID Cases Retreat | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today Other big gains in technology and communication services lead the Nasdaq to a brisk improvement in Monday’s session.A widespread rally in technology and tech-esque stocks started Wall Street’s week off on the right foot. Monday opened with a splash, with Twitter (TWTR, +27.1%) shares booming on news that Tesla (TSLA, +5.6%) CEO… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Soaring Twitter Spearheads Stocks’ Success | Kiplinger

stocks Tesla CEO’s 9.2% ownership in TWTR sends Twitter’s stock surging but opens up a basket of questions about the social media platform’s future. One of Twitter’s (TWTR, $39.31) bigger headaches developed into a full-blown migraine Monday after Tesla (TSLA) founder and world’s richest person Elon Musk disclosed a 9.2% stake in Twitter stock. The… Continue reading Musk’s Stake in Twitter Stock: Coup … or Coup d’Etat? | Kiplinger

We’ve all seen the rising cost of oil and its ripple effect through the economy, especially on prices at the pump. You may have also read that the U.S. is energy independent or that we export more oil than we import and that Russian oil only makes up 3% of all U.S. oil imports. So… Continue reading Why Are Gas Prices So High If the U.S. Is Energy Independent? | Kiplinger

A day after Wall Street closed the books on its worst quarter in two years, stocks vacillated between red and green following a March jobs report that was viewed as disappointing on some counts and encouraging on others.  The Labor Department said Friday that 431,000 nonfarm payrolls were added last month. That was shy of… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Seesawing Stocks Start Q2 With Small Gains | Kiplinger

Dividend stocks are an important piece of any diversified income portfolio. But actually collecting the dividend checks (or more commonly, having the dividend hit your brokerage account) requires a little knowledge of how the process works – and that includes knowing things like ex-dividend dates, dividend pay dates and other important dividend dates. “We love dividend… Continue reading Dividend Dates: A Beginner’s Guide | Kiplinger