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Stock Market Today The 10-year Treasury yield hit a two-year high and Goldman whiffed on its Q4 earnings report, sending 10 of 11 sectors into the red Tuesday.Any bit of calm investors enjoyed over the long holiday weekend was sapped quickly Tuesday morning as the markets kicked off the short week with a faceplant. Vexing… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Bond Yields, Goldman a One-Two Punch for the Bears | Kiplinger

There’s a bit of uncertainty on Wall Street to start 2022. The market continues to grapple with the lingering impacts of coronavirus and the risk of interest-rate increases disrupting the natural order of things. Thus, growth stocks – and by extension, growth exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – are facing a little more volatility and risk in… Continue reading 9 Great Growth ETFs for 2022 and Beyond | Kiplinger

tech stocks MSFT’s $68.7 billion deal for ATVI brings the tech giant a library of A+ titles … and another way to leverage its cloud heft.Long-suffering shareholders — not to mention canny value investors — were rewarded for their patience in Activision Blizzard (ATVI, $65.39) Tuesday when Microsoft (MSFT, $310.20) agreed to pay $68.7 billion,… Continue reading Microsoft Buys Activision With One Eye on the Cloud | Kiplinger

stocks Our preview of the upcoming week’s earnings reports includes Goldman Sachs (GS), UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Netflix (NFLX). The fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off last week with mixed results from several big banks. Financial firms will be in focus again this week, with blue chip Goldman Sachs (GS, $383.64) one of the highest-profile banks to report.… Continue reading Netflix Stock: Q4 Subscriber Growth Expected to Stall | Kiplinger

Markets Both the stock markets and bond markets will have Monday off as the nation honors civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.The first three-day weekend of the year is upon us. Neither the stock market nor the bond market will be open for trading on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on Monday,… Continue reading Is the Stock Market Closed on MLK Day 2022? | Kiplinger

The fourth-quarter earnings season began in earnest Friday, but Wall Street’s latest performance metrics did little to invigorate the bulls and saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish in the red. A bevy of blue-chip financial stocks put up mostly strong Q4 headline numbers before the opening bell, but other factors contributed to mixed results… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Financials Hold Back Dow in Mixed Friday Session | Kiplinger

Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t new to the world of stock picking, but it hasn’t really been an option for retail investors. That is, until now. Traditionally, powerful artificial intelligence systems – and the high-octane brainpower needed to develop and operate them – have been available only to institutional investors. We’re talking hedge funds, quant funds… Continue reading Can AI Beat the Market? 10 Stocks to Watch | Kiplinger

In investing, the trend is your friend – until it isn’t. That proved true for digital currencies last year, and it could very well define the outlook for the best cryptocurrencies of 2022. Overall, digital currencies produced a remarkable 2021 that helped solidify an already strong argument for their inclusion in more risk-tolerant investors’ portfolios.… Continue reading The Best Cryptocurrencies for 2022 | Kiplinger