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The latest on US Consumer Confidence: February 2024

Markets Now February 26, 2024

Cognitive biases can significantly influence investment decisions, especially when emotions such as fear and greed are driving the markets.

Market Recap February 23, 2024

NASDAQ nears record A rally on Thursday helped U.S. stock indexes rebound from the previous week’s mostly negative results. The NASDAQ’s gain of more than 1% left that index four-tenths of a percentage point below its record closing high set on November 19, 2021. The S&P 500 and the Dow added to record highs they had set 11 days earlier.

Markets Now February 23, 2024

“If you’re prepared to invest in a company, then you ought to be able to explain why in simple language that a fifth grader could understand, and quickly enough so the fifth grader won’t get bored.”

Markets Now February 22, 2024

Monthly 12-month inflation rate in the United States from January 2020 to January 2024

Markets Now February 20, 2024

Market Recap February 16, 2024

Slight pullback The S&P 500 posted a fractional decline, snapping a five-week string of positive results that had left the index at a record high. Despite the setback, the S&P 500 remained nearly 22% above a recent low in late October. The Dow finished the week essentially flat while the NASDAQ slipped more than 1%.

Markets Now February 16, 2024

Bull-markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism and die on euphoria.”