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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Opinion: Don’t take the betting market odds on Tuesday’s U.S. election too seriously
First Published: Nov. 2, 2024 at 9:05 a.m. ET
A total of $1.8 billion has been bet worldwide on the U.S. election, Polymarket says
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The Market Tricked Investors. Now Comes the Treat.
By Teresa Rivas
Nov 01, 2024, 12:59 pm EDT
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
As worrywarts know all too well, not knowing can be worse than getting bad news. And with an election and Federal Reserve meeting still to come, stocks faltered under the weight of the uncertainty this past week.
October ended with a trick, as the S&P 500
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finished down 1% for the month after declining 1.9% on Halloween. It was the index’s worst performance since April and snapped a five-month winning streak, though the market bounced back on Friday.
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Jobs Data Come as the Fed Stares Down a Complex Moment Growth has been resilient, but inflation is cooling.
The combination makes it hard to guess how much policymakers will lower rates. Jerome Powell speaking behind a lectern, with an American flag behind him. He is wearing glasses, a suit and a purple tie. Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair. Fed officials cut interest rates in September for the first time in four years.
Credit…Pete Marovich for The New York Times
By Jeanna Smialek
Nov. 1, 2024
Federal Reserve officials cut interest rates in September for the first time in four years, but now investors are beginning to ask the natural next question: How much will they lower them in the months and years to come?
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Nvidia to Replace Intel in Dow Jones Industrial Average. Sherwin-Williams Also Joins.
Nov. 1, 2024 6:00 pm ET
By Jack Pitcher
The swap reflects their reversal of fortunes within the tech industry and would have been unthinkable a few years ago
Big Tech customers are investing in AI systems that need Nvidia’s graphics processing units. Photo: Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg News
Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week, a swap that reflects their reversal of fortunes within the tech industry. Sherwin-Williams will replace Dow Inc. as well.
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