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Will the 2021 Earnings Bonanza Really Happen?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Fourth-quarter earnings are just about over, which means investors can officially turn their attention to 2021, a…
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Birkenstocks Are Following Dr. Martens All the Way to the Bank
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Comfy shoes have never been so hot. L Catterton, the private equity fund backed by LVMH Moet…
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AT&T Cuts the Cord Before More Customers Do
(Bloomberg Opinion) — If AT&T Inc. starts to look like it’s standing a bit taller, that’s the result of it…
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Inflation Is Uncontainable But Not Inevitable
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Otherwise intelligent people can be surprisingly wrong about economics. The latest example is the claim that current…
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Fed’s Digital Dollar Would Look Nothing Like Bitcoin
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently mentioned the idea of creating a so-called digital dollar — a new…
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The Fed May Need to Head Off a Money-Market Mess
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Investors are worried that a flood of cash could soon disrupt U.S. money markets, as the Treasury…
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An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic
The Northeast Atlantic mackerel is a small fish with grey or greenish-blue scales and tigerlike black stripes from mouth to…
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This stock fund may be for you if you want to sleep well at night and still make money
Just about every financial adviser recommends that individual investors avoid timing the stock market. That advice can go in one…
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The Mediterranean’s Red Gold Is Running Out
On a golden day last September, I visited the ruins of the first Greek city on the Iberian Peninsula, a…
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These are the stocks helping to tank the high-flying ARK Innovation ETF over the past week
(Updates story with closing prices for Feb. 23.) The Ark Innovation ETF has been a top performer. But there are…
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Vaccine Fears Are Crippling China’s Covid Fight
(Bloomberg Opinion) — In December, China announced that it planned to inoculate 50 million people against Covid-19 by Feb. 11. Although…
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When the Fantasy of Better Battery Science Doesn’t Match Reality
They may be waiting a while: The technical challenges of making better batteries (and therefore, electric vehicles) are enormous and…
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Can Democrats Avoid Another Midterm Debacle?
We’re a little more than a year away from the first round of primary elections in the runup to the 2022…
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Her Husband Got Covid-19. She’s Suing His Employer.
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Suppose your spouse gets Covid-19 at work — and you get it from your spouse. Can you sue your…
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A tangled market web of Tesla-bitcoin-ARK Investment could spell trouble for investors, warns strategist
Tuesday is shaping up to be a tough one for technology stocks, after a selloff greeted investors to start the…
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Mexico Shifts Into Reverse on Electric Vehicles
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The combustible engine’s end date is firming up: General Motors Co., the largest of the Detroit big…
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Don’t Punish Walmart for Opening Its Wallet
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Time and again during the past year, we’ve seen how the pandemic has accelerated shifts in consumer behavior. So…
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How Good Is the Israeli Pfizer Vaccine News?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Sam Fazeli, a Bloomberg Opinion contributor who covers the pharmaceutical industry for Bloomberg Intelligence, answered questions about preliminary research…
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Plane Parts Are Falling From the Sky. Is Boeing to Blame?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — It’s never helpful for the aviation community when fiery debris falls from the sky onto a large U.S.…
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How Eric Adams Would Run New York
(Bloomberg Opinion) — HOWARD WOLFSON: Let me start with the personal, if I could, because we have readers who may…
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Texas’ Power Crisis Was Also a Gas Crisis
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Texas’ power crisis was also a gas crisis. The symbiosis of the state’s grid and its pipelines…
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Meghan Markle Strikes a Victory for U.S. Celebrity
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The British monarchy chalked up an unexpected triumph against the U.K.’s tabloid press this month. Ironically, it…
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Opinion: Productivity will calm inflation this year — these are the types of stocks you’ll want to own
President Biden’s desire to “go big” on spending has instilled big fears in some investors. They’re worried too much stimulus…
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