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 All manner of weird things keep happening in financial markets, from bond yields that go down when they should go up, to near-daily swings between big-picture convictions. It's hard to manage money when everything feels so fragile.
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It's highly encouraging to see marketers take a closer look at their digital ad spending and ask harder questions. Many of them paused digital marketing in 2020 due to the pandemic and are being more thoughtful and careful about what they turn back on in 2021. Here are the encouraging changes.
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Shareholders are betting on good times ahead for electric car maker Tesla and French luxury goods firm LVMH, the companies run by Musk and Arnault, respectively.
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A global shortage of semiconductors --- chips that power massive data-centers, modern autos and countless digital devices --- has roiled global manufacturing and is not expected to end soon. It isn't a blanket problem, however, as different sectors within the chip industry will continue to be affected by the shortage in different ways.
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All manner of weird things keep happening in financial markets, from bond yields that go down when they should go up, to near-daily swings between big-picture convictions. It's hard to manage money when everything feels so fragile.
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Astronauts Discuss Upcoming Mission NASAElon Musk's SpaceX wins $2.9 billion NASA moon landing contract MarketWatchEndeavour moved to 39A as astronauts arrive and Crew-2 mission is cleared for launch - NASASpaceFlight.com NASASpaceflight.comNASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on Moon NASAInternational astronaut crew arriving at Kennedy Space Center ahead of liftoff WKMG News 6 ClickOrlandoView Full Coverage on Google News
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 The global death toll from the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 rose above 3 million on Saturday, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University, as the case tally climbed above 140 million. The U.S. leads the world in cases and deaths by wide margins, with 31.6 million cases and 566,238 deaths. The U.S. added at least 78,932 new cases and 940 new deaths on Friday, according to a New York Times tracker. The U.S. has averaged 70,117 cases a day in the past week, up 8% from the average two weeks ago.
Outside of the U.S., India has replaced Brazil as the country with the second highest number of cases at 14.5 million, and is fourth globally by deaths at 175,649. Brazil is third by cases at 13.8 million and second with a death toll of 368,749. Mexico is third by deaths at 211,693 and 14th highest by cases at 2.3 million. The U.K. has 4.4 million cases and 127,472 deaths, the highest in Europe and fifth highest in the world.
Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
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First-time stock investors are making money now but market veterans know how this story ends.
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What is Dogecoin? How a joke became hotter than bitcoin CNNDogecoin's popularity soars — Robinhood and Coinbase benefit CNBC TelevisionA $1000 bet on Dogecoin at the start of 2021 could now buy a Tesla Yahoo FinanceWho's laughing now? Dogecoin's epic surge creating overnight millionaires MarketWatch
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Intel Corp. earnings --- as will earnings from every other major chip maker this season --- will be probed for how quickly the industry is managing to ease supply issues that have plagued semiconductor customers for most of COVID-19
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Worried about future tax hikes? Read this before you convert your accounts to Roth
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Congress, like many other areas of American life, is slowly but surely beginning to return to normal as more lawmakers and staff get vaccinated and the level of coronavirus worry ebbs. Lawmakers say there's still a long ways to go yet, though.
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The Dow and S&P 500 closed at all-time highs, extending their recent rallies to four weeks in a row, amid a fresh flurry of first-quarter financial results.
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More gains on Friday have investors looking in the wrong place for future gains.
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The Chinese economy grew by a record 18.3% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period of 2020, when it had shrunk for the first time in decades due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The World Health Organization warned Friday that the global tally of confirmed cases of the coronavirus-borne illness COVID-19 has almost doubled in the last two months, and is now approaching the highest rate seen since the start of the pandemic.
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U.S. stocks on Friday finished the week on a strong note, with the Dow and S&P 500 posting their second consecutive closing records and the Nasdaq Composite ending within a stone's throw of its record. Bullish investors point to a strong start to earnings season from the likes of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group coupled with blowout economic reports, notably a 10% rise in retail sales in March and weekly jobless claims figures falling to a pandemic low. Further helping lift buying momentum was a momentary pause in a climb for bond yields, which had previously been a sign of rising borrowing costs for investors and companies. The 10-year Treasury note yield finished at 1.571% on Friday, up on the day but down nearly 10 basis points on the week, marking its sharpest weekly drop in about 10 months. Against that backdrop, the Dow Jones Indusrtrial Average closed up by about 165 points, or 0.5%, to reach around 34,200, extending its climb beyond the 34,000 milestone achieved on Thursday. The S&P 500 index closed at a record high, up 0.4% to 4,185, while the Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 0.1% at 14,052, about 0.3% from its closing high or a little over 40 points. For the week, the Dow booked a 1.2% gain and the S&P 500 ended 1.4% higher, marking their fourth consecutive weekly climbs. The Nasdaq Composite closed up 1.1% for the week to mark its third straight weekly advance.
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Crypto exchange's market listing heightens Wall St debate over future of digital currencies
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U.S. stocks shot higher at the open Friday, aiming for fresh records, as economic reports and corporate results remained strong. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 157 points, 0.5%, to open near 34,193, while the S&P 500 added 15 points, 0.4%, starting trading near 4,185. Both indexes clinched record closes Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite index, meanwhile, ticked up 0.1%, about 15 points, to trade near 14,053. The pace of residential construction quickened in March, according to the most recent housing starts report and Morgan Stanley said profit doubled in the first quarter, topping analyst expectations.
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 Esports stock is soaring again after making a 6-fold jump in its public debut
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