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By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP , the world's largest alternative asset manager, on Thursday reported lower-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but said it was well positioned to profit from market jitters and put more of its $42.3 billion in undrawn investor capital to work. As markets rallied … Read entire story.
It’s been a weak start for the stock market in 2024, with all major averages giving back some of the strong gains they experienced during the last two months of 2023. The Nasdaq 100 experienced a five-day losing streak as investors wonder if interest rates are due for a bounce higher after … This post […]
Stocks haven’t done much this week–and that doesn’t look to change this morning. Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal S&P 500 futures have dropped have dropped 0.2{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}, while Nasdaq Composite futures have fallen 0.1{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}, and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have dropped 0.1{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540}. FedEx (FDX) has gained 1.2{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} to …
The second health care worker diagnosed with Ebola in Texas is a 29-year-old nurse who treated the Liberian man who died of the disease in a Dallas hospital. WASHINGTON – The turbulence that’s roiling financial markets is punishing stock investors, raising worries for major U.S. companies and will likely …