S&P 500 winning streak extends to sixth straight record close
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 reached its sixth consecutive all-time closing high on Thursday, as a new quarter and the second half of the year began with upbeat economic data and a broad-based rally.Investors now eye Friday’s much-anticipated employment report.The bellwether index is enjoying its longest winning streak since early February, and the last time it logged six straight all-time highs was last August.“Historical data shows if you have a strong first half, the second half of the year was ac
The S&P 500 notched another record high on Tuesday amid bullish economic data but retreated toward the flat line later in the session as Wall Street continued its recent period of low volatility.The broad market index ticked up less than 0.1% to 4,291.80, good enough for its fourth-straight record close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with a gain of about 9 points after being up more than 100 points earlier in the session, closing at 34,292.29. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite added ab
JPMorgan says Goldman Sachs is its top investment banking stock — and picks 7 more to buy
The future of investment banking is changing, and JPMorgan has named eight stocks that it thinks will benefit.“The Investment Banking industry, in our view, is in a much better shape today compared to where it has ever been,” the bank said in an analyst note this week.It sees four primary reasons for that: Lower risk thanks to a shift to more sustainable and less capital-intensive business, higher barriers for entry, more “sustainable” revenue streams and an increasing share of captive wealth m