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As 2018 draws to a close and the reality of recreational marijuana in Canada sinks in, the next round of initial public offerings in the cannabis sector will likely come from U.S.-based companies looking to raise cash.

Dow stages 750-point reversal as stocks climb all the way back into the green

Lululemon tops the list of stock picks for analysts at MKM Partners and Cowen.

Boston Scientific’s latest deal, a takeover of privately held Millipede, will help the company build out its franchise of heart-valve repair and replacement treatments, Needham analysts said Thursday.

Stocks are paring their losses as they enter final 30 minutes of trading

A cooling housing market could mean lower prices, but it’s not all good news for buyers.

Stock-market volatility is on the rise. An index often referred to as Wall Street’s “fear gauge” is set to close above 30 for the fourth day in a row, something it hasn’t done in seven years.

Amazon.com Inc.’s Solimo private label products, which compete with products sold in traditional drugstores, is slowing down, according to Jefferies.

If you’re waiting for trillions to be ‘put to work,’ do the math.

ADT fined $100,000 for skirting SEC financial reporting guidelines

Crude-oil prices settled sharply lower Thursday, fresh off the biggest one-day rally for futures in more than two years. West Texas Intermediate crude for February delivery finished down $1.61, or 3.48%, at $44.61 a barrel. The contract has ended lower four of the past five sessions and seven of the past nine.Thursday's drop marks only the worst day since Christmas Eve, according to FactSet data. The session's decline comes as equity markets and those for crude have moved in lock step in recent action... Читать дальше...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday afternoon was trading near session lows, a day after the index booked the sharpest single-session point rally in its history. The Dow, most recently, was down 573 points, or 2.5%, at 22,302, with the other major indexes also headed sharply lower on the day. The S&P 500 index fell 2.6% at 2,402, while the Nasdaq Composite Index declined 3.1% in broad-market selling at 6,350. The moves highlight a regime of outsize volatility on Wall Street coming in the last several trading sessions of 2018.

That massive stock-market rebound on Boxing Day was a sucker’s rally, writes Michael Sincere.

Here are the deadlines for the most lenient — and strict — return policies this holiday season.

Martin Feldstein looks at the data.

Gold futures settled solidly higher Thursday, inching toward a fresh six-month high as the dollar eased and U.S. stocks retreated following a postholiday surge. February gold on Comex finished the session $8.10, or 0.6%, higher at $1,281.10 an ounce, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 index retreated sharply from Wednesday's 5% gains, underscoring uncertainty brewing in markets--offering a bullish path for gold futures to climb toward a psychologically significant level at $1,300. Читать дальше...

The U.S. dollar weaken on Thursday, nearly erasing its Boxing Day gains, while haven currencies strengthen, amid a fresh retrenchment in risk appetite, a day after stock markets staged a historic burst higher.

Netflix gave fans a holiday surprise on Wednesday when it dropped the trailer for ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.’

A massive surge for stocks on Wednesday did little to put bearish worries to rest, with history showing that market surges often occur in the midst of sustained downdrafts.

For the first time in 17 years, there’s a replacement for Hillary Clinton as the woman Americans admire most.

Residential and commercial security company ADT has earned the wrath of the Securities and Exchange Commission — and a $100,000 fine — over its failure to give equal prominence to financial measures reported under the industry standard as nonstandard ones.

The new look was actually a ‘bug,’ a spokeswoman said.

Why it’s so hard to stop shopping in secret.

U.S. stocks give back a chunk of the previous day’s massive rally, which in turn was a snapback from the worst Christmas Eve performance in history.

Contrarian stock-market indicator is flashing green: Mark Hulbert