Month: November 2021

News of a new, highly virulent COVID variant triggered a market sell-off on Friday, sending stocks into negative territory for the week.

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Stocks were mixed last week in choppy trading as investors battled the crosscurrents of good economic data and a troubling rise in COVID-19 infections globally.

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Stocks posted small declines last week as investors digested recent stock market gains and an unexpectedly high inflation read.

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A Federal Reserve announcement on tapering, a fresh batch of corporate profits, and encouraging economic data lifted stocks to another weekly gain.

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A fresh wave of positive corporate earnings surprises sent markets to new record highs last week.

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