3M stock just had its best day on record, leaving investors slack-jawed. They aren’t exactly sure why. The answer is surprisingly simple though: It’s growth. 3M stock gained 23% on Friday after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter earnings. It was the best one-day move for the stock on record, according to Dow Jones Market Data. They looked
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband are multimillionaires with dozens of holdings in diversified index funds that would look familiar to many retirement savers. But part of their portfolio is hidden behind a trust whose holdings are at least partially obscured from the public. Harris, 59 years old, vaulted into position to lead the
If former President Donald Trump wins reelection, he will have power to set policies that affect the values of crypto, oil, and venture capital. His vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, has financial interests in all three. In 39-year-old Vance, Trump picked a young populist with connections to Silicon Valley rather than a traditional big-business conservative.
A few small-cap fund managers are bucking a broader decadelong trend of losing to large-caps by betting on a handful of winning stocks. Small-cap stocks are in a deep slump. They have underperformed large caps seven of the past eight years. That trend is continuing this year, with small caps posting a gain of just
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were rising early on Monday but the sector still faces headwinds going into the second half of the year. Bitcoin was up 4.1% over the last 24 hours to $63,311. That means the largest cryptocurrency has largely recouped the losses that came after last week’s news that the trustee of Mt. Gox,