What the CEOs of Walgreens, Hilton and Progressive think about the Great Resignation

Omicron-specific vaccine boosters are now in humans as trials begin

Enlarge / A vial of the current Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Ivan Romano) The first doses of omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccines went into the arms of clinical trial participants this week. This takes place just as the towering wave of cases from the ultratransmissible coronavirus variant appears to be cresting in the US and […]

The fundamental flaw in cap-weighted index funds

Could the investor stampede into index funds create an opportunity to beat the indexes? Ironically, it might—but only for investors with a long investing horizon and a strong stomach. This intriguing possibility emerges from a new paper by researchers at Michigan State University, the London School of Economics, and the University of California at Irvine, which focuses on S&P […]

Stocks and crypto falter, looking set to close out the week on a losing streak

U. S. futures have been up and down—but mostly down—all morning. Read More