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BEIJING — Chinese mutual funds have been on a tear this year, a sign of changing investor behavior as the local capital markets mature. More than 1,100 new funds have launched this year, for a scale of issuance that’s topped 2.5 trillion yuan ($373.1 billion) as of Friday, the last trading day of October, according

Pedestrians carrying shopping bags cross a street in front of the Macy’s flagship store in the Herald Square area of New York, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Nina Westervelt | Bloomberg | Getty Images Americans have shown they are eager to shop, even during a recession and global health crisis, the National Retail Federation’s chief

Traders wait for the Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 2, 2014. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alibaba — Shares dropped more than 5% after Ant Group’s record-setting initial public offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong was suspended. Alibaba owns roughly

A shopper is seen wearing a mask while shopping at a Walmart store, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, July 20, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters At some Walmart stores, robots have roamed the sales floors and helped check if shelves were stocked. But the big-box retailer has now decided to end its contract with the

Fundstrat Global Advisors Tom Lee is calling for stocks to rally into year-end. It’s not dependent on any single election outcome. Rather, it takes into account three widely-talked about scenarios. Lee’s base case: Joe Biden wins with a blue wave due to his strength in the polls and betting markets. “That rally is roughly 10%,”

A person wears a protective face outside the AMC 34th Street 14 movie theater as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on July 31, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images AMC, starved for cash, is looking to

SHANGHAI — Chinese fintech giant Lufax is laying the groundwork for international expansion over the next five years, following a cash injection from its U.S. IPO, the company’s chief executive told CNBC. Lufax started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday raising around $2.36 billion. The stock fell as much as 14.3% on

Time Square, New York, April 8, 2016, Times Square is a major landmark of New York, brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements. William Rodrigues dos Santos Had this been a normal year, the Tony Awards would have occurred in June and Broadway would be gearing up for its lucrative holiday season. Instead, the Great White

Monty Rakusen | Cultura | Getty Images Company: Contura Energy, Inc. (CTRA) Business: Contura is large scale provider of metallurgical (“met”) and thermal coal. The company has mining operations across coal basins in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. It supplies both metallurgical coal to produce steel and thermal coal to generate power. The met coal

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) Shameka Johnson, wearing NFL Green Bay Packers apparel, processes a nasal swab at a drive-thru testing site outside the Southside Health Center as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 21, 2020. Bing Guan | Reuters The United States reported a record 88,521 new coronavirus cases on Thursday

Brenan Hefner, co-founder and chief operating officer of Analyst Hub, and his family outside of their former home in Pelham, NY. Source: Brian Hefner Like many before him, Brenan Hefner arrived in New York 20 years ago in search of a career on Wall Street. His journey will sound familiar to those drawn to the

A woman wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, runs with Cruise Ships docked in the background at the port of Long Beach, California on April 11, 2020. Apu Gomes | AFP | Getty Images Cruise stocks rose Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Erin Scott | Bloomberg via Getty Images The Federal Reserve has lowered the barriers on its lending program for smaller businesses as part of an effort to broaden the appeal of the sparsely used facility. In another pair

Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is redrawing the flight patterns of America’s private jets, as airports in resort towns see big jumps in traffic while flights near cities decline, according to a new report. Private jet flights at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton, New York, surged 172% in October, according to data from Tuvoli,

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Twitter – Shares dropped more than 20% after the social media company reported user growth that fell short of expectations amid heightened scrutiny and the challenge of handling posts around the U.S. election. Twitter ad revenue grew 15% year over year to $808 million, but the company

People wear protective face masks outside Starbucks in Union Square as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 29, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Starbucks is expected to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here’s what

CFRA’s Sam Stovall acknowledges the market may feel like a rollercoaster over the next few weeks. But he believes any damage should be contained to November regardless of who wins the presidency. “Investors say ‘okay, usually by then we know who the president is, now we can try to organize our portfolios and our mindsets