Why the Venture Capital Secondary Market Is So Hot Right Now

Apr 28, 2025 | Markets, Private Markets, Recommended

Venture capital investing should be relatively simple: You hand money to a new company to help it grow in exchange for a stake in the business. After a few years, once it’s established and able to turn a profit, you sell your interest in an initial public offering or...

S&P 500 Posts Longest Winning Run Since January: Markets Wrap

Apr 25, 2025 | Markets

A solid Wall Street week ended with gains for stocks as a rally in the market’s most-influential group offset conflicting signals about progress in President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations. Bonds and the dollar rose. The surge in megacaps sent the S&P 500 above...

Bezos-Backed Startup Launches Cheap, US-Made Electric Pickup

Apr 25, 2025 | Markets

A Jeff Bezos-backed startup aims to appeal to American car buyers’ patriotism and pocketbooks. Slate Auto plans to debut a small electric-powered, American-made pickup for less than $20,000 with federal subsidies. The bare bones, two-seater truck is designed to make a...

Data-Crunching Wall Street Skeptics Sit Out the Turnaround Trade

Apr 25, 2025 | Markets

Michael Mullaney’s mind was elsewhere during the market rebound this week, even as stocks surged, borrowing costs for Corporate America eased and Treasuries settled down. Instead, the head of research at value-investing firm Boston Partners found himself checking and...

US Consumer Sentiment Slides While Inflation Expectations Jump

Apr 25, 2025 | Markets

US consumer sentiment fell to one of the lowest readings on record and long-term inflation expectations climbed to the highest since 1991 on fears of the economic fallout from tariffs. The final April sentiment index fell to 52.2 from 57 a month earlier, according to...