Jan 12, 2026 | Markets
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. shares sank after holiday sales disappointed investors, helping spark a selloff in retail stocks. The New Albany, Ohio-based company didn’t raise its outlook and now expects fourth-quarter sales growth of around 5%, the mid-point of its...
Jan 12, 2026 | Markets
Five Below Inc. boosted its sales forecast beyond Wall Street estimates after reporting a banner holiday shopping season. The discount chain now sees comparable sales for the fourth quarter rising about 14.5%, roughly doubling a previous outlook. Analysts on average...
Jan 12, 2026 | Markets
Funds stung by the property downturn limit client withdrawals, after assuring ordinary investors they were safe Andre El-Baba never imagined an investment fund could trap him. A lifelong property manager from Vancouver, he’d spent decades navigating real estate...
Jan 11, 2026 | Markets
US consumers probably experienced only a modest pickup in inflation as 2025 drew to a close, consistent with price pressures that are gradually abating. The core consumer price index, regarded as a measure of underlying inflation because it strips out volatile food...
Jan 11, 2026 | Markets
To beat the market in recent years, many investors applied a simple strategy: Load up on the biggest US technology stocks. It paid handsomely for a long time. But last year, it didn’t. For the first time since 2022, when the Federal Reserve started raising interest...
