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Jeremy Siegel, the Wharton professor credited for calling Dow 20,000 in 2015, shared with CNBC his bullish market outlook despite the potential for a surge in coronavirus cases. See full story.
After Dow inclusion news, Salesforce stock soars on reveal of first $5 billion quarter
A day after Salesforce.com Inc. was announced as the first cloud-software entry into the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the San Francisco company announced that it had collected $5 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, sending its stock toward fresh record highs. See full story.
Why Dow’s shake-up is bad for stocks added to it—and less bad for those booted
Inclusion in the 124-year old, blue-chip equity benchmark is usually coveted by major companies but recent history suggests that the near-term performance of shares added to the stock-market gauge actually perform relatively worse, while those booted from the index have outperformed, based on data over the past 20 years, according to Dow Jones Market Data. See full story.
Coronavirus update: U.S. death toll tops 177,000 as FDA head acknowledges he misspoke on convalescent plasma
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus illness COVID-19 climbed above 177,000 on Tuesday, as experts continued to question claims made about the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients and a leading government official conceded he misspoke at a Sunday press briefing. See full story.
These ‘Dividend Aristocrat’ stocks have been raising their dividends for decades, and there have been no dividend cuts during the pandemic
Dozens of other S&P 500 companies, in contrast, have reduced their payouts. See full story.
MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE
How to build ‘grounded optimism’: Be rooted to the past, connected to the present, and looking to the future, writes Shannon Huffman Polson. See full story.
