Chinese stocks did badly in 2023. And in 2022. And in 2021. Will this year finally be the year for a sustained rebound? With China’s property sector woes unresolved, betting on the market as a whole still looks risky—even though shares, particularly in Hong Kong, are trading at phenomenally cheap valuations. But that doesn’t mean … Read more
Updated Dec. 30, 2023 12:10 am ET A resilient U.S. economy and cooling inflation fueled an intense year-end bond rally. Now, some suspect investors are too sanguine about the months ahead. The rally marked the latest in a series of swings that sent the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury, which falls when bond prices … Read more
With stocks starting to price in interest-rate cuts next year, the biotech sector has emerged as a winner for investors seeking riskier bets with more distant payoffs. But investing in this industry is tricky because biotech is a sector of haves and have-nots. While every industry has its winners and losers, the gap in biotech … Read more
As with losses on stocks, investors can use them to reduce taxes on their investment gains if the bonds or bond funds are held in taxable accounts … Source link