The Russell 2000 has trailed the S&P 500 since the Federal Reserve cut interest rates. Investing titans are jostling to launch funds made up of hard-to-trade private loans.

U.S. stock indexes faltered Thursday as investors weighed the risk of escalating conflict in the Middle East against largely upbeat data that has helped ease worries about the U.S. labor market. The ...

Oil futures finished higher for a third straight session on Thursday, prompting prices to turn higher for the year, as traders awaited Israel's response to a missile barrage earlier this week by Iran ...

The Institute for Supply Management's services-activity index increased to 54.9 in September from 51.5 in August, well beyond the small increase expected by economists. The pound fell sharply Thursday ...

TOKYO--Japan's new prime minister has instructed his cabinet ministers to come up with a comprehensive economic package, saying the nation needs to focus at least three years on combating deflation.

Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of a new solid-state drive that stores and transfers data for artificial-intelligence personal computers. The South Korean tech giant said Friday that its ...

Levi Strauss cut its revenue outlook for the year and is once again exploring the potential sale of Dockers, the latest move by CEO Michelle Gass to focus the company on its namesake brand. The ...

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Ultimately, the port strike in the U.S. is emblematic of broader shifts in the American workforce and the integration of technology in the workplace. As older generations retire and younger ones seek ...

Though the number of unionized, highly paid roles in the blue-collar world are dwindling, there are a few other blue-collar jobs that pay six-figure salaries similar to those earned by some ...

The ETF's outperformance over the past year is even stronger, surpassing the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust's SPY rise by almost 12 percentage points. The Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF skyrocketed 46.6% in ...

Still, Spirit has cut flight routes and it has faced more competition with legacy carriers who offer their own no-frills discounted fares. JetBlue (JBLU) ended its merger agreement with Spirit after ...