Stock Futures Waver Ahead of Retail Earnings, Housing Numbers

U.S. stock futures wobbled, with investors awaiting further developments on the stimulus package and U.S.-China trade relations amid thin trading volumes. 


 
A Chinese Power Stock With a Mighty Tailwind

Ming Yang Smart Energy Group benefits from Chinese stimulus and a lack of baggage that weighs down many competitors. 


 
Community-Based Lenders See Surge of Interest

A network of financial institutions set up to address economic inequality have received multimillion-dollar investments from Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of America, Netflix and Google, among others, following the coronavirus pandemic and the heightened attention on race. 


 
Looking to Refinance? Those Rock-Bottom Mortgage Rates Aren't for You

Homeowners across the country are rushing to refinance at record-low interest rates. Many are finding that lenders have reserved their best rates for buyers. 


 
Selloff in Emerging-Market Currencies Shows No Sign of Respite

The Brazilian real, the South African rand and the Turkish lira have lost about 20% of their value against the dollar this year, putting the former two on course for their biggest annual declines since 2015. 


 
New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Slip to Lowest Since Late June

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic approached 775,000, after a hopeful start to the week in the U.S., which saw the lowest daily number of new cases in nearly eight weeks. 


 
State Panel to Investigate Complaints of Calpers Investment Conflict

California officials said they opened an investigation into whether the former investment chief for the nation's largest pension fund violated state conflict-of-interest laws by holding personal investments in private-equity firms in which the fund is also an investor. 


 
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Joins the Gold Rush

Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Barrick Gold adds it to the list of big-name investors making wagers tied to the precious metal amid significant economic uncertainty. 


 
Home Builders Enjoy Covid Immunity, For Now

Builders of new homes serve a demographic than has been less impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. 


 
Revival of Brazil's Corporate-Bond Market Lures Foreign Investors

Foreign investors are flocking to the relatively high yields offered by big Brazilian corporations such as Petrobras, Vale and Braskem.