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What’s behind the 34-year roundtrip for the Nikkei 225

The Nikkei 225 — an oddly constructed index covering the top 225 Japanese companies — is back at levels not reached since 1989.

Many Americans’ credit-card debt now towers over their savings. Here’s how to build an emergency fund while paying off debt.

More than one-third of U.S. households (36%) say they are carrying more credit-card debt month to month than they have in emergency savings funds, according to a new survey.

Japan’s Nikkei stock index briefly tops record high

Japan’s benchmark index continues to scale new peaks, rising briefly above the record closing high level reached at the height of the Japanese asset bubble in 1989.

Nvidia’s sheer dominance can be summed up by this one underrated number

One component of Nvidia’s financials — its gross profit margin — tells its own story right now

BuzzFeed shares soar after it sells Complex — but for far less than what it paid in 2021

The digital-media company also said it would lay off 16% of its remaining staff.

The ‘cardboard-box’ recession is over. An out-of-the-box economic recovery is coming.

Forget the Super Bowl Indicator — watch the “cardboard-box indicator.”

Royal Caribbean raises guidance on heated demand for cruises

Higher demand for cruises, higher spending at cruises lead Royal Caribbean to raise profit guidance for the year.

Chord Energy, Canada’s Enerplus to combine into $11 billion company, with eye on ‘premier’ position in North Dakota’s Williston basin

Deal is latest in burgeoning merger and acquisitions transactions for energy companies, including major deals for Exxon and Chevron.

SunRun is the latest solar stock to take a dive, amid concerns over weaker demand

Shares of SunRun Inc. fell on Wednesday after the residential solar-power installer and energy-storage provider reported fourth-quarter results that missed Wall Street’s expectations, making it the latest solar-industry player to take a hit from concerns about weaker demand.

The U.S. economy needs older workers. Congress can help.

Economic growth depends on employees over 55 participating in the workforce.

‘Do we need another too-big-to-fail bank?’ Capital One–Discover merger’s fate could depend on 2024 presidential election.

Capital One’s proposed merger with Discover will test the Biden administration’s commitment to reining in the excesses of the financial-services industry, and economic concentration more broadly.

Wall Street keeps likening Nvidia to dot-com-era Cisco. Is the comparison justified?

A chart comparing Nvidia Corp.’s performance to that of Cisco Systems during the dot-com bubble years has made the rounds on social media and in Wall Street research reports. It certainly looks ominous.
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