Bloomberg Buying after a plunge, a trade rewarded virtually every time stocks pulled back in 2021, is facing a big challenge. Down hard for a second day Monday, the S&P 500 has now posted back-to-back, 1%-plus swoons twice in the past month, something it has mostly avoided doing before. It’s a worrying departure from the recent past, when 1% …

  Bloomberg Stocks rise with US equity futures Tuesday on wagers that vaccines can help tame the omicron virus outbreak and signs that US President Joe Biden could yet revive his $2 trillion economic agenda. European shares rebounded, with miners in the lead as commodities gained. Asian shares were bolstered by a rebound in Japan and a rally in Chinese …

  Bloomberg Europe is bracing for energy shortages as freezing weather sets in, boosting demand and sending prices surging at a time when supply just can’t keep up. Temperatures are forecast to fall below zero degrees Celsius in several European capitals, straining electricity grids already coping with low wind speeds and severe nuclear outages in France. To make matters worse, …