Bloomberg To best observe the real-world impact of Federal Reserve largesse in the stock market, maybe focus on its fringe. That is, places occupied by companies whose lease on life is weakest: small-cap firms that don’t make any money. Since equities bottomed around the time Fed Chair Jerome Powell pulled out all the stops to shore up markets, shares of ...

Bloomberg Crude clung to losses amid a combination of weak economic data and signals that a recovery in consumption may be slowing. Futures posted a 0.4% decline in New York. Although strength in US equities pushed oil up from the lows of the session, futures were unable to rally amid a flurry of disappointing data points. In the US, consumer ...

Bloomberg European Union (EU) leaders meeting in Brussels for a second day are closing in on a deal for a 750 billion-euro ($860 billion) stimulus package after the Dutch government indicated support for the direction of the negotiations. A new proposal unveiled on Saturday, which would keep the overall size of the fund the same but reduce the amount distributed ...