Bloomberg Avoiding smaller stocks around recessions may be a big error. While US small-cap and midcap equities have historically underperformed large caps during recession-linked down- turns, the gap pales in comparison with smaller stocks’ superior returns over a full economic cycle, according to a note from JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Eduardo Lecubarri. They say an economic contraction …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve is moving too fast with interest-rate increases and dismissed concerns about inflation, exte- nding his run of criticism that central bankers have largely disregarded as they push ahead with higher borrowing costs. “I don’t like it,” Trump said at the White House, referring to the Fed’s rate hikes, the most recent of …

Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. won a decisive ruling at France’s top court in its bid to strike down an indictment that ordered the bank to stand trial for helping clients commit tax fraud more than a decade ago. France’s Cour de Cassation ruled last month that a lower court should have thrown out the 2016 indictment after finding that …