“Papa, papa, Look! The playground is open again,” exclaimed a young girl as she gazed longingly at a group of her peers vying to be the next on the swings. The sight of Berlin children playing happily together once again was both life-affirming and terrifying. Kids aren’t the best at social distancing and we still aren’t sure how big a ...

Bloomberg Stocks jumped in Europe and Asia and US equity futures advanced as major economies edged toward reopening, the Bank of Japan boosted stimulus measures and corporate results rolled in. The dollar weakened and oil slumped. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index opened solidly higher amid a number of positive catalysts and after the gauge missed out on a late Wall ...

Bloomberg The narrowing group of winners in the S&P 500 doesn’t bode well for the future performance of US stocks, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The US benchmark is around 17% below its February record, but the median stock trades 28% from its peak, Goldman strategists including David Kostin wrote in a note. Meanwhile, the five largest companies make ...