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The great inflation spike of the past three years is nearly spent — and economists credit American consumers for helping slay it

Asian markets were mixed Monday as investors try to move on from last week's upheaval that was fuelled by US recession worries, with focus on the release of key inflation and retail data.

The Federal Reserve cut rates again at its December meeting, and lower borrowing costs could boost these large-cap stocks.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed up +0.47%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.13%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.54%. US stocks settled moderately higher on Friday due to an improvement in market sentiment....

Palantir Technologies and Sweetgreen were two notable gainers Friday, while Intel continued to fall.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Friday fell by -0.07%. Friday's dovish comments from Boston Fed President Collins weighed on the dollar when she said she sees Fed rate cuts “soon” if inflation keeps falling. Losses in the dollar are limited as weakness in stocks boosted some liquidity demand for the...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up +0.70%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.40%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.75%. US stocks today are trading higher. Akamai Technologies is up more than +10% after reporting...

When mortgage rates dip, timing may be everything.

After a quick and nasty correction the stock market has bounced back nicely to end the week. This helped the S&P 500 (SPY) reclaim some valuable lost ground. But one does have to be curious if this rally is for real...or is there more downside ahead? Steve Reitmeister shares his…