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There are curious things happening in global markets - things that seem to fly in the face of traditional financial understanding.

Although now long retired, the octogenarian George Soros is widely considered the greatest speculator of all time.

To be sure, the current stock market seems to have little memory from one day to the next. This is evidenced by the fact that Monday's gain marked the first time since February 17 that the S&P 500 managed to put in back-to-back gains over...

The stock market has been gorging on gains over the last six years and the big question is are we ready for a crash diet...

Despite mostly downside surprises from U.S. economic data, hopes of a slower pace in interest rate normalization from the Federal Reserve pushed U.S. stocks and bonds upward. A seesaw week for U.S. stocks ended on the upside last week, though the...

By Craig Erlam...