• What’s next for stocks as ‘tired’ market stalls in 2024 ahead of closely-watched retail sales

    U.S. stocks are struggling to advance in early 2024, as investors digest the start of company earnings reports kicked off by Wall Street banks and eye inflation ahead of a closely-watched retail sales report. “The stock and bond markets are marking time,” said Yardeni Research in a Jan. 11 note. “They might continue to do so during the first half of this year,” the firm wrote, but “the stock market should resume its advance during the second half.”The S&P

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