S&P

The reduction, which includes 15% of senior management, is part of a larger effort to cut costs and automate more business.

A growing body of research is looking into whether the expanding influence of passively managed funds is making companies less willing to compete.

The firm’s new CEO Ronald O’Hanley is pushing to reduce expenses, automate more functions and simplify organizational structure.

Slower economic growth and increased market volatility have investors seeking large companies with healthy balance sheets.

Daily volume jumped 22% to 20 million contracts in 2018.

A recent herding to the sector may be more of a gut reaction rather than a careful evaluation.

Inversions have occurred seven times since the early 1950s and all but one of those instances preceded equity gains.

In the Treasury market, all eyes remain on the yield curve after three-year yields climbed above those of the five-year bonds.

Price moves have become more pronounced among the companies managers expect to rise.

Investors have grown cautious following October’s rout in global markets.