China’s services growth slows to three-month low as confidence weakens

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Investors are closely monitoring earnings releases of artificial intelligence companies amid concerns about the durability of high spending and demand. While quarterly results provide key insights into a company’s performance and execution, it is prudent to focus on long-term prospects and look beyond short-term fluctuations. Top Wall Street analysts can help investors pick stocks with…

Williams-Sonoma is one of the top-performing retail stocks of the year, despite weakness in the housing market that has dampened sales of home goods. The company’s share price had climbed about 23% year to date as of Friday, outperforming the S&P 1500 Home Furnishings index as well as competitors such as Wayfair, Arhaus, Ethan Allen and…

Pending home sales declined in June as elevated mortgage rates and record-high home prices continued to weigh on buyer demand. The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), which tracks signed contracts on existing homes, fell 5.4% from May and was down 0.3% compared with a year earlier. The latest report suggests affordability…

Buying an abandoned property can be a bargain for homebuyers—if you can actually find such a property. Properties that are unclaimed by their owners are potential low-cost purchases that might be attractive to prospective homebuyers. They certainly have become all the rage on TikTok, with influencers snatching up properties left and right and sharing their…