Shares of the top dog in premium video streaming have risen 12% so far this young year, one of just 21 S&P 500 stocks with double-digit percentage returns year to date. Netflix is used to leading the way among the 500 companies that make up the popular stock index.

Shares of the top dog in premium video streaming have risen 12% so far this young year, one of just 21 S&P 500 stocks with double-digit percentage returns year to date. Netflix is used to leading the way among the 500 companies that make up the popular stock index.

The stock has climbed at an annual pace of more than 20% per year since 2009, culminating in a 55% leap over the past 12 months. Along the way, JPMorgan has restored and grown its dividend to the point that it now exceeds its pre-crisis levels, and investors hope that the Wall Street bank will reward shareholders yet again this year.

The stock has climbed at an annual pace of more than 20% per year since 2009, culminating in a 55% leap over the past 12 months. Along the way, JPMorgan has restored and grown its dividend to the point that it now exceeds its pre-crisis levels, and investors hope that the Wall Street bank will reward shareholders yet again this year.

The Lunar New Year is approaching on Jan. 28. We’re heading into the Year of the Rooster, after 12 months of the frisky monkey, and that means the brokerage CLSA is on hand with its annual Feng Shui Index to tell us what to expect in the year ahead. Specifically, this is a fire rooster year: each year also has one of five elements attached to it, the others being wood, water, earth and metal.

Wall Street closed out the week with new executive leadership in Washington, D.C., for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. Wall Street closed out the week with new executive leadership in Washington, D.C. for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.

A onetime portfolio manager for hedge fund firm Visium Asset Management LP was convicted of federal securities-fraud charges in the culmination of a three-year case that included the suicide of a fellow executive who was also charged. The jury deliberated for a little more than 90 minutes before finding Stefan Lumiere guilty on all three counts related to inflating the price of bonds in the firm’s credit fund to hide losses from investors.

The European Central Bank kept its super-easy monetary policy unchanged as expected on Thursday, maintaining extraordinary stimulus to aid a tepid recovery in growth after nearly a decade in the doldrums. With growth slowly picking up pace, the ECB kept rates deep in negative territory and asset buys at a record pace, likely arguing that the recovery is not yet self sustaining and underlying inflation is still too low.

The dollar maintained gains after Janet Yellen said the American economy is strong enough to warrant higher interest rates. Japanese stocks climbed the most in two weeks while the yen fluctuated, and oil resumed gains after the biggest drop in more than a week.

China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries declined in November for a sixth straight month, as the world’s second-largest economy uses its foreign-exchange reserves to support the yuan. Japan’s holdings also dropped but the country kept its spot as America’s largest foreign creditor.

Wednesday was a lackluster day for the stock market, with major market benchmarks finishing the trading session mixed. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose slightly, but the Dow Jones Industrials lost ground as the positive influence of gains in the financial sector was offset by falling energy prices.

The good news keeps rolling in for bank stocks, with the U.S. Labor Department reporting today that consumer prices increased in December by 2.1% compared to the same month in 2015. The answer is: yes and no.

With euro zone growth and inflation slowly picking up pace, the European Central Bank is set to argue on Thursday that its extra-easy policy stance is still needed to keep the recovery on course. It is all but certain to leave current monetary policy in place and maintain a promise for lengthy stimulus, having extended its bond-buying program just last month.