S&P 500

Warren Buffett's firm has $128bn of cash

Stockmarkets finish 2019 at three-year highs

Muted equity returns to define the 2020s

Easing trade tensions and growing corporate earnings behind improved metrics

Investors paying premium for high-yielding companies

Market signals pose 'dilemma' for investors

Is Fed losing its independence?

Investors 'waiting on sidelines' for greater Brexit clarity

US equities began 2019 with a welcome respite, reversing course from their downward spiral in December 2018.

Debt has become the opioid crisis of the global economy.