favored

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In 2025, even though value stocks appear to be making something of a comeback, it’s still been another year that investors have favored those companies with a growth orientation.

From MarketWatch

According to FBI sources who spoke to Salon, Andrew Bailey, who until recently was Missouri’s attorney general, is favored to take over the role of FBI director “probably around the first of the year.”

From Salon

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, who will be a voting member of the Fed’s interest-rate committee next year, said she favored a higher rate.

From MarketWatch

Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, who will be a voting member of the Fed’s interest-rate committee next year, said she favored a higher rate.

From MarketWatch

Investors have favored riskier stocks such as major artificial-intelligence names and financials, consumer, and manufacturing, which benefit from a strengthening economy.

From Barron's