Weekly Insider Money Tracking: Alphabet Major Shareholder Added 1600,000 Shares of Stock

U.S. stocks rose Friday morning, though consumer discretionary stocks were in decline, weighed down by a sales warning from e-commerce giant Amazon.

Investors worry that a much-feared U.S. economic slowdown is beginning to take root as consumers and businesses pull back amid stubbornly high inflation and tighter central-bank policy.

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