Stock Market Aims For Leadership Following September's Mixed Bag

Soaring interest rates put the brakes on the stock market rally and accelerated the sell-off in bond funds in a volatile third quarter. The July-through-September period was a mixed bag for fund investors. The average U.S. diversified stock fund slid 2.9% in the third quarter. That trimmed its year-to-date return to 9.6%, according to Lipper Refinitiv data. The question going…