As expected, trading is off to a boring start for the last week of trading in 2013. All three major indices showed little change on the Monday following Christmas, as many offices that move the markets are somewhat vacant due to staff taking off for the holidays. A lack...
U.S. stocks were down in Tuesday afternoon trading, following a day where mixed data drove continued volatility.
The Dow finished slightly down on Monday, marking the ninth consecutive trading session of alternating between gains and losses.
Today, comments from various Federal Reserve presidents and inflation concerns are the focus. San Francisco...
U.S. stocks were mixed on Wednesday, as investors and experts disagreed on the meaning of the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes.
The second half of this week is expected to be dominated by Federal Reserve policy statements and press conferences.
At 2 p.m. today, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from...
Usually April 15th is the day when tax filings are due to the Internal Revenue Service, but because today is "Emancipation Day" Americans have a reprieve until this Monday, April 18th to file their Federal and State tax returns.
The IRS is observing a holiday that is usually only observed...
U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday, thanks to the slow-but-steady recovery continued in the oil markets.
The Dow broke its four-day losing streak after closing slightly down on Tuesday. Investors hoped that a bounce in oil prices will end that streak today. Futures in the oil market extended gains on Wednesday...
After some encouraging employment numbers for March the Dow closed near a 4 month high ending the week on a positive note. Even though oil finished down $1.55 a barrel closing at $36.79 (which wiped out gains for the year) the Dow Jones industrial average closed up about 107...
U.S. stocks closed up on Tuesday, overlooking the ongoing debate over ending Greece’s current bailout.
On Sunday, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reinforced his pledge to end the bailout. Thus far, however, he has yet to provide a useful solution to the country’s level of debt. The European Central Bank...
A gradual increase in the price of oil over the past 4 weeks has helped the stock market pick-up some decent gains. U.S. crude oil settled up 66 cents, or 1.74 percent, at $38.50 a barrel. Oil is now up 10% in a month. Another report says that the...
U.S. stock futures were close to even Tuesday, following another disappointing day for equities on Monday.
Monday's session pushed the Dow Jones Average into the red for 2015, and continued what’s becoming a troubling string of losses on the market. 10 of the last 14 sessions have seen the major...
U.S markets opened the final week of September 2015 with a nervous level of uncertainty on the ambiguity of a possible future rate hike by the Fed, along with more worries about the global economy. The S&P 500 dropped over 2.4%, falling below the emotionally important level of 1,900...
