U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday, the first day of trading in the second quarter. The first quarter came to a disappointing end for investors yesterday, as a 200-point drop in the Dow sent the leading index back into negative territory for 2015.
The continued market volatility drove stock prices...
U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday, as investors digested a mixed bag of news and data.
Widespread selloffs in government bonds pushed 10-year Treasury yields to their 2015 high of 2.25 at one point on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen offered her opinion that stock market valuations are...
An increase in the price of oil and strong showings within the financial industry gave stocks a boost today. The Dow Jones industrial average added more than 160 points with Chevron and Goldman Sachs leading the Dow. Oill rose 4.5% closing at $42 per barrel (a 2016 high) following...
U.S. stock markets finished Tuesday mostly flat, after a day filled with uncertainty due to oil prices and 4th quarter earnings.
It was a bad morning on Wall Street, as the Dow fell over 100 points during the early part of the session. Oil prices dropped almost 5% on Tuesday...
Following yesterday's advances on Wall Street where the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 222 points (thanks to a rally in financial shares), the Dow gave back much of those gains due to poor corporate earnings reports. The Dow lost over 200 points due mostly to disappointing first quarter earnings...
Stocks finished the day mostly lower on declines in health care and technology stocks, as Apple fell to a level not seen in nearly 2 years. The retail sector also took another hit as Nordstrom stock fell 14% on disappointing 1st quarter earnings. Today's market news was also highlighted...
U.S. stocks were lower Monday, beginning a week that follows new record highs on the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices.
The S&P moved up slightly Friday to eclipse its all-time record high by fractions of a point, while the NASDAQ soared past its previous high attained in March 2000.
This week...
Coming off its worst week in months, the Dow attempted to recover this week… but those efforts were undone by more weak economic data. The Federal Reserve still won’t commit to an interest rate hike, and as we reach the end of July, the Dow is still underwater for...
The next-to-last-day of 2014 was a tumultuous one on Wall Street, as low volume trading led to a decline of almost 2% in the utilities sector.
Overall, 2014 has been a positive year for utilities, which are up more than 25%. That’s why many experts were caught off guard by...
But investors aren’t wiping the 2014 sweat from their foreheads just yet. December’s jobs data delivered an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate but was dwarfed by the even less expected weak number of jobs gained in December.
The Dow Jones finished at 16,483.26 (+0.67%)
The S&P 500 finished at 1,848.39 (0.52%)
The Nasdaq...
