Following the worst quarter in 4 years, stocks finished the 1st day of the 4th quarter in mixed fashion. Stocks initially fell on the first day of October after the release of The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Manufacturing Index which dipped to it’s lowest level since May 2013...
The markets retreated a bit on the last trading day of the week but they are still at or near all-time highs. With that being, said you may be wondering what happened the last time all 3 major U.S. stock indexes were at all-time record highs? Well, that was back...
The good news is, the recent volatility market slowed down this week. The bad news? It ended with four consecutive losing days! Concerns over an impending interest rate hike plus worries over the strength of the U.S. dollar sent the Dow and S&P down by more than 2% this...
The first trading day of November was marked by continued negative economic news out of China and lower oil prices but the markets gained ground none the less. The Dow ventured into positive territory for the first time in 2015, while the S&P 500 closed above 2,100 for the...
Stocks fell from their record highs today as comments from one of the Federal Reserve bank presidents spooked investors on Wall Street.
New York Fed President William Dudley said that a September rate hike "is possible."
Dudley told Fox Business Network-
"I don't think my views have changed very much. I think...
Today President Donald Trump followed through on another one of his campaign promises by signing an Executive Order designed to reduce the number government regulations and help American businesses. By signing the order Trump commands all federal agencies (starting in 2018) to create "regulatory reform" task forces which will evaluate...
The last trading day of August had many investors pondering what September will bring to Wall Street. The markets have been well known to suffer in Septembers of the past. In fact its historically proven that the stock market has had its worst performances during the month of September....
A mostly positive day on Wall Street thanks to improvement in the value of the U.S. dollar worldwide along with an increase in financial issues and materials stocks. After last week's turmoil in the markets over if and when the Fed might raise interest rates again, investors seemed pretty...
U.S. stock futures finished slightly up on Monday, extending yet another on both the Dow and the S&P 500.
Despite the continuation of disappointing economic data from the first quarter of 2015 into the second quarter, the market has moved higher in the past few weeks. Highlighted by S&P 500...
More disappointing economic data combined with concerns that the Federal Reserve will decide to raise interest rates in December led to another dismal day on Wall Street. The concern is that not only will an increase affect the rates banks charge each other to borrow, but it will also...
