The stock market finally ended its losing streak on Wednesday, as investors happily grabbed a hold of any good news they could find.
This morning it was oil rallying for the first time in days—up by over 3.5 percent at one point. Energy producers, in turn, led Wall Street gains....
U.S. stocks moved up on Thursday, the last day of a shortened—but busy—trading week on Wall Street.
The Dow continued its retreat Wednesday, effectively wiping out all of the gains from Monday’s 263-point rally. A 200-point drop on Tuesday did most of the damage and pushed the leading index back...
It was a down day on Wall St. as stocks closed lower across the board. Investors continued to consider the possibility of a December rate hike and looked closely at 3rd quarter earnings.
According to CNBC:
"Should the economy show signs of improvement and global conditions do not worsen, the Federal...
U.S. stocks were hammered on Thursday, as investors continued to fret over the dropping price of oil.
Crude oil dipped below $40 per barrel early on Thursday, a fresh 6 ½ year low for prices. The latest drop was buoyed by an unexpected surplus in the latest report on U.S....
U.S. stocks were down Monday, as investors wait for the final details of Greece’s bailout extension.
News of the extension pushed the Dow and S&P 500 to record closes Friday, when it was announced that Euro zone finance ministers had agreed to continue the bailout process through June. The deal...
The final day of the trading week ended one of the worst weeks in Wall Street's history & the session ended much as it began on Monday, with big losses. The major indexes finished the week with losses of nearly 6 percent or more, one of their worst starts...
CNBC reported late today that the Fed is telling banks to prepare for the possibility of negative interest rates.
"For the first time ever, the governing agency and U.S. central bank is requiring banks to include, in a round of stress tests commencing this year, to prepare for the possibility...
The market displayed some explosive volatility today and eventually continued its downward slide from last Friday. At one point the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down over 400 points before recovering half the losses.. The major concern today was worries over global growth. Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward...
As the markets finished with gains across the board today, came news that should be very disheartening to women. According to The National Institute on Retirement Security, a nonprofit research center, women are 80 percent more likely than men to be face poverty at age 65 and older. Women...
U.S. stocks were largely split on Wednesday, as gains in Disney and consumer discretionary spending battled against the screeching halt of the oil rally.
The Dow lost 510 points in the last week of January, but regained all but nine of them in the first two days of February trading....
