U.S. stocks went on a roller-coaster ride Tuesday, losing 100 points before reversing course to trade close to even.
For months, we’ve been reading and hearing about how a stronger dollar was bad for stocks and American businesses. Yet Tuesday morning saw the dollar lose value against a number of...
U.S. stocks were slightly higher Monday, as the markets attempted to rebound from a discouraging finish to the month of May.
Stocks were down for six of the last eight trading sessions in May, culminating in Friday’s 115-point loss on the Dow. Now June begins, a discouraging sign for investors...
U.S. stocks were lower on Thursday, as hopes of averting the debt crisis in Greece were dashed overnight.
Wednesday saw the markets recover from a Tuesday sell-off, partly on the strength of Greek optimism regarding a deal to solve the nation’s ongoing credit crisis. But European officials denied claims that...
U.S. stocks were higher on Wednesday, as markets attempted to recover from Tuesday's clobbering.
The Dow, NASDAQ and S&P 500 all lost more than 1% on Tuesday—the worst day this month on Wall Street. The dollar was the main culprit, rising more than 1.3% during the day and reaching its...
U.S. stocks were considerably lower Tuesday morning, as Wall Street geared up for numerous data releases after the Memorial Day holiday.
Both the Dow and S&P 500 hit new record highs last week, but finished lower to close the week on Friday. On Tuesday, investors watched the following data releases...
U.S. stock futures were mostly flat on Thursday, the day after the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee all but confirmed an interest rate hike before the end of 2015.
While only a few policymakers support a rate hike as soon as June, the...
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...
U.S. stocks were mixed in Tuesday afternoon trading, as market momentum slowed in the face of new increases in Treasury yields.
The market moved up on Tuesday morning after receiving better-than-expected housing data. Construction began on 1.13 million new houses in April—considerably better than the expected 1.02 million.
However, 10-year Treasury...
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...
U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday, as the markets rebounded from their first-three day losing streak since March.
Disappointing retails sales figures pushed the markets lower yesterday, and today the focus changed to weekly jobless claims data and the producer price index, which expert hoped would shed light on inflation.
Jobless...
