Wednesday was a short, quiet day on Wall Street as the markets closed at 1 p.m. in observation of the Christmas Eve holiday.
During the brief trading day, most investors chose to focus on the weekly jobs report, where claims fell below 300,000 to bring some holiday cheer to the...
Market Recap for week of 1/19—1/23
After weeks of focusing primarily on falling oil prices, this week’s big story was the start of quantitative easing in Europe. Much like we did here in the U.S., the European Central bank is pumping this “easy money” into their economy to stop the...
Boosted by strong earnings reports from Walmart and Home Depot, Wall Street finished mixed with modest gains, tempered by declines in oil prices and continued geopolitical concerns re: ISIS. Investors are waiting for the release of the latest minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Open Market...
On this "leap day" February 29, 2016 markets did not get the positive jump they were hoping for on this first day of the new trading week. Bucking what has been the recent trend of "low oil equals low markets," Wall Street suffered losses despite the fact that oil...
The market volatility from the last two days continued on Wall Street with the release of the latest minutes from the U.S. central bank's April policy meeting. After being up by 100 points midday, the Dow quickly dropped into red figures following the release of the Fed's April minutes.
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Following last week's blood-bath on Wall St. investors ran into an immediate headache today as oil dumped more than 6% at one point to a new 12 year low before rising a bit. By the time energy commodities closed US oil finished down $1.75 a barrel, or 5.28%, at...
Markets extended their winning streak to 3 days in a row after all major indices advanced today. It's the biggest 3 day gain for stocks since the end of last summer. The Dow inched into positive territory for February for the first time following the release of the latest...
It was the start of a monumentally important week on Wall Street as the Fed will consider whether to raise interest rates midweek. It is widely expected that after the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee's two day meeting on Wednesday, the Fed will decide to raise interest rates by...
It was a relatively flat beginning to the start of the trading week, although the Dow did extend its win streak to 5 sessions in a row & The S&P topped 2,000. Energy stocks were up more than 1.5 percent as oil rose above $40 a barrel for the...
For the first time since the beginning of the stock market's recent dramatic downturn two weeks ago investors are starting to use the phrase "bear market" to describe what may be currently happening on Wall Street. Stocks closed down 2% after hitting a near 15-month low on low oil...
