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...
Experts described the U.S. stock market as ‘under pressure’ Friday morning, coming off a fifth consecutive losing session Thursday.
The Swiss National Bank shocked everyone Thursday by announcing they would discontinue a three-year cap on their own currency—the Swiss franc—against the Euro. With the possibility of quantitative easing-type programs beginning...
U.S. stocks declined in Thursday trading, as investors considered the effect on lower wholesale prices against some discouraging job figures.
The Labor Department issued a weekly number of 315,000 Americans filing for jobless benefits last week—a number that was 6% higher than last week, and represented the largest total since...
Wall Street finished down yet again on Wednesday, as poor earnings figures compounded the worst retail sales number in a year.
Earnings season is in full swing. The first taste of bad news came in the form of JP Morgan Chase reported a 6.6% drop in quarterly profits. This difference...
Volatility was the story yet again on Wall Street Tuesday. The stock market roared out of the gates this morning, jumping more than 200 points in the first half-hour of trading. By noon, the gains had slowed but the market was still well ahead for the day. But by...
Following a week of turbulence and volatility, Wall Street got off to another slow start Monday thanks to the continued decline of oil prices.
As of 2 p.m., the Dow was down almost 100 points, as crude oil prices continued their decline—as low as $45.90 a barrel at one point.
Goldman...
After a long losing streak, Wall Street enjoyed a second consecutive positive finish on Thursday as markets rallied behind continued steadiness in oil prices.
Oil prices have been slashed by more than half in the past six months. So two consecutive days without further dips in prices was welcome news...
Oil prices stayed stable on Wednesday, allowing Wall Street a chance to recover a portion of the losses they sustained Monday and Tuesday.
The market rallied early this morning off stabilizing prices, plus optimism stemming from early fourth-quarter earnings reports. Experts were quick to note, however, that not a single...
Tuesday was a new day, but the same story on Wall Street—considerable losses in the face of declining oil prices. Oil fell another 4.3%, settling just under $48 a barrel. Prices haven't been this low since April 2009, the tail end of the Great Recession.
Stocks were hit to the tune...
It's been a particularly bad start to the first full week of 2015 on Wall Street, at the major indexes were pummeled Monday in the wake of further drops in oil prices.
The Dow Jones Average was down 331 points—nearly a full 2 percent—as oil continued its freefall, falling more...
