It was another long week on the Wall Street treadmill, as the market moved a whole bunch, but didn't really go anywhere! As we close in on the halfway point of 2015, the Dow stands less than 0.5% higher than it did on the 1st of the year! Monday the...
It was a new trading day on Wall Street but unfortunately it was the same old volatility on the markets as all three major U.S. indices experienced wild swings ending in another down day across the board. At one point during Wednesday's selloff of global equities the Dow Jones...
U.S. stocks were down on Tuesday, as the major indices attempted to move out of correction territory after another disastrous day Monday. The Dow just wrapped up its worst three-day stretch in history, losing a total of 1,477 points since Thursday—approximately 9% of the Index’s total value. While Tuesday was being...
Comments by European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi and a solid jobs report boosted investors' confidence as stocks rose 2% across the board today. The Dow added almost 370 points while the NASDAQ was up by over 104 points. ECB chief Mario Draghi told the Economic Club of New...
It was a relatively quiet end to the week on Wall Street which marked the calm before the storm in terms of next weeks Fed meeting.  The Federal Open Market Committee is not expected to raise interest rates after their gathering next Tuesday & Wednesday, but investors will be...
On the eve before the latest jobs report comes out, markets finished down on the last day of March-the final day of the 1st quarter/2016. The month proved to be a good one for oil as the price of a barrel of crude soared 13% in March, closing today...
Stocks finished mixed on Wall Street led by a big decline in the biotech sector, and the S&P 500 closed lower after putting up its first 5-day win streak of the year on Monday. The world economy is still experiencing growth issues as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut...
Following Monday's massive selloff, Wall Street went into the second trading day of 2016, attempting to regain some of the losses from the day prior. Investors wavered for much of the day before finishing with a mixed session. Apple stocks led decliners falling over 2% at one point following...
It was a good day for new homes sales and that had a positive effect on the market. The Dow finished up triple digits and the NASDAQ closed up 2% as the financial and tech sectors had good days too. New home sales jumped over 16.5% as Toll Bros....
U.S. stocks moved slightly higher on Tuesday, as investors continued to wait for confirmation of a deal to keep Greece from going into default. The Greek government presented new reform proposals Monday in hopes of avoiding—or at least staving off—a disastrous situation that could result from a missed payment to...