Even though stocks had their best month in four years,  Wall Street ended the month of October on a down note finishing lower on all three indices. Chris Gaffney, president of world markets at EverBank told CNBC: "There's just a whole lot of uncertainty in markets right now. We've had...
U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday, as investors reacted to more developments in the ongoing Greek debt saga. Early Wednesday in Europe (overnight here in the U.S.) Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter, detailing his desire to accept the terms of an additional bailout package offered by European creditors....
Hump-day on Wall Street meant a down day for the market as all three major indices ended in the red.  Energy stocks led the decline, falling 1.5% with oil finishing lower. Oil dropped almost 2.5% to close at $41.71 per barrel. As CNBC's Bob Pisani reported today, the market is...
U.S. stocks moved forward to open the week on Monday, as investor sentiment rebounded from over the better-than-expected jobs report from Friday. Many believed the report will play a considerable role in leading to an interest rate hike. An increasing number of experts called for a June rates hike following...
U.S. stocks were lower on Tuesday, after a surprise devaluation of the Chinese yuan took away the momentum of yesterday’s rally. On Monday, the Dow broke a 7-day losing streak, rallying to finish up by 241 points. But this morning investors watched as many of those gains were taken back,...
On the day prior to the start of the Federal Open Market Committee's two day series of meetings to decide whether to raise interest rates, stocks saw gains across the board. The rise was helped in part by the stabilization of the price of oil which settled up $1.04,...
U.S. stocks shrugged off further drops in oil prices and disappointing earnings reports to move higher Thursday afternoon. Alibaba, Ford and Hershey are among the big names reporting today. Both Alibaba and Ford's reports fell short of expectations, while McDonald's saw some gains after announcing they'd be hiring a new...
Monday marked a great start to the trading week for all three major U.S. stock indices.  The Dow, S&P 500 & NASDAQ each closed at all-time record highs.  Why and what does it mean?  See more from CNBC's Bob Pisani below. Meantime, one giant in the hedge fund industry-David Tepper...
U.S. stocks were clobbered on Friday, as a double dose of bad news from overseas sent markets tumbling before the weekend. The sell-off was a continuation of a global trend Friday, as European and Asian markets suffered as well. Chinese government regulators took steps to crack down on margin trading...
The market ended the week on a high note as both the the Dow and S&P 500 moved into positive territory for the year, marking the 5th straight week of gains. Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial told CNBC: "Traders, investors are looking at a calm backdrop for markets....