Today, the American public is focused on the mid-term elections—and rightfully so. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs, as are one-third of Senate seats. In addition, 36 of 50 states will have their governorships determined Tuesday.
These elections will go a long way...
U.S. stocks were lower Tuesday, as the first quarter of 2015 came to a unhappy close on Wall Street.
With today's slump, the Dow finished the first quarter lower than it began the year--a discouraging sign for investors. A Monday rally pushed the Dow back into the black for 2015,...
U.S. stocks finished flat on Wednesday, as investors continued to show growing concern over global growth.
A topsy-turvy day saw the Dow drop 277 points in morning trading, before an afternoon rally returned the index to its starting point. The Chinese yuan declined yet again, as the People’s Bank of China...
The Tuesday trading day was highlighted by the end of a 3 day winning streak for the Dow and a continued stock slide by IBM. Perennially one of the most respected and successful corporations in the world IBM’s stock plunged to almost a five-year low after the company cut...
After several bullish days of new record highs for the Dow and S&P 500, markets retreated somewhat today to catch their collective breaths with earnings reports filtering out. Wells Fargo reported results as expected, but Citigroup reported results that beat analysts' expectations. Yesterday, JPMorgan Chase beat estimates and BlackRock...
U.S. stocks had their worst day of 2015 Monday, as investors had their first chance to react to potentially disastrous news from Greece over the weekend.
Both the Dow and S&P 500 fell into the red for the year thanks to the disastrous session.
Debt settlement talks between Greece and their...
Rising oil prices highlighted the first day of the new trading week as investors awaited the results of new sales data expected by the end of the week. The markets began the day with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ at new, all-time high record levels.
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Two and a half weeks ago the world markets were shaken by a decision from a majority of voters in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. Now the UK and much of the rest of the world (including the U.S.) at least for the time being, seem...
Stocks were sharply lower on Tuesday, as another dip in oil prices concerned investors.
Brent crude prices fell almost 4 percent in early trading Tuesday, while U.S. crude prices dropped below $50 per barrel yet again with a drop of 3.4%. Adding to concerns was the fact that the price...
U.S. stocks were lower on Thursday, as the market continued to followed ongoing debt negotiations between Greece and other European powers.
One market analyst said the market was ‘held hostage’ until the negotiations were completed with a resolution one way or another. Meetings are ongoing in Brussels throughout the day,...
