U.S. stocks moved higher in Monday trading, as the market attempted to recover from its worst week since mid-January.
It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of 2015 is almost over, but tomorrow will mark the end of March. As of the start of this week, the S&P is...
Thursday was ripe with worries on Wall Street, the result of which was a drop of 264 points on the Dow and the S&P 500 falling more than 1.5% by market close.
Early analysis held that the plummet was attributed to concerns over worsening relations between the United States and...
Wall Street is now running a month and a half winning streak after finishing mixed today. The much anticipated jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for October far exceeded experts' expectations as it showed the addition of 271,000 jobs, thoroughly surpassing expectations of about 180,000, with the...
Despite the fact that only a paltry 38,000 jobs were added to U.S. payrolls in May and that the current U.S. economy continues to show signs of not being able to support an interest rate hike at this time, Fed Chair Janet Yellen today signaled that we may still...
Poorly performing energy stocks and a significant drop in the price of oil made for a down day on Wall Street. U.S. crude oil dropped $1.52, or a fraction over 4.5% percent to finish the day at $31.87 a barrel. The Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index...
Stocks finished mixed over a bevy of economic reports on the last full trading day before the Thanksgiving holiday. The market is closed on Thursday and will close at 1pm on Friday. Following up & down earnings results from retailers, analysts are watching for indications on consumer spending especially...
U.S. stocks were down Monday, as investors wait for the final details of Greece’s bailout extension.
News of the extension pushed the Dow and S&P 500 to record closes Friday, when it was announced that Euro zone finance ministers had agreed to continue the bailout process through June. The deal...
The stock market finally ended its losing streak on Wednesday, as investors happily grabbed a hold of any good news they could find.
This morning it was oil rallying for the first time in days—up by over 3.5 percent at one point. Energy producers, in turn, led Wall Street gains....
An extremely volatile day on Wall Street saw markets suffer big losses as the S&P 500 gave back all of its gains for 2016 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered triple digit losses. The fact that the Japanese Yen continued its strength against the U.S. dollar increased worries...
On the last trading day of the week, Wall Street finished on a down note with all three major U.S. indices suffering substantial losses.
The main culprits:
Worry over the "Brexit" vote
Drop in price of oil
Lag in financial stocks
In reference to a forthcoming "Brexit" vote later this month in Britain, (whether...
