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...
It was a disastrous week for Wall Street, as the Dow lost ground every day this week, extending its losing streak to seven days overall! Oil prices, global turmoil and the possibility of an impending interest rate hike all played a role in the Dow shedding almost 2% over...
The Consumer Sentiment Index is measured each month by The University of Michigan, and rates the optimism consumers have on the U.S. Economy. For the month of September, consumer sentiment came in at 85.7, well below the expectations of 91.2.
Oil prices dropped more than 3.5% in the morning following...
U.S. stocks were higher Thursday, as investors reacted to the retail sales and jobless claims numbers.
Both reports were largely in line with expectations—retail sales for May were up 1.2 percent, as opposed to the expected 1.1 percent. Jobless claims fell within 2,000 of their expected total (279,000 actual vs....
Stock futures were flat Wednesday morning after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pushed the Dow and S%P 500 to new record highs on Tuesday.
Yellen’s comments in front of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs left investors with the impression that the Central Bank is...
On the last day of a Christmas shortened trading week, Wall Street picked up some gains and the energy sector bounced back, although according to Market Watch reporter Anora Mahmudova, the Santa rally can’t fix the real problems plaguing stocks. Check it out here.
The Dow was up by as...
The last trading day of the week on Wall Street saw gains across the board as retail stocks rose. The major averages ended the week with gains of more than 3% as the S&P 500 finished with its best week of the year. Thoughts about what the Fed may...
The Monday markets got a big boost from Apple as the computer giant rebounded sharply today adding nearly 4%-it's best day since March. The Dow finished up triple digits while the NASDAQ added 57. Apple's gain was part of an overall improvement in tech stocks. Energy issues also saw...
On the first trading day of the week came a report from investment banking giant Morgan-Stanley that it has increased it's probability that a recession will hit the global economy within the next year from 20 percent to 30 percent. Read more from CNBC here.
Among Morgan-Stanley's list of chief...
The release of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes from October generated mostly positive responses from Wall Street today. The Dow finished up over 247 points; The NASDAQ over 89, while the S&P gained just over 33 points. The minutes revealed that the central bank's voting members believe...
