Following a big day on Wall St. on Thursday, the markets fought to maintain gains made in the early part of Friday's session and eventually closed higher for the third week in a row. Health care and consumer goods led the S&P 500 while industrials declined the most. Corporate...
Markets extended their winning streak to 3 days in a row after all major indices advanced today. It's the biggest 3 day gain for stocks since the end of last summer. The Dow inched into positive territory for February for the first time following the release of the latest...
Boosted by strong earnings reports from Walmart and Home Depot, Wall Street finished mixed with modest gains, tempered by declines in oil prices and continued geopolitical concerns re: ISIS. Investors are waiting for the release of the latest minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Open Market...
U.S. stocks dropped across the board today in part due to news that China's economy is showing new signs of weakness. Today's losses marked an end to the Dow's 7 day winning streak as both transport and biotech stocks took a bath. But the focus was on China as...
It was a relatively flat beginning to the start of the trading week, although the Dow did extend its win streak to 5 sessions in a row & The S&P topped 2,000. Energy stocks were up more than 1.5 percent as oil rose above $40 a barrel for the...
The first day of the last trading week of April signaled another bad day for financial stocks as the industry remains the worst performer of 2016. Goldman Sachs contributed to most to declines. Wall Street Dick Bove, vice president of equity research at Rafferty Capital Markets said today about...
For the second day in a row Wall Street was singing the blues as financial stocks and falling oil prices led decliners. The S&P 500 dropped 1% eliminating most of its gains this year, while the Dow Jones Industrial Avg. suffered its first triple digit loss in almost a...
On this "leap day" February 29, 2016 markets did not get the positive jump they were hoping for on this first day of the new trading week. Bucking what has been the recent trend of "low oil equals low markets," Wall Street suffered losses despite the fact that oil...
For the first time since the beginning of the stock market's recent dramatic downturn two weeks ago investors are starting to use the phrase "bear market" to describe what may be currently happening on Wall Street. Stocks closed down 2% after hitting a near 15-month low on low oil...
The first trading day of the week was a downer for investors as the volatile price of oil continued to exert its influence on the markets. U.S. crude oil settled at $35.70 a barrel, down $1.09 or 2.96 percent, ending at its lowest level since March 4th. What's causing...
