U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday, as Wall Street looked for clues to Friday’s jobs report after two counteractive sessions to begin the week. The Dow started Wednesday in the same position as it began the week, as Tuesday’s losses cancelled Monday’s gains. Today, however, investors received a preview of Friday’s...
U.S. stocks moved higher on Monday, as investors looked towards a week that could determine the course of the markets for much of 2015. Last week, the market fluctuated up and down with moves of 100+ points on four out of five days. Investors were spooked by a strong dollar,...
The big news of the day: The Federal Reserve decided to maintain the status quo on interest rates.  Following its 2 day, closed door policy meeting, Fed Chair Janet Yellen announced that the Fed had pulled back on its prediction of 4 rate hikes this year, and instead believes...
Wall Street's losing streak continued for a 3rd consecutive day as the week remained in the red.  The S&P 500 dropped into negative territory for the year, while the Dow has now lost over 353 points this week alone. The NASDAQ is down nearly 119 points so far this...
Stocks wavered today following word from the European Central Bank that the ECB will take a number of steps to try and strengthen Europe's economy. Chief among them: Cutting its main interest rates and expanding its massive bond-buying program. ECB president Mario Draghi said- "The outlook for economic growth in the...
Words like "recession" & "sell-off" were no-doubt muttered around the trading floors on Wall Street today as the markets experienced huge losses in the beginning of the day due to a massive global sell-off and falling oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average briefly fell 400 points in afternoon trading,...
It was a relatively quiet end to the week on Wall Street which marked the calm before the storm in terms of next weeks Fed meeting.  The Federal Open Market Committee is not expected to raise interest rates after their gathering next Tuesday & Wednesday, but investors will be...
The Christmas shortened trading week on Wall Street began on an up note as the markets tried to stave off the massive losing streak from last week. Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average are still negative year-to-date, down more than 1.5 percent and 3 percent.  The...
On the eve before the latest jobs report comes out, markets finished down on the last day of March-the final day of the 1st quarter/2016. The month proved to be a good one for oil as the price of a barrel of crude soared 13% in March, closing today...
U.S. stocks were slightly higher Monday, as the markets attempted to rebound from a discouraging finish to the month of May. Stocks were down for six of the last eight trading sessions in May, culminating in Friday’s 115-point loss on the Dow. Now June begins, a discouraging sign for investors...