Wall Street entered the new session today riding a 4 week winning streak but then came the news that there's not much support for a bullish view of U.S. growth prospects in the fourth quarter of the year. Four-fifths of the experts surveyed by the National Association of Business...
U.S. stocks were slightly higher in futures trading Wednesday morning, as investors prepared for a long day of data reports.
Oil prices started the morning lower after the American Petroleum Institute reported that weekly crude stocks rose by more than 12 million barrels. A separate report indicated that American consumers...
Even though the S&P 500 posted its biggest weekly gain of 2015 and the Dow was on pace to record its best week since February, industry insiders (CEOs & corporate directors and founders) were not buying. The big question is: why? Today's CNN-Money explained it this way:
"Typically, when the...
U.S. stocks finished mixed at the conclusion of Monday trading amid declines in oil prices,which fell nearly 3% as traders assessed the impact of wildfires on Canada's oil output.
In the meantime, with the U.S. Presidential election still 6 months away, the candidates are being judged as to what their...
Cinco de Mayo or May 5th commemorates the Mexican Army's victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. However, there was no celebrating on Wall Street today as stocks finished with mixed results. Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told CNBC's "Closing Bell" that:
"He is...
For the first time in a week and a half Wall Street finished with gains across the board. The tech heavy NASDAQ snapped an eight day losing streak (its first such bad run since January 2008) while the Down Jones Industrial Average posted triple digit gains. Crude oil, which...
Markets opened the new trading week with an up and down ride on Wall Street before closing in the positive. The slight gains came despite the fall in energy stock and oil as another batch of big corporations prepare to release quarterly earnings reports this week. Over a 5th...
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,...
On the penultimate trading day of the week on Wall Street, all of the major averages had gains of 1% or more as financials lead the way and investors processed bank earnings and the latest economic data that supported the case for a rate hike delay. Rises in the...
On the first trading day of 2016 Wall Street experienced huge losses as the financial world reacted to continued economic instability in China. Earlier, the Dow fell more than 450 points, plummeting more than 2.5 percent, on pace for its largest percent decline on the first trading day of...
