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...
U.S. stock futures were higher Monday, as investors shrugged off a disastrous Good Friday jobs report that badly missed expectations.
With the stock markets closed on Good Friday, it was a long weekend for investors who were anxious to see how the markets responds to the 126,000 new jobs created...
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,...
U.S. stocks went on a roller-coaster ride Tuesday, losing 100 points before reversing course to trade close to even.
For months, we’ve been reading and hearing about how a stronger dollar was bad for stocks and American businesses. Yet Tuesday morning saw the dollar lose value against a number of...
It was a new trading day on Wall Street but unfortunately it was the same old volatility on the markets as all three major U.S. indices experienced wild swings ending in another down day across the board. At one point during Wednesday's selloff of global equities the Dow Jones...
On the penultimate trading day of the week markets wavered a bit before ending the day up marginally. Today marked the 3rd straight day of gains. Oil finished down 9 cents, closing at $34.57 a barrel. Investors are also keeping their eyes on tomorrow's Labor Department jobs report which...
Any ideas of a pre- "Santa Claus" rally on Wall Street faded very quickly today as stocks suffered heavy losses, while investors continue to ponder "if and when" the Fed will raise interest rates possibly next month. At one point today the Dow was down 300 points while the...
Despite a jump in Facebook stock of 5% due to better than expected earnings, the markets fizzled ahead of tomorrow's important unemployment report. Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Boston Private Wealth surmised to CNBC:
"I think people are just a little leery of tomorrow's employment report. It looks like...
Stocks moved lower on Tuesday morning, as investors continue to look towards tomorrow’s Federal Reserve statement for hints of whether an interest rate hike is around the corner.
The lower open follows a 228-point jump in the Dow on Monday, as investors ignored a new six-year low in oil prices...
U.S. stocks traded lower Friday afternoon as a positive jobs report was overshadowed by more unrest in the Euro Zone.
Experts believed the report would show about 230,000 new jobs created in January, so the actual number of 257,000 new jobs was a pleasant surprise for investors. Wall Street analysts...
