U.S. stocks moved slightly higher on Tuesday, as investors continued to wait for confirmation of a deal to keep Greece from going into default.
The Greek government presented new reform proposals Monday in hopes of avoiding—or at least staving off—a disastrous situation that could result from a missed payment to...
"Super Tuesday" was truly a super Tuesday on Wall Street as the markets had big gains. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 348 points, while the The Standard & Poor's 500 gained 46 points and the NASDAQ composite rose 131 points. The recent stock market gains and positive economic...
The continued free-fall in the price of oil sent stocks into a downward spiral today. A 3% decline in energy issues led to to losses across the board-the 4th down day of 5 this week. The Dow fell over 309 points, while the NASDAQ dipped below 5,000. Oil closed...
Another increase in the price of oil helped the market rebound from yesterday's losses. Oil recovered from a sharp overnight decline to settle up 28 cents, or 0.88 percent, at $32.15 a barrel.
Compounding global economic concerns, however is the fact that the British pound is feeling pressure over whether...
Volatility has become such a regular, daily occurrence on Wall Street that when stocks don't really do much of anything, the "lack of market instability" becomes the story of the day. That was pretty much the case today although the one issue that could be counted on was the...
Stock and oil prices rebounded in volatile trading on Tuesday, leading to gains in all of the indices. OPEC and Russian oil industry officials continued discussing a possible partnership to reduce the world's oil glut. Meanwhile the U.S. central bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged after its...
For the first time this week, Wall Street finished in the black as the markets broke a three day losing streak.
Adam Sarhan, CEO of Sarhan Capital told CNBC:
"In general, when you step back, we're still range-bound," he said. The major averages have closed lower for five out of the...
