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A new study by the Opportunity and Growth Institute at the Minneapolis Fed found that middle-class Americans still haven’t recovered from the financial crisis while the income and wealth gap widened substantially → Read More
While it seems that tariffs had virtually no impact on second-quarter profits of U.S. companies in aggregate so far, more executives are taking note of them, according to John Butters, senior earnings analyst at FactSet. → Read More
U.S. stock-market indexes opened nearly unchanged on Monday as investors focused on upbeat earnings from Caterpillar Inc and awaited economic releases. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.05% was up less than a point to 2,818. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.03% opened 15 points, or 0.1%, higher to 25,464. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.31% declined 10 points, or, 0.1%, to 7,826 at the open.… → Read More
It is an ugly day for Facebook, but an unsightly tumble for the social-media giant may get worse before it gets better. → Read More
U.S. stocks close lower on Thursday, as major indexes consolidated their gains after a five-day rally that was driven largely by optimism over the strength of corporate earnings. → Read More
U.S. stocks trade mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average inching up, but the broader market edges lower as a slump in the energy sector drags the market lower. → Read More
U.S. stock rose in morning trading on Tuesday, recovering from an earlier decline after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated the U.S. central bank wouldn’t move too quickly in changing monetary policy, and that it would be flexible in the face of changing conditions. → Read More
Investors yanked $30 billion out of global equities in the last week as trade-war worries mounted, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts, who drew a parallel with the environment that accompanied the Asia crisis in 1998. → Read More
Dow futures bounce back, trading in positive territory on Wednesday, after the Trump administration said it would rely on the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, to address concerns about foreign purchases of sensitive domestic technologies. → Read More
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq seeing their biggest one-day drop in about two months as further threats from the Trump administration against U.S. trading partners undercut investor sentiment. The S&P 500 SPX, -1.37% plunged 37.81 points, or 1.4%, to 2,717.07 with the technology and consumer discretionary sectors leading the losses, down more than 2%. The… → Read More
The threat of a full-blown trade war isn’t having the impact on investor sentiment and stock prices that might be expected judging by double-digit gains for the Nasdaq and modest but positive returns for the S&P 500 so far this year. → Read More
Stocks are set to rise, but won’t get much of an added lift from a pickup in corporate earnings, say Goldman Sachs analysts. → Read More
U.S. stock-market indexes opened higher on Wednesday, attempting to recoup some of the losses from several days of selling, which was primarily driven by fears over trade issues. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.28% rose 8 points, or 0.3%, to 2,770. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.11% advanced 77 points, or 0.3%, to 24,777, rising after six days of declines. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP,… → Read More
U.S. stock-market indexes closed mostly higher on Thursday, as the European Central Bank announced that it plans to end its bond-buying program at the end of the year but pledged to keep rates at present levels until at least next summer. Stronger-than-expected economic data also lent support to stocks. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.85% closed at a record thanks to a rally in technology… → Read More
Why are value investors having such a hard time? O’Shaughnessy Asset Management took a deeper look at returns and here’s what they found. → Read More
U.S. stock benchmarks gave up earlier gains and closed lower on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve raised benchmark interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, as expected, and signaled that the domestic economic growth outlook warranted a more aggressive rate-hike path than investors had anticipated. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.40% fell 11.22 points, or 0.4%, to 2,775.63. The Dow Jones… → Read More
Stock-market volatility subsided after a February spike and, by one measure, is near its 2018 low. It might not be on the rise any time soon. → Read More
U.S. stocks closed modestly higher on Monday, ahead of a highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore and a litany of potentially market-moving central-bank meetings. The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.11% closed 2.99 points, or 0.1% higher to 2,782.02, with consumer staples and telecoms shares leading gains. The Dow Jones Industrial… → Read More
The seasonal tailwind associated with dividend payments is already behind us, making for somewhat challenging summer ahead for global equity investors, according to a research note by Morgan Stanley → Read More
While Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon’s call to end quarterly guidance issuance is well intentioned, critics say it misses a crucial point. → Read More