The daytime is for losers. Overnight is when the big money is made in the stock market — not by trading but by getting a good night’s sleep. That’s because of a gap between daytime and overnight returns in the American stock market. The real profits for investors have come when the market is closed […]
Stock prices fell sharply from near record highs Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling 666 points, or 2.5%, to close out the worst week on Wall Street in years. The main trigger was growing concern about rising interest rates and inflation, and their impact on stocks going forward, as the yield on the […]
Stocks came off lows in afternoon trading Monday, although some industry groups were under added pressure. Losses were well-contained, with the main indexes trading inside Friday’s price ranges and declines at less than 0.3%. The Nasdaq composite was off 0.1%, the S&P 500 0.2% and Dow Jones industrial average 0.3%. The small-cap Russell 2000, which […]
Stocks dropped today as bond yields rose, and some investors questioned whether the market had come too far too fast since the start of the year. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% to 2853.53 today, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 177.23 points, or 0.7%, to 26,439.48. The Nasdaq Composite declined 0.5% to 7466.51. The […]
Fed meeting, Apple earnings, Trump speech, jobs report on tap All major U.S. benchmarks closed lower on Monday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 having their worst day this year, as the appetite for equities was dampened by a pickup in borrowing costs. A retreat for the main indexes comes as the yield on […]
Stocks are skating on thin ice at the start of a big week for the markets, according to one trader. “We’ve got the Fed, nonfarm payroll and on Wednesday there are a lot of big earnings coming out here,” Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, said Monday on CNBC’s “Trading Nation.”Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet all report earnings later this week, the […]
U.S. equities pulled back on Thursday as investors worried about rising interest rates. The S&P 500 declined 0.1 percent to close at 2,821.98 after rising as much as 0.4 percent. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.4 percent to 7,385.86. Earlier, the tech heavy index traded 0.4 percent higher as Facebook shares hit an all-time high. Facebook […]
The major U.S. stock indexes closed mostly lower Thursday after a midsession gain faded. Retailers, restaurant chains and other consumer-focused companies accounted for much of the market’s pullback. The losses outweighed solid gains by financial stocks, which got a boost as climbing bond yields set the stage for higher interest rates on mortgages and other […]
After a 25% surge last year, the Dow Jones industrial average is still on a tear, shooting up nearly 6% in January alone. And once-wary Main Street investors who sat out most of the bull market are now buying stocks in pursuit of profits. These are some of the tell-tale signs of a stock market […]
U.S. stocks overcame a brief stumble to close slightly higher Wednesday, snapping a two-day losing streak. The dip came after the Federal Reserve released its latest statement on interest rate policy and the economy, in which the central bank signaled that it expects inflation to pick up this year. The Fed, as expected, held off […]
Stocks around the world have staged one of the best-ever starts to a year, a synchronized rally that has only gained momentum following 2017’s sharp gains. In the U.S., the S&P 500’s 7.5% rise in January is its biggest since 1987. In Asia, the Shanghai Composite has already surged 7.6%, surpassing last year’s gain. Hong […]
An AI-powered ETF really likes these stocks. But why? Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to enable cars to drive themselves, detect cancer, improving search engines, and a lot more. Why not use it for picking stocks? That’s exactly what many organizations and individuals are doing. But most of them, understandably, keep those potential winning […]
