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By Jon D. Markman On July 9, 201803:44 PM Eastern
Investors’ appetite for risk appeared to return today after Friday’s Goldilocks “not too hot, not too cold” jobs data. Volatility hit its lowest level in two weeks during Monday’s session, and...
By Jon D. Markman On July 9, 201804:32 AM Eastern
The U.S.-China trade war started on Friday, with both sides pressing ahead with new tariffs on $34 billion in imported goods and threatening more to come. President Trump warned that he could...
By Jon D. Markman On July 6, 201811:22 AM Eastern
Stocks were marching higher Friday as investors balanced signs of a buoyant monthly jobs report with the escalation of trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
The Dow Jones Industrial...
By Jon D. Markman On July 6, 201804:50 AM Eastern
Stocks recovered on Thursday what they lost on Tuesday, as investors hopped around uneasily ahead of the imposition of trade tariffs against Chinese goods due Friday.
Beijing rejected the U.S...
By Jon D. Markman On July 5, 201802:59 PM Eastern
Stocks ripped higher through early Thursday afternoon as investors appeared to look past the deadline for tariffs and focus instead on optimism for economic data due Friday and next week.
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By Jon D. Markman On July 3, 201811:40 AM Eastern
Stocks are marginally higher this morning in light pre-holiday trading. Here is a quick update of our positions. No new recommendations. Hope you have a great Fourth of July tomorrow, and see you...
By Sean Brodrick On July 3, 201809:47 AM Eastern
Your portfolio had a good day yesterday, making some nice gains. But yesterday also saw the market fall hard in the morning, only to claw its way back into positive territory at the end of the...
By Jon D. Markman On July 3, 201804:44 AM Eastern
Stocks opened the Thursday session with steep losses, but buyers slowly came into the arena and pushed prices barely into the black by the close.
The Dow closed the session with a 33 point gain...
By Jon D. Markman On July 2, 201803:09 PM Eastern
Stocks are pulling back this afternoon as uncertainty about global trade intensifies. The Dow Industrials are down 60 points, or -0.2%, while the S&P 500 is down 0.1%, the Nasdaq is up 0.3% and...
By Jon D. Markman On July 2, 201804:38 AM Eastern
Stocked jumped out of the gate on Friday in what looked like typical end-of-quarter “window dressing”. Then sellers blitzed the tape in the last half hour, and sent prices careening towards the...