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By Jon D. Markman On May 10, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks clanked again over the past week in a series of volatile sessions in which sentiment waxed and waned and fretted and cheered over the loop-de-loop path of U.S.-China trade talks.
Topping...
By Jon D. Markman On May 1, 201904:45 PM Eastern
Alphabet (GOOGL) shareholders had a really bad day Tuesday.
Stock traders and analysts blame a shortfall in Alphabet’s first-quarter advertising revenues. But all this selling is...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Now that markets have rebounded back to their highs, we’re hearing a whole lot about the bullish case for stocks. In light of this, I thought it might be helpful to hear from one of the smarter...
By Jon D. Markman On April 12, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks walked a lonesome road this week, whistling the blues under their breath, as investors waited for first-quarter earnings season to start in earnest next week.
The palpable dread of bears...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201903:20 PM Eastern
Stocks mostly drifted higher over the past week like snowflakes shifted into reverse, as investors were amused by the latest White House promise that trade talks with China were going swell and...
By Mike Larson On April 3, 201908:00 AM Eastern
Baseball season is underway again! Stadiums are already serving up massive quantities of hot dogs and bags of peanuts. Outfielders are making the requisite highlight grabs (and groan-inducing...
By Jon D. Markman On March 29, 201904:55 PM Eastern
In recent trading sessions, investors have been faced with a series of signals that global growth could be set to slow.
The U.S. yield curve inverted, just as the yield on 10-year German...
By Tony Sagami On March 29, 201907:55 AM Eastern
Last Friday, the yield on the three-month Treasury bill was higher than the yield for 10-year Treasury.
That may not sound like an earth-shattering development. But we haven’t seen this kind of...
By Jon D. Markman On March 22, 201903:15 PM Eastern
Demand for tech stocks swept the Street over the past week as investors decided to go all-in for risk following a Federal Reserve decision on interest rates that could not have been more dovish...
By Tony Sagami On March 22, 201907:55 AM Eastern
Why doesn't the U.S. -- the most powerful, wealthiest country in the world -- have a sovereign wealth fund?
China does with $813 billion. So does Abu Dhabi ($828 billion), Singapore ($556...