By Jon D. Markman On August 18, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Update: We might skip a day this week.
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The U.S. stock indexes opened sharply lower on Tuesday and proceeded to decline the better part of the session.
Bearish...
By Mike Larson On August 18, 202106:00 AM Eastern
The place: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The dates: Aug. 26-28, 2021
The topic: “Macroeconomic Policy in an Uneven Economy”
The participants: U.S. central bankers, economists and various other...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 202103:41 PM Eastern
Stocks opened sharply lower for a second consecutive session on weaker Asian markets. From Japan to Hong Kong and China, bourses finished down between 0.3% and 1.6%.
This is all interesting, but...
By Mike Larson On August 17, 202108:00 AM Eastern
The fall of Afghanistan. More Federal Reserve “taper talk.” The Delta COVID-19 variant. Declining consumer confidence. Rising inflation pressures.
The world sure has thrown a lot at this market....
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 202106:58 AM Eastern
Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) is not like other automakers. The difference is more than electrification or software. The business is operating on another level of efficiency.
New orders for the Model Y...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Update: We might skip a day this week.
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Stocks opened broadly lower on Monday, and for a few hours bearish investors must have felt they were finally on the winning...
By Jon D. Markman On August 17, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Robinhood Markets Inc. (Nasdaq: HOOD) has been derided by traditionalists, regulators and even some users, yet its shares have been a big hit with investors.
On Tuesday, Fidelity reported that...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 202103:05 PM Eastern
Stocks opened broadly lower today on weaker Chinese economic data. The S&P 500 traded all the way down to 4,437, a loss of 0.7%.
Retail sales in China last month increased 8.5% year over year...
By Sean Brodrick On August 16, 202107:00 AM Eastern
Both the Dow and S&P 500 hit new highs multiple times last week. Tech, financials and other stocks leveraged to easy money are driving the market higher.
But do you know which stocks aren’t...
By Jon D. Markman On August 16, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Bullish investors managed to escape Friday the 13th with another record high. The S&P 500 closed at 4,468, up about 0.2%.
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