By Jon D. Markman On November 3, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks swept broadly higher on Monday as investors sought bargains from last week’s sell-off and looked ahead to the presidential election on Tuesday as well as a Federal Reserve policy meeting...
By David Dittman On November 2, 202005:43 PM Eastern
Can you feel it?
There’s never been tension like this ahead of a presidential election, at least not in most of our lifetimes.
Lots of folks have invoked 1968 as a comparison to what’s...
By Jon D. Markman On November 2, 202003:28 PM Eastern
Stocks are mostly advancing Monday, starting the first week of trading in November with growth data for the manufacturing sector before the final votes come in for the US presidential elections.
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By Sean Brodrick On November 2, 202010:30 AM Eastern
The market is pricing in good news on election day. I find the election hard to forecast. Indeed, it may drag on and on with court battles, protests and more. So, we’re going to batten down the...
By Sean Brodrick On November 2, 202009:58 AM Eastern
The election is upon us. The market has decided — for now — that this means more money printing. Stocks and gold are up.
I’m not so sanguine about election results. I see the potential for a lot...
By Jon D. Markman On November 2, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks ended sharply lower on Friday as investors showed their displeasure over financial updates from big tech companies and COVID-19 infections continued to surge.
Apple (AAPL) fell 5.6% after...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On November 2, 202005:21 AM Eastern
Tomorrow, as tens of millions of citizens queue up at the polls, three forces are converging on America.
The first force is social — extreme levels of inequality unlike anything we’ve ever seen...
By Jessica Borg On November 1, 202005:46 PM Eastern
An Election Day like no other is set to take place in just two days. There are worries that even a decisive victory for either Presidential candidate will further foment chaos and division in this...
By Tony Sagami On October 30, 202012:00 PM Eastern
Growing up, my family was one of the poorest in our town. Despite my father working his behind off on our small vegetable farm in western Washington, he never made much money.
Our family car...
By Jon D. Markman On October 30, 202011:27 AM Eastern
Each of the four big American tech companies reported earnings Thursday after the close, and the headlines were mostly ugly.
I want to be clear, longer-term investors should not be selling...