By Mike Larson On September 18, 201908:00 AM Eastern
You know the mantra I’ve been preaching since early 2018: Playing “defense” will pay off best. That’s because overhyped, overowned, high-flying, high-risk stocks aren’t leading the market anymore....
By Jon D. Markman On September 17, 201902:55 PM Eastern
Stocks are banging around the unchanged line today as oil prices slump and reverse some of yesterday’s historic jump.
Through 2:30 p.m. Eastern, the Dow was down 25 points, or 0.1%, a day after...
By Jon D. Markman On September 17, 201906:28 AM Eastern
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Stocks were hit in the face by a punch higher in crude oil prices amid Mideast tensions...
By Jon D. Markman On September 16, 201903:25 PM Eastern
Shares of U.S. energy producers are surging today after weekend attacks on Saudi oil production facilities knocked out 6% of global oil output.
The commodity price hike is giving a boost to...
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By Sean Brodrick On September 16, 201911:30 AM Eastern
Over the weekend, a drone swarm slammed into Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, knocking out 50% of the oil kingdom’s output.
That is effectively the world’s spare capacity.
Saudi Arabia...
By Jon D. Markman On September 16, 201909:00 AM Eastern
Last week, Apple (AAPL) execs revealed a trio of new iPhones for the second year running. But it was the aggressive pricing for its streaming media service, which debuts Nov. 1 in 100 countries...
By Jon D. Markman On September 16, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks whirled around lazily on Friday after a sharply higher open as apathetic investors appeared to feel a little better about U.S.-China trade negotiations and a little worse about the global...
By Jon D. Markman On September 13, 201903:00 PM Eastern
Stocks are creeping higher today as trade tensions with China appeared to cool. This put major indexes on track for a third consecutive week of gains and within a hair of their records.
Through...
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By Sean Brodrick On September 13, 201902:55 PM Eastern
Happy Friday the 13th! There’s nothing to fear here. In fact, it’s been a great couple of weeks for your portfolio.
All but two of your positions are up from our tracked entries. And some of the...
By Mike Larson On September 13, 201912:00 PM Eastern
Irish poet W.B. Yeats once warned that “the centre cannot hold” and that “mere anarchy” could be “loosed upon the world.” He wasn’t talking about the markets. But there are reasons to worry about...