By Jon D. Markman On July 25, 201806:39 AM Eastern
Stocks weathered an intense and erratic trading day on Tuesday that prominently featured the Nasdaq pushing to a new record high in the morning; then it was unceremoniously sucker-punched and...
By Jon D. Markman On July 24, 201802:14 PM Eastern
Large companies’ shares rose Tuesday as investors celebrated the latest positive vibes from corporate earnings reports.
Through 1 p.m. Eastern, the Dow was up 170 points, or 0.7%, while the S&P...
By Jon D. Markman On July 24, 201804:23 AM Eastern
Stocks crept higher on Monday as the shares of bank, tech, and pharma companies reacted positively to the mother of all fundamentals, improved earnings and outlooks.
The Dow finished with a...
By Jon D. Markman On July 23, 201803:27 PM Eastern
Stocks rose modestly Monday, led by the shares of financial companies, techs and healthcare. Industrials and consumer staples were lagging.
Through 3 p.m. Eastern, the Dow was up 0.01%, the S&P...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On July 23, 201807:55 AM Eastern
We began warning about the rising danger of war over four years ago: Trade wars, cyberwars, currency wars, civil wars, regional wars or worse.
Since then, we’ve seen Russia’s annexation of...
By Jon D. Markman On July 23, 201805:17 AM Eastern
Stocks started deep in the hole on Friday, but rebounded bravely; then they coasted into the close, largely shrugging off another round of negative trade headlines from the White House.
The Dow...
By Jon D. Markman On July 20, 201803:31 PM Eastern
Stocks swirled around the unchanged line today through 3 p.m., putting the week on track to finish flat. The Dow Industrials and Nasdaq 100 were up around 0.02% while the S&P 500 was a touch...
By Sean Brodrick On July 20, 201802:26 PM Eastern
Oil has enjoyed a great bull market this year, while nat-gas has slumbered. I think that’s about to change for three reasons …
First, nat-gas in storage is way below the five-year average. In...
By Tony Sagami On July 20, 201807:55 AM Eastern
How's your portfolio doing this year?
For the first six months of 2018, the S&P 500 is up a modest 2.6%. Given the rocky start that stock market had this year, even that modest gain isn't so...
By Jon D. Markman On July 19, 201803:31 PM Eastern
Large-cap stocks largely fell on Thursday as a smattering of unexciting corporate earnings reports combined with renewed trade tensions to depress sentiment.
The Dow Jones Industrials were down...