By Mike Larson On August 29, 201807:55 AM Eastern
What a week it's been for the markets, right?
The S&P 500 has attempted to break out to a new high, even as other indices and sectors have lagged. Treasuries and the U.S. dollar have given back...
By Jon D. Markman On August 29, 201804:08 AM Eastern
Stocks eked out a paper-thin victory on Tuesday, tagging a new record high for the third session in a row — investors appeared to slow-clap in response to a modest update to NAFTA tentatively...
By Jon D. Markman On August 28, 201803:16 PM Eastern
Stocks were flip-flopping around the unchanged line through mid-afternoon Tuesday as investors paused ahead of news that the U.S., Mexico and Canada are on track for a modest revision of NAFTA.
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By Gavin Magor On August 28, 201802:55 PM Eastern
When the markets entered brand-new bull-market territory late last week, we gave you three ETFs to help you ride the next leg higher. Just in time for stocks to notch new all-time highs! Since...
By Jon D. Markman On August 28, 201804:25 AM Eastern
Stocks caught Tenochtitlan fever on Monday, rocketing higher at the open and maintaining altitude after word hit newswires of a breakthrough in U.S.-Mexico trade negotiations.
Like a lot of...
By Jon D. Markman On August 27, 201803:27 PM Eastern
Stocks are on the move higher today amid signs of a thaw in U.S.-Mexico trade talks and the sweet scent of new highs, which acts like an aphrodisiac for worried investors.
Reminds me of one of...
By Sean Brodrick On August 27, 201810:49 AM Eastern
I’m just back from San Francisco, where I spoke at the Money Show. I met some of you there, and I appreciate you coming to the show. I always enjoy talking to subscribers.
Today, I’ll have the...
By Sean Brodrick On August 27, 201807:55 AM Eastern
There are many words investors might use to describe the current gold market. Most of them are unprintable here.
But I have one word that should describe gold investors now. At least, those...
By Jon D. Markman On August 27, 201803:59 AM Eastern
Persistence pays off, it seems. Large-cap stocks finally notched a new record high on Friday after spending most of the year trying to recover from February’s dramatic sell-off. Took a while, but...
By Jon D. Markman On August 24, 201801:02 PM Eastern
Stocks ripped higher on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell defended the central bank’s plan to raise interest rates gradually.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 161 points,...