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By Jon D. Markman On October 31, 201902:08 PM Eastern
Stocks are lower so far today as weak new earnings results for industrials, energy and financials dampened the positive sentiment that has ruled the past few weeks. Fresh worries about global...
By Jon D. Markman On October 31, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks bounced around the unchanged line all morning while investors awaited an interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve, then kicked into gear after the central bank conformed to...
By Jon D. Markman On October 30, 201903:01 PM Eastern
Stocks are slipping a gear Wednesday as investors reacted to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision, a 25-basis-point cut followed by strong hints of a multi-month pause.
The Dow Jones...
By Sean Brodrick On October 30, 201910:45 AM Eastern
Things are moving quickly on two fronts. So there’s not much time to waste …
The first big mover is in the gold sector. Gold has already hit 6-year highs and it’s likely to double before...
By Mike Larson On October 30, 201908:00 AM Eastern
The S&P 500 hit new all-time highs this week!
It’s also true that this is the fifth time the S&P has done so since early 2018. Not one of those moves has stuck. That raises a trio of critical...
By Jon D. Markman On October 30, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks whirled around the unchanged line this Tuesday as a rally in health care, energy, and real estate continued, while the communication services stocks sank amid uneven earnings reports.
The...
By Jon D. Markman On October 29, 201903:20 PM Eastern
Stocks are whirling around the unchanged line Tuesday as a rally in the healthcare and real estate sectors continued while the communication services sector sank amid uneven earnings reports.
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By Sean Brodrick On October 29, 201901:45 PM Eastern
Yesterday saw gold and silver miners sell hard into the close. I thought we’d be looking at a longer pullback. And we still might.
But while the metals are down, the miners are up. That’s...
By Jon D. Markman On October 29, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks ripped higher again Monday as a rally in the health care and technology sectors offset declines in the real estate and utilities. There was no special reason for the move, but it did send...
By Jon D. Markman On October 28, 201903:18 PM Eastern
Stocks are climbing again Monday as a rally in the health care and technology sectors offset declines in the real estate and utility industries.
In economic news, the Chicago Fed National...