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By Jon D. Markman On December 9, 201903:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are giving back a third of their Friday gain today as investors deal with downbeat trade figures from China and a countdown toward the final meeting of the year for the Federal Reserve.
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By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On December 9, 201901:05 PM Eastern
Suddenly and without warning, Japan's economy will blow up. And in the process, trillions of yen in flight capital will flow to the safest safe haven — the United States. And investors in the know...
By Jon D. Markman On December 9, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks were well employed on Friday, concluding the week barely in the black with zippy gains after a positive November payrolls report and optimism that a U.S.-China trade agreement will occur in...
By Jon D. Markman On December 6, 201903:30 PM Eastern
Stocks are climbing higher Friday, concluding the week with strong figures from the November jobs report and optimism for a trade agreement between the world’s biggest economies.
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By Tony Sagami On December 6, 201908:00 AM Eastern
“See that man driving that Cadillac, Tony? That’s Mr. Knodel; he’s the richest man in town. If you work hard, you can be rich just like him someday,” said my father.
I was only 10 or 11 at the...
By Jon D. Markman On December 6, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks twirled listlessly around the unchanged line Thursday as investors waited for a more enduring signs that the U.S. and China are closing in on the first phase of a trade agreement, while...
By Jon D. Markman On December 5, 201902:55 PM Eastern
Stocks are swirling around the unchanged line today as investors wait for a solid announcement that the U.S. and China have reached a trade agreement. Meanwhile, lackluster figures emerged from...
By Jon D. Markman On December 5, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks pulled a squealing U-turn and cruised north on Wednesday, bolstered by renewed expectations that China and the U.S. will work out a trade agreement. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before....
By Jon D. Markman On December 4, 201903:30 PM Eastern
Stocks reversed and rolled higher Wednesday, bolstered by renewed expectations that China and the U.S. will work out a trade agreement. Investors appeared to ignore a report showing a shortfall in...
By Sean Brodrick On December 4, 201909:46 AM Eastern
You saw gold and silver ramp up yesterday as President Trump said that a trade deal with China could wait until after the 2020 election. That spooked the market, and traders remembered in a big...