The Nasdaq Composite index has had a great year so far, and we’re only a few months into 2024. Technology stocks, which dominate the index, are roaring higher…
Read more History Says the Nasdaq Will Soar This Year: My Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stocks to Buy Before It DoesWhile the U.S. stock market has been pricing in a “soft-landing” scenario for the economy, a blowout January jobs report, relatively strong corporate earnings, and Federal Reserve Jerome…
Read more Stock investors fear ‘no-landing’ economy could spell trouble. What’s next?.TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares slid Wednesday after a decline overnight on Wall Street and disappointing China growth data, while Tokyo’s main benchmark momentarily hit another 30-year high.…
Read more Hang Seng leads selloff for Asia stocks, with 4% slump after China dataU.S. stock indexes were edging higher on Wednesday with technology stocks looking to extend gains ahead of the December inflation report, which is expected to shed more direct…
Read more U.S. stocks little changed in cautious trading ahead of inflation report, bank earningsStock investors have gotten off to a wobbly start to the new year, hobbled by shifting expectations on the timing and extent of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts in…
Read more Why stock-market investors will remain at mercy of shifting rate-cut expectations after wobbly start to 2024U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday, building on a streak of eight straight weekly gains as the final, holiday-shortened week of 2023 got under way. What happened On Friday,…
Read more Dow lands second-highest close ever as stocks build on eight-week winning streak2023 will go down in history for the start of a new bull market, albeit a strange one. Despite some year-end catch-up by the rest of the S&P…
Read more The Magnificent 7 dominated 2023. Will the rest of the stock market soar in 2024?Almost as predictable as the big jolly man himself, many on Wall Street are eagerly waiting for the so-called Santa Claus rally to further fuel stock-market gains that…
Read more 'Santa Claus' rally time for stock market? Why investors should dial back their expectations for this seasonal year-end gift.U.S. stock indexes were higher on Wednesday as Wall Street tried to build on their year-end rally with a fresh record in sight for the S&P 500 index.…
Read more U.S. stocks struggle to resume climb as Dow edges higher after notching 5th straight record closeWall Street seems to agree that U.S. stocks will climb to fresh record highs in 2024. But the most important question for investors may still be the direction…
Read more How Fed rate moves could impact different sectors of the stock market in 2024Yields on 3-month BX:TMUBMUSD03M and 6-month BX:TMUBMUSD06M Treasury bills have been seeing yields north of 5% since March when Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse ignited fears of a broader…
Read more Fed could be the Grinch who 'stole' cash earning 5%. What a Powell pivot means for investors.U.S. stocks closed mostly higher Friday, with major U.S. equity indexes booking a seventh straight week in the green in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting.…
Read more Dow nabs 3rd straight record close, S&P has longest weekly win streak in 6 yearsIt has been a record day for 10% of the S&P 500. A group of 51 stocks in the benchmark equity index swept to record finishes on Tuesday,…
Read more S&P 500's year-end rally lifts 51 stocks to a record closeU.S. stocks opened mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed a reading on inflation that was largely in line with economists’ forecasts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.35%…
Read more U.S. stocks open mixed as investors weigh fresh data on inflationU.S. stocks opened mostly lower on Monday, after six straight weeks of gains, as investors look ahead to inflation data and the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week.…
Read more U.S. stocks open mostly lower as investors look ahead to inflation data, Fed policy meetingU.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, shaking off earlier weakness after a strong monthly jobs report, to clinch a sixth straight week in a row of gains. The…
Read more S&P 500 ends at 2023 high, books longest weekly win streak in 4 yearsNovember’s sharp pullback in 30-year fixed mortgage rates may not last if the labor market remains strong, said Mark Palim, deputy chief economist at Fannie Mae. Palim was…
Read more Mortgage rates' dip to 7% could be brief if jobs market stays strong, Fannie Mae economist saysU.S. stocks closed higher Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average scoring its longest weekly winning streak since February 2019, as investors digested the latest job report. How…
Read more U.S. stocks end higher after job report, and Dow scores longest weekly winning streak since February 2019Financial conditions are now looser than in September, says economist Financial conditions in the U.S. are looser than in September, says economist. Getty Images The feel-good tone gripping…
Read more November's rally just erased two months of Fed tightening, economist saysU.S. stock indexes ended lower on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 SPX, -0.39% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.19% booking a third straight session of losses…
Read more U.S. stocks finish lower as S&P 500, Dow industrials suffer three straight sessions of declines
