While 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?.Investors bought up shares of Etsy Inc. on Thursday after the online crafts marketplace added to its board of directors a partner of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management…
Read more Etsy’s stock is having its best day in seven months after Elliott takes ‘sizable’ stakeOil futures popped higher Sunday evening, after a drone attack that killed three U.S. service members in northern Jordan, blamed by the White House on Iran-backed militants, marked…
Read more Oil prices jump after drone attack kills U.S. troops, escalating Mideast crisisU.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 2024Shares of Apple Inc. are starting 2024 with a selloff, after Barclays analyst Tim Long said it was “time for a breather,” citing weak hardware sales as iPhone…
Read more Apple's stock falls after 'sell' call from BarclaysU.S. stocks capped off a wild 2023 with a two-month sprint that has carried the Dow to record highs and the S&P 500 index to within a whisker…
Read more So much for 'the January effect': Here are five things that could interrupt the U.S. stock market rally in early 2024.U.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 streakShares of Manchester United Ltd. MANU climbed 4.7% in premarket trades Tuesday after British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe clinched his 25% minority stake in the iconic English soccer…
Read more Manchester United stock climbs after Jim Ratcliffe clinches 25% stake2023 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.Speculation that the 60-40 portfolio may have outlived its usefulness has been rife on Wall Street after two years of lackluster performance. But as the yield on the…
Read more Why the 60-40 portfolio is poised to make a comeback in 2024U.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.It may be a couple of years since the meme-stock feeding frenzy hit its heights, but we’re still seeing occasional bursts of meme-like activity in number of stocks.…
Read more This is what we can expect to see from meme stocks in 2024Options contracts tied to more than $5 trillion worth of stocks, exchange-traded funds and indexes are set to expire on Friday as the latest “triple witching” expiration event…
Read more Chaotic 'triple witching' set for Friday, as $5.3 trillion in options expireIt 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 meeting
