Stocks - Page 5

Ever since the big Christmas Eve sell-off, stocks have been recording surprisingly strong gains.

The tough day in equity markets.

Stocks began the year with a bit of rising optimism.

A very tough end to a week of turmoil on Wall Street.

Investors appear relieved to have the midterms in the rear-view mirror.

#Resist is a bad investment strategy.

A big bounce after Monday’s big stock sell-off.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now erased all of its gains for the year.

Higher wages will not be good for corporate earnings, even though they may be necessary to sustain our economic expansion.

A broad rally pushed up stocks in every sector of the economy Tuesday.

U.S. stocks fell sharply for a second day in a row,.

Wednesday’s stock sell-off was broad and deep, with many tech stocks bearing the brunt of investor concerns over interest rates and Chinese espionage.

Signs that the labor market has continued to tighten has pushed up bond yields and weighed on stocks.

The new records come just days after the Trump administration announced that it was placing tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese goods.

One month after Apple rose above the $1 trillion mark, Amazon becomes the second company to pass the milestone.

Stocks have been boosted by strong economic numbers. And president Donald Trump is taking notice.

The prior record was held in the bull market that ran from October 1990 and ended with the popping of the tech bubble in March 2000.

The bull market in U.S. stocks is now tied with its all-time record.

The SEC is looking into whether Musk intentionally misled investors in a bid to hurt short sellers by driving up the price of Tesla’s stock.

Stocks of global companies with extensive China exposure suffered most while smaller, domestically focused stocks actually rose Tuesday.

Stocks tumbled Tuesday after President Trump promised hundreds of billions in new tariffs in response to China trade retaliation.

More than one quarter of stocks traded on the Shanghai exchange fell by 10 percent, the one-day limit for Chinese stocks.  The Shanghai Composite Index dived below 3,000.

All the sound and fury over tariffs and retaliation was met with a very small decline in major stock market indexes.

President Sergio Mattarella made the surprise announcement Sunday that he would refuse to appoint Paolo Savona as prime minister. Instead of calming markets, this sparked a selloff in stocks and bonds on Monday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average went on a wild ride. In early trading, the index climbed more than 200 points, only to fall to midday lows of around a 600 point loss.

U.S. stocks spent most of the day like a well made cocktail: mixed but not too strong. Then things got ugly in the final hour before the close.

Investors were cheered by signs that the Trump administration’s trade policies appear to be producing cooperation and compromise rather than sparking a trade war. 

Stocks rose on Friday. Shares of luxury retailer Tiffany & Co, however, fell by nearly 6%. And Toys R Us was shuffled off to the Island of Misfit Toys.

Stocks of the biggest U.S. multinational companies were hit the hardest by a sell-off that accelerated after the Trump administration announced new steel and aluminum tariffs.

Despite inflation data showing prices rising faster than expected, stocks rose on Wednesday and economists reduced Q1 GDP estimates.

Monday’s gains were spread widely through the market with 10 of the 11 S&P sectors up. The energy sector saw the best performance of the day, boosted by rising energy prices.

In a wild end to a wild week in the stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks fall by as much 500 points only to soar later.

With another morning plunge, followed by a rally, followed by a tumble, stocks put investors on a wild ride Wednesday.

After crashing downward at the open, stocks rose to end the day in positive territory, producing a wild day.

Not since before World War II has the Dow Jones Industrial Average seen a rise as powerful as what we saw in Donald Trump’s first year.

The stock market is the closest thing America has to an instant gauge on economic news. Even if it is an often fickle judge, the stock market bears watching when economically relevant news breaks.