Market Wrap

As the first week of December kicked off, U.S. stock futures are set to open on a weaker note after enjoying substantial gains both the prior Friday and throughout November. Investors continue to assess the outlook for monetary policy following Fed Chair Jerome Powell‘s remarks on Friday....

Stock markets have notched their third successive week of gains, buoyed by inflation data falling short of forecasts. The Fed futures market anticipates four rate cuts in 2024. Small-cap stocks, as tracked by the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM), stand out as the outperformers for the week. They...

U.S. markets were mostly lower during Wednesday’s trading session as details coming out of China’s recent four-day meeting were iffy at best. The country's leaders recently convened to discuss its economic future. Barclays economists were quoted as saying “While the [Plenum] communiqué may have...

U.S markets rebounded from Thursday's trading sessions, with gains across all major indices. The Dow climbed to yet a new high as data released premarket indicated the U.S economy is stronger than many believed. The Dow Jones gained 1.08 percent to close at 15,761. The S&P 500 gained 1...

After hitting record levels during Wednesday's trading session, US equities took a bit of a breather today as all major indexes finished the trading session in the red. The Dow Jones declined 0.95 percent to 15,597. The S&P 500 declined 1.31 percent to 1,747. The Nasdaq declined 1.90 percent...

Stocks fell back for a second day in a row on Thursday as the big question -- when will the Federal Reserve trim its bond buying -- weighed on investor minds. There wasn't an answer to the question -- just as the Fed's statement on Wednesday offered no real hints that a change in policy is...

Wall Street got what it wanted from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday -- no hint on when the Fed might taper its bond buying program -- but stocks fell back anyway. Market News What's not clear is whether the sell-off will be anything more than a one-time event. One uncertainty is how...

Stocks pushed higher Tuesday in a rally that sent the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to new highs. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished at a 13-year high. The rally was built on expectations the Federal Reserve will leave its current bond-buying program in place...

If traders wanted excitement in the stock market on Monday, they got it only in the tiniest of increments. The market was quiet as investors waited for quarterly results from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and appeared reluctant to make big decisions ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting that...

Stocks finished the week with decent gains, although bullish earnings reports on Thursday let shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) enjoy rather big gains. Better still, the major averages finished near their highs of the day, a potentially bullish signal for the week...

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) were surging after hours as investors were cheered by their quarterly results. The reports came after a decent stock market rally on Thursday and may give stocks a boost on Friday. After Market Movers...

Tensions look to be building in the stock market right now over where new gains will come from in a market that's had a very big year. Traders could see it Wednesday in momentum stocks like Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), which dropped 4.1% to $164.50, and Yelp (NASDAQ: YELP), down 4.9% to $66.02, and...

Markets bounced higher Tuesday on weak September jobs data as the likelihood for Federal Reserve tapering dives. Correspondingly, treasury prices soared higher, sending the ten year yield to a three month low. Major Averages The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75.46 points, or 0.49 percent...

Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow closed down 0.05 percent to 15,392.01 while the NASDAQ surged 0.15 percent to 3,920.05. The S&P closed up, rising 0.01 percent to 1,744.65. Top Headline McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) reported a 4.6 percent rise in its third-quarter profit. McDonald's...

Markets continued to leap higher on a weak dollar as the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its 85 billion dollar quantitative easing. After announcing a small earnings beat last night, shares of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) are up more than 13 percent, helping push the Nasdaq up more than twice...