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Looks like another busy week for investors and traders with the focus on earnings, the FOMC meeting, U.S. economic data, and U.S. indices holding at or near new all-time highs. First and foremost, with U.S. indices to new all-time highs last week, companies reporting quarterly results this week...

Mondays might get a bad reputation on Wall Street if they keep starting out like this.  For the second week in a row, stocks begin in a slump. Last week they recovered to hit new record highs by Friday, so there’s that. Rising cases of coronavirus and the swirl of events around President...

If, like many Americans, you went to bed with a sense of unease after the tumult in Washington, you’re probably feeling some relief this morning. The market seems stable after Congress certified Joe Biden’s election win following unrest on Capitol Hill. Investors also apparently have...

The elevator ride takes a pause this morning, but it’s still been an impressive week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) now sits just below 30,000 in pre-market trading after topping it yesterday, and there’s a chance this milestone moment could draw some new cash into...

Every week, Benzinga conducts a sentiment survey to understand what traders are most excited about, interested in or thinking about as they manage and build their personal portfolios. We recently surveyed a group of over 250 traders and investors on whether shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) or...

U.S. markets in the week ahead could see a bounce after Friday's modest drop, as the country settles into the post-election period. Earnings Resiliency: Although new record COVID-19 numbers could drag share prices, corporate earnings have proved surprisingly resilient, giving momentum to...

After stumbling to start the week, it looks like Wall Street is trying to get back on its feet this morning. Major indices—which recovered some of their losses in the last hour yesterday—made up more ground in pre-market trading despite fading stimulus hopes and more shutdowns due to...

If there’s one thing that could potentially shift investors’ focus away from early concerns about rising COVID-19 cases and the stalled state of stimulus, maybe it’s four FAANG stocks reporting the same afternoon. But that’s not until Thursday.  Mega-cap...

Let’s get ahead of some of the data coming our way this busy week. First off, we have financial markets focused on the central bank activity with the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the Bank of Canada (BOC), and the European Central Bank (ECB) all expected to leave rates unchanged in continuation of the...

Against the backdrop of COVID-19, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) faces cold headwinds on the earnings front in addition to emerging regulatory challenges. Coming off a not-so-stellar Q1 reporting season, GOOGL fell short in Q2, reporting its first-ever year-over-year quarterly decline...

This year handed the market and Main Street an unsettling flurry of ups and downs. But if you sift through it all—high hopes along with headaches—there’s been an important lesson: “Digital tech intensity,” a line from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO...

As the election nears, it feels like there’s been a change in market psychology and a note of caution on stocks in general following the great summer run-up.  Though stocks fell in pre-market trading this morning, it doesn’t seem like there’s a real sense of direction. Things...

Do words have the power to move markets? Yes and no. When words are used to telegraph policy moves, such as the Fed’s recent change from 2% “inflation targeting” to 2% “inflation averaging,” the markets took those words as a hint that the Fed would keep interest rates...

Despite not including electrifying stocks such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and therefore missing out on its historical gains, the Dow Jones Index still has quite a few winners under its umbrella. Although Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) had their worst...