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It appears Wall Street may have trouble hanging on to a string of gains as a big home improvement retailer reported mixed earnings and trade worries seemed to flare up again. Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) reported earnings that came in ahead of Wall Street expectations but revenue and same-store sales...

Wall Street goes shopping this week, starting with retail sales data tomorrow and then moving along to earnings reports from some of the major department- and big-box stores. By the time Friday rolls around, investors might have a better sense of how consumers are faring as summer looms. Stocks...

Today we’ll see if the market can roll a “lucky” seven as the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) enters Friday up six sessions in a row. It’s the first six-spot since last fall. Rising oil prices, high-achieving tech earnings, and even stock buybacks combined to help power...

Oil fuels a lot of things. On Wednesday, it helped to fuel a move higher in stocks, with that momentum spilling over into the pre-market this morning ahead of news of muted consumer inflation. The U.S. crude benchmark handily topped $70 a barrel yesterday, helping energy companies even as the wider...

This article was originally published on TD Ameritrade's IMX page. Monthly Summary The IMX moved lower for the fourth month in a row, ending the period down 8.24 percent at 4.79. The April IMX period started out with volatility in equity markets, and the IMX took another dip lower. Continuing...

Geopolitical concerns once again appear in the forefront for investors as President Trump is set to announce his decision on whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran. If that happens, it will likely cut into the global supply of oil, providing upward pressure for crude prices. That would bode well for...

As the new week dawns, the question is whether stocks can build on a pretty impressive turnaround rally that began late Thursday and carried into Friday. There aren’t as many key earnings reports in coming days, but Fed speakers and some important inflation data wait in the wings. Several Fed...

Jobs growth seems to be leveling off a little after many months of feverish gains. Employment rose 164,000 in April, the U.S. government said in its Non-farm payrolls report Friday, below Wall Street analysts’ expectations for the second month in a row. The new figure comes after a March jobs...

Investors seem to be nervous, unsure of what to take away from the Fed statement this week and not bullish enough to push the market strongly higher despite a bumper earnings season.  Meanwhile, trade tensions with China have bubbled back to the surface, and investors are looking toward an...