Battered Boeing boosts the Dow, stocks mount impressive Monday rally
With surprising good news from battered Boeing (trading symbol: BA), a major Dow Jones Industrials component, market averages took off Monday like a shot.
Dow Jones Industrials
Schwab drops commissions. ISM index drops below 50. Stocks just drop
Discount brokerage house Charles Schwab Corp. announced it would eliminate most sales commissions for online stock trades on October 7. ISM Index drops.
Pork inspires Friday trading action. China tariff front improves
Much of Friday’s market optimism involves China’s uncommon fondness for all things pork. Which is linked to alleged moves on the China tariff front.
Invest in stocks? Say, did you hear the latest US-China trade rumors?
Absent real news to drive the markets, the only game in town is the rumor mill. And this week's favorites are the latest incoming US-China trade rumors.
Trump vs Fed: Score one for Trump truth as Dow tanks over 400 points
Fed Chair Jerome Powell awoke from his haze, halting 2018’s robo-rate hiking habit. At least for 2019. More or less. Score one for Trump vs Fed.
Ten year bond rate clobbers stocks, market averages take another dive
Markets ignored the past week's stream of generally much-improved earnings reports. They’ve chosen instead to fixate on the inevitable breaching of the dreaded 3 percent yield on the U.S. ten year bond, something that’s just occurred.
S&P 500 on edge of disaster as trade war media chatter worsens
Traders and investors alike were shell-shocked at Friday’s closing bell on Wall Street. The Dow plunged nearly 3 percent on the day, and the S&P 500 and NASDAQ got pounded almost as badly.
Raging bull returns? Wall Street rediscovers irrational exuberance in Monday action
Wall Street’s raging bull is attempting a serious return. Could this be the beginning of Trump Rally #3?
Crash? Monday stock averages plummet, snap back, tank again
Are we witnessing a surprise stock market crash in progress? Immediately after Monday’s 9:30 a.m. opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, the stock market resumed Friday’s catastrophic 2+ percent Dow decline.
DJIA smashed as wages, interest rates jump big time while Apple tanks
Almost immediately after Friday's opening bell,, the bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) hit a huge air pocket, dropping over 300 points in a matter of minutes.
Bear market ahead? DJIA plunges 400 points, most sectors hit hard
Investors are already experiencing the kind of bear market nervousness they thought they'd left behind. The biggest villain in today’s Dow drop: High-fling UnitedHealth Group (symbol: UNH), off a painful $9.98 per share, with shares currently trading at $237 and change.
Monday Markets: Make it the 12th record in a row for the Dow
Widely followed average of major (more or less) industrial stocks scores another record close as Trump Rally continues. But what about Trump’s Tuesday speech?
Apple posts numbers that power Dow, NASDAQ to big gains
But broader-based S&P 500 lags, with airlines, utilities, pharmaceuticals weighing on other sectors.
BREAKING: Fed hikes interest rates 0.25 percent. Stocks down
Dow briefly hits record high after announcement, then heads into negative territory. Other averages follow. 3 more rate hikes expected in 2017.
TRUMP WINS! Market tanks… then explodes to the upside
In election stunner, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, the MSM and die-hard #NeverTrumpers gobsmacked by Donald Trump's upset victory, confounding global markets and Wall Street alike.
Dow up big time as Yellen market rally continues Wednesday
WASHINGTON, March 30, 2016 – After a negative open on Tuesday, markets got back on the upswing with remarks from Fed Chair Janet Yellen that were clearly designed to reverse the bad cheer spread last week by inflation hawk James Bullard, President of the St. Louis Fed. The fun continues in Wednesday morning trading action, ...
Stocks party hard on Super Tuesday, Dow up triple digits
WASHINGTON, March 1, 2016 – March really did roar in like a lion Tuesday, at least on Wall Street. After a mopey, gloomy, miserable leap-Monday (February 29), a majority of stocks were off to the races Super Tuesday morning, with the Dow up slightly over 2 percent, while the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ closed ...
Dividends grow, stocks meander in boring Tuesday trading
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2015 – Boring trading is dominating Tuesday’s jaded markets. Home Depot’s (symbol: HD) numbers jazzed traders at the opening bell, although the halo effect is diminishing as we write this around 2 p.m. EST. The Dow is up approximately 83 points with other averages showing similar approximately 0.5 percent gains. But markets ...
Monday Markets: Picking up the pieces from Friday’s carnage
WASHINGTON, August 23, 2015 — Friday’s stock market close left individual investors and seasoned market professionals alike in a state of shock. Much of this weekend’s post-crash chatter has involved speculation focusing on just how nasty Monday morning’s follow-through action is likely to be. Read also: What’s really spooking the Fed and stock markets in ...
Wall Street Roadkill: Dow off over 530 as U.S. markets crash
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2015 – After opening down and fading further after several feeble rally attempts, stocks were pancaked in the final hour of U.S. trading on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) closed down 64.84 points, the casualty of a massive selling panic that caught even many professionals off-guard with its intensity. Other averages ...