Major benchmarks eked out another gain on Friday despite starting the session in negative territory after President Trump insisted the U.S. has not agreed to phase out existing tariffs on imported goods from China. The news came despite confirmations yesterday from both Chinese and American negotiators stating otherwise as the two countries work toward striking […]
If your child wants to start picking stocks, Disney and Nvidia are the two places to start, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. The “Mad Money” host, as he always does, reminded viewers that an index fund should serve as your “bedrock” investment. Specifically, your first $10,000 should go into an index fund or an exchange-traded […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average rallies 182 points The Dow gained 182.24 points, or 0.66% to close at 27,674.80. The S&P 500 gained 0.27% to end the day at 3,085.19. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.28% to 8,434,52. News that the U.S. and China are willing to roll back tariffs to reach a trade deal sparked a sharp rotation out of bonds and […]
Investors interested in the exciting world of healthcare have plenty of options to chose from. Whether it be one of the many high-growth, small-cap healthcare companies offering cutting-edge treatments or a more established, large-cap giant, the sector is expected to continue to do well as healthcare costs in countries like the U.S. keep rising. However, […]
Call it a kind of trade truce. U.S. and Chinese trade authorities agreed Thursday to a plan that would roll back existing tariffs on each side’s goods, marking a meaningful step in the ongoing dispute and pushing stocks to record highs. Experts said the move would undoubtedly boost the U.S. stock market in the near term but weren’t […]
Dow Jones Industrial Average rallies 182 points The Dow gained 182.24 points, or 0.66% to close at 27,674.80. The S&P 500 gained 0.27% to end the day at 3,085.19. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.28% to 8,434,52. News that the U.S. and China are willing to roll back tariffs to reach a trade deal sparked a sharp rotation out of bonds and […]
Stocks rose to record highs on Thursday after the world’s two largest economies reportedly agreed to remove existing trade tariffs, sparking a huge rotation into equities and out of bonds. The 10-year Treasury yield had its biggest upward move since the day after President Donald Trump was elected, trading at 1.95% from 1.81% in the […]
Augmented reality (AR) really hit the mainstream during the summer of 2016, when the Pokemon Go craze captured the attention of, well, almost everyone. Today the technology is expected to achieve a market value of $83 billion by 2021. So pervasive is AR now that investors can tap into the field’s leading technology stocks in […]
The current rally in U.S. stocks seems almost absurd. Seemingly each day, some administration official trickles out a vaguely positive remark about the prospect of a tentative deal between the U.S. and China, and boom, stock markets end at records. But that’s how these things work, says Fahad Hassan, manager of the U.S. Enhanced Equity Fund […]
Owning dividend stocks can be a great way to both generate cash flow and beat the market long term. And if you can find stocks that are overlooked or underappreciated by the market, it can give a leg up to your investment plans. For a few different reasons, I think AT&T (NYSE:T), ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), and […]
Major benchmarks were largely flat on Wednesday after Reuters reported that a meeting between U.S. President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping may be delayed until December, stemming recent optimism that the two countries are close to signing a trade deal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) and the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) finished on either side […]
Election Day is one year away, and stocks are poised to keep rising over the next 12 months with an incumbent in office — that is if history is any indication. Since 1952, the Dow Jones industrial average has climbed 10.1% on average during election years when a sitting president has run for reelection, according […]
