Technology companies, banks and industrial companies all rose Thursday as investors got ready for big banks to announce their first-quarter results and let go of some of their concerns about the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft, the market’s leaders over the last year, rose again. Industrial […]
As the stock market rose sharply on Thursday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer pinpointed a key component of the bull case that helped equities climb. the lack of “explosive” Trump tweets. “We didn’t see a threat to Russia,” the “Mad Money” host said. “We didn’t get a tweet about an attack on the FBI or special prosecutor […]
Stocks opened higher on Thursday as the market begins to show signs of a possible comeback, though there is hardly a guarantee the worst is over amid continued trade uncertainty. This means that many investors are eagerly awaiting first quarter earnings season to help avoid any further volatility. Finding stocks that look poised to top […]
The U.S. shale-oil revolution is mature enough that a few rounds of boom-and-bust have elapsed. Even the companies that managed to hang on after the recent down cycle—which saw crude futures shed more than half their value from a June 2014 peak—have been forced to retool some of the industry’s biggest projects and streamline their […]
Investors were anticipating a more volatile 2018, but few expected the severity and frequency of the swings seen on Wall Street this year. Markets have not seen moves this wild since the financial crisis, according to LPL Financial’s Ryan Detrick. “Last year, 2017, was one of the historically least volatile markets we’ve seen since the […]
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: General Electric – In a new report, Cowen recommends avoiding GE stock ahead of an upcoming restatement of earnings and its first quarter report scheduled for Apr. 20. Cowen feels a first-quarter earnings miss is “probable,” and doesn’t feel the already-cut dividend is necessarily safe. Facebook […]
European stocks finished lower Wednesday, as analysts fretted that U.S. military action against Syria could spook markets. A pan-European equity benchmark continued to show a small weekly gain, helped by worries receding over the ongoing trade skirmish between China and the U.S., the world’s two largest economies. How markets are moving The Stoxx Europe 600 […]
It’s a phrase that comes standard on Wall Street, but which may be taking on ominous undertones in the current market: Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. It should come as no surprise that U.S. equity-market investors have been handsomely rewarded thus far this decade, a period of time that roughly corresponds with […]
European stocks on Tuesday closed at their highest level in about a month, with sharp gains registered at all of the major bourses, as China’s premier bolstered hopes that a global trade war can be averted. German stocks led the gains, with Bayer AG soaring on positive deal news. How markets are moving The Stoxx […]
It’s hard to sugarcoat the stock market’s performance in March. It was undeniably a bad month for investors — and already we’ve seen signs that April may bring continued fireworks. However, after a roughly 6% decline for the S&P 500 SPX, +1.67% from highs in late February, most folks have been acting like all hell […]
Stocks jumped Tuesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing would reduce tariffs on imported cars and improve intellectual property protection, steps that could ease trade tensions. Facebook climbed as CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the Senate about the company’s privacy scandal. Xi’s proposals could help the U.S. and China resolve their differences and avert […]
With scandals and pseudo-scandals swirling at Facebook, Tesla and Amazon, CNBC’s Jim Cramer wanted to inspect each household company to gauge the potential negative impacts. “With all three names rebounding nicely today along with the rest of the market, … I think we need to conduct a damage assessment,” the “Mad Money” host said on […]
