U.S. stocks closed solidly higher on Thursday, with major indexes advancing in a broad rally that was led by the technology sector, which enjoyed its best session in more than a month. Hopes that geopolitical tensions surrounding trade policy were easing also supported the market. The centrality of this issue to the economy was underlined […]
The stock market was solidly higher early Thursday — but off its morning highs — as the major indexes looked to recover from Tuesday’s weakness. ADP payrolls showed that jobs in the U.S. grew by 177,000 in June, missing the 190,000 consensus estimate. Investors await the Fed Minutes due out at 2 p.m. ET. FANG […]
Historically, the performance of data storage companies has been closely tied to the growth of PC shipments (or lack thereof). Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX) and Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) have a near duopoly in the hard disk drive (HDD) market, which has been steadily declining in recent years as fewer PCs are being shipped annually and new […]
World stocks were flat on Wednesday amid growing anxiety ahead of Washington’s end of week deadline to impose tariffs on Chinese imports, while the yuan steadied after China’s central bank acted to calm investors. The MSCI All-Country World index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, was lower by less than 0.1 percent on the day, […]
Dow futures rose Wednesday, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The stock market, closed for Independence Day, is under pressure on Trump trade war concerns. U.S.-China fireworks begin Friday. A pair of sectors at high risk from a Trump trade war have been big losers. That includes Dow Jones industrials such as Boeing […]
If there’s one thing harder than finding great stocks, it’s holding on to those stocks after they’ve already delivered big gains. But sometimes, that’s exactly what you should do. To that end, we asked three top Motley Fool investors to not only find a stock that climbed at least 50% in 2017, but also — […]
U.S. stock indexes staged a negative reversal Tuesday as the market wrapped up a half session. The stock market will be closed Wednesday for the July 4 holiday. The Nasdaq fell 0.9%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average eased 0.5% each. But the S&P SmallCap 600 advanced 0.2%. Volume was up […]
Stocks turned lower just after midday Tuesday, hurt by a 5% decline in shares of Micron Technology (MU). A China court temporarily banned the sale of Micron chips in China, ruling in favor of United Microelectronics (UMC) in a patent infringement lawsuit. With less than one hour remaining in Tuesday’s shortened session, the Dow Jones […]
U.S. stock-market indexes closed lower on Tuesday, reversing earlier gains as losses in the technology and financials sectors outweighed advances in energy, telecoms and real-estate shares. Trading volumes were lower than normal because of the Fourth of July holiday on Wednesday. Markets closed at 1p.m. Eastern, three hours earlier than normal, and they will be […]
For U.S. stock-market investors, one strategy in particular has worked in 2018: the same thing that has been working. Momentum investing, or the idea that stocks that have recently risen will continue their trend over the medium term, has been one of the strongest bets for months. However, the outperformance has been so great that […]
U.S. stocks kicked off the third quarter on a positive note Monday, with the main indexes reversing early losses to finish higher on the back of a rally in technology shares. However, worries over trade tensions between the U.S. and its major trading partners lingered, weighing on investors’ sentiment. What did the main benchmarks do? […]
President Donald Trump’s imminent decision on whether to hit China with tariffs starting Friday could easily make this the best or worst week of the year for the stock market. The implications of the Trump China tariff decision are that big: Either we’re at the outset of a technological cold war with Beijing, or — […]
