Category: Trading

September 22, 2021

Stocks are starting higher on Wall Street Wednesday, potentially setting up the S&P 500 to break a four-day losing streak. The benchmark index was up 0.3% in the early going, led by gains in banks and industrial companies. Facebook was […]

September 13, 2021

US-listed shares of Alibaba and other Chinese technology companies fell Monday after the Financial Times reported the Chinese government wants to break up Alipay, the financial services superapp from Ant Group, marking Beijing’s latest move to overhaul the fintech heavyweight […]

September 8, 2021

Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday following a Federal Reserve report that shows U.S. economic activity slowed this summer amid rising worries over resurgent coronavirus cases and mounting supply chain problems and labor shortages. The S&P 500 index, […]

September 7, 2021

Uncertainty remains elevated for the economy, inflation, monetary policy, and the path of the pandemic as the final quarter of 2021 approaches. As investors struggle to get a handle on how the final run of 2021 plays out, the US […]

September 3, 2021

What After-Hours Trading Is After-hours trading is any trading that occurs between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. EST, although trading volumes typically dry up long before 8 p.m. Electronic communications networks handle after-hours trading, pairing sellers with buyers instead of […]

August 23, 2021

US stocks rebounded from last week’s losses and moved higher on Monday, ahead of a key policy meeting from the Federal Reserve. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Fed governors are set to meet for their annual Jackson Hole meeting on […]

August 20, 2021

Global shares fell for the fifth straight day and the dollar remained firm in a flight to safety on Friday as rising coronavirus cases compounded concerns over Chinese growth and the outlook for U.S. stimulus. The swirling economic currents have […]

August 18, 2021

European stock markets are expected to open higher Wednesday, taking their lead from gains in Asia rather than the weak close on Wall Street, ahead of key inflation data and an update from the Federal Reserve. At 2:05 AM ET […]

August 10, 2021

THE BENEFITS OF A SIMPLE STRATEGY Traders tend to overcomplicate things when they’re starting out in the forex market. This fact is unfortunate but undeniably true. Traders often feel that a complex trading strategy with many moving parts must be […]

August 3, 2021

Stocks shook off a wobbly start and ended higher Tuesday as traders weighed another big set of company earnings reports. Investors were also closely monitoring the latest developments with COVID-19 and its potential impact on a still-recovering economy amid the […]