Tag: stocks

November 21, 2019

Institutional Investor Hall of Famer Richard Bernstein is making a bearish contrarian call on earnings. Despite Wall Street’s strong appetite for stocks right now, Bernstein believes there’s a high probability corporate earnings will come in negative next year. “The one […]

November 1, 2019

Oil futures were up slightly Friday, buoyed by an upbeat read on Chinese manufacturing activity, but remain on track for a weekly loss after a rise in U.S. inventories and uncertainty around U.S.-China trade talks. West Texas Intermediate crude for […]

November 1, 2019

October – historically a spooky month for stocks – wasn’t too scary this year. An ominous cloud typically hangs over the market in October due to the stockmarket crash of 1929, Black Monday in 1987 and the 2008 financial crisis, […]

October 21, 2019

Stocks moved broadly higher on Wall Street Monday as investors watch the latest corporate earnings and developments in the U.S.-China trade war. China’s top negotiator said over the weekend that “substantial progress” was being made in its talks with the […]

October 11, 2019

Global stocks rose sharply Friday on optimism about U.S.-Chinese talks on ending a tariff war, while oil prices gained as much as 2% after a rocket attack on an Iranian tanker. Benchmarks in Frankfurt, Paris, London, Shanghai and Tokyo all […]

October 1, 2019

U.S. stocks gave up early morning gains to trade lower Tuesday morning after the Institute for Supply Management’s survey of U.S. manufacturers showed the sector falling deeper into contraction, as President Trump’s trade war with China drags on. What are […]

September 25, 2019

The threat of impeachment is back, and this time investors appear to be paying at least some attention. “It felt like politics really wasn’t moving markets too much until today,” Art Hogan, chief market strategist for National, told MarketWatch during […]

September 20, 2019

Texas Instruments – Texas Instruments raised its quarterly dividend by 17%. The chipmaker will now pay 90 cents per share, up from the prior 77 cents a share, with the next dividend payable November 18 to stockholders of record on […]

September 4, 2019

Leading stock forecasters differ greatly on where the S&P 500 will go in the final four months of the year compared to this same time last year, based on CNBC analysis. The wide range of forecasts reflects the current tumultuous […]

September 3, 2019

If you’re still catching your breath from the stock market’s characteristically wild swings in August, buckle up: September could be even bumpier. Over the past 50 years, September has been the worst month for stocks, posting an average decline of […]