Tag: stocks

January 6, 2020

The end of 2019 may have momentarily brought an easing of a number of global risks and fears, but that has all changed a few days into the new year. The U.S. killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani has […]

January 2, 2020

Anixter International – The networking equipment maker accepted a sweetened takeover bid worth $93.50 per share from private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice. Bidding between Clayton Dubilier and industrial products distributor Wesco International has gone back and forth several […]

December 30, 2019

After a stellar 2019, investors look ahead to 2020 for stock picks. Analysts are skeptical that the stock market’s gains, which are at more than 20% in 2019, will remain in the double-digit percentage range next year. They expect volatility […]

December 19, 2019

President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday night by the House of Representatives, yet stocks were not unnerved on Thursday, ignoring the political firestorm and instead focusing on a trade deal with China and an economy that appears to be reaccelerating. […]

December 16, 2019

Stock-index futures pointed higher Monday, with the upbeat tone tied to a preliminary U.S.-China trade deal, though questions remained over the details of the long-awaited “phase one” accord. What are major indexes doing? Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

December 10, 2019

U.S. stocks on Tuesday swung from positive to negative territory as Wall Street weighed U.S-China trade developments, with a Dec. 15 deadline for additional tariffs on Chinese goods looming. Investors also were digesting news of a revised North American free […]

December 9, 2019

Gold futures settled at a slight loss on Monday, finding little reason to move in either direction ahead of a mid-week policy update from the Federal Reserve and a U.K. general election that could roil markets. The coming two-day Fed […]

December 3, 2019

For months, investors’ eyes have been glued to large-cap indexes like the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones industrial average for signs of further life in the current bull market. But as of last week, small caps might be the […]

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 […]