The S & P 500 made a clean sweep, closing higher every day last week. Aside from Nvidia ‘s earnings report, which turned out to be pretty uneventful in terms of impact on the overall market, investors continued to branch out into stocks beyond tech. For the week, the Dow …
The post-election rally came to a halt this week as investors started to get a better sense of what a second Donald Trump term might look like, with the president-elect announcing several picks for ranking positions within his administration. By Friday’s close, the S & P 500 was 2.08% lower …
President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell takes to the podium during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Talk about an eventful week. Normally, …
It was a wild week, with the bond market in the driver’s seat. Rising yields early on gave way to some moderation, and the Nasdaq hit an all-time high on Friday. The Nasdaq did not finish above its July record-high close of 18,647 but ended less than a half-percent away. …
Wall Street extended its weekly winning streak to six in a row. Earnings drove the stock market higher — can they do it again in the week ahead? The S & P 500 and the Dow both closed Friday at new record highs and turned in their best weeks of …
Friday’s rally on a strong jobs report gained momentum into the close and pushed the stock market into the green for the week. The S & P 500 , the Dow , and the Nasdaq just barely overcame Tuesday’s sharp losses on rising tensions in the Mideast that boosted oil …
For all the hype this week heading into Nvidia ‘s earnings release and another important update on inflation, the stock action was pretty muted, especially given all the volatility this August: The S & P 500 closed up 0.24%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.92% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Wall Street takes back-to-back weekly gains and an overbought market into an important week featuring Nvidia earnings and the latest reading on the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday gave the speech from Jackson Hole that investors wanted to hear. The S & P 500 …
The economic worries that pummeled stocks in early August quieted further in recent days, enabling Wall Street to turn in its best week of the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite led the way, surging 5.3% on the week, followed by the S & P 500 , which advanced 3.9%, and the …
Stocks had a rough week, topped off with a pummeling Friday after the July jobs data came in weaker than expected. The Nasdaq led the way down, losing 3.35% on the week, followed by the Dow Jones Industrial’s decline of 2.1%, and the S & P 500’s 2.06% drop. It …
