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By Jon D. Markman On June 1, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks stormed up and down the field last Friday as investors reacted to a change of tone in the trade war with China, a wave of unrest in U.S. urban centers, and better consumer confidence...
By Jon D. Markman On May 29, 202003:23 PM Eastern
Stocks are mostly lower today as investors react to a renewal of the trade war with China, unrest in Minneapolis and slightly better consumer spending and confidence data.
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By Tony Sagami On May 29, 202002:14 PM Eastern
"We print money digitally. As a central bank, we have the ability to create money.”
—Jerome Powell on 60 Minutes May 17, 2020
A trillion of anything is a big, big number. One...
Shares of Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT, Rated “B-”) have been on a tear since mid-April. Why? Government stimulus payments, expanded unemployment benefits and a general shift toward the “order online,...
By Jon D. Markman On May 29, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks swept higher Thursday morning on signs that U.S. job losses were abating, but profit-takers emerged in the final hour of the session after the White House threatened to renew its trade war...
By Jon D. Markman On May 28, 202003:05 PM Eastern
Stocks are sweeping higher again Thursday as the benchmark indexes are hitting three-month highs on signs that pressure may be easing on workers hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic
The Dow Jones...
By Jon D. Markman On May 28, 202006:28 AM Eastern
Stocks went their separate ways on Wednesday like schoolkids let loose on the playground — beleaguered and under-loved financials and industrials flipped higher, while expensive and over-loved...
By Mike Larson On May 27, 202004:29 PM Eastern
Will opening up the economy lead to a second wave of infections and shutdowns? Or is the worst of the COVID-19 outbreak behind us?
Will the nature of business investment and consumer spending be...
By Jon D. Markman On May 27, 202002:40 PM Eastern
Stocks are going their separate ways today as financials are finding a solid bid while tech and health care have lost their exalted status for now and are trading lower.
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By Sean Brodrick On May 27, 202012:12 PM Eastern
There’s some news out of China that may knock you off your chair: Post-lockdown, people in that country are driving more, not less.
Chinese roads and highways are more crowded than ever....