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May 6, 2016: Markets opened lower on Friday following a lower-than-expected report on U.S. employment. The report contributed to a short-lived boost in traders’ interest in U.S. Treasuries, but...
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May 5, 2016: Markets opened higher on Thursday primarily on strengthening crude oil prices despite a move higher by the dollar. Higher job cuts reported by Challenger combined with a rise in new...
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May 4, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday after a blizzard of lackluster economic data from all over the globe. Eurozone PMI services index readings were lower than expected and equity...
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May 3, 2016: Markets opened lower Tuesday following some overnight weakness in overseas markets resulting from weak data on trade from both China and Europe and a strengthening dollar. Energy prices...
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ThinkstockMay 2, 2016: Markets opened higher Monday with markets in Hong Kong and Shanghai closed for a holiday and Japan’s Nikkei down about 3%. The failure of the Halliburton-Baker Hughes merger...
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Old companies have led the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher in 2016, including Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil and Chevron.
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April 29, 2016: Markets opened lower Friday with healthcare and tech stocks taking the brunt of the punishment. This morning’s report on PCE inflation showed inflation lower in April than in March...
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April 28, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday after the Bank of Japan made no move to cut its interest rate and the dollar fell in response. The first estimate of U.S. first quarter GDP rang in at...
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April 27, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday and traded lower until the FOMC announcement in the mid-afternoon. The delay on raising rates and at least some observations that a June hike may be on...
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April 26, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday but dollar weakness pushed crude oil prices higher. The FOMC will end its April meeting on Wednesday, with observers expecting no change to the interest...
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April 25, 2016: Markets opened lower Monday and never made it above the breakeven line during the entire day. It could be that Wednesday’s FOMC meeting announcement has investors and traders...
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Year to date, the worst performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Index is Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), down 8.16%. After the company reported first-quarter earnings last Tuesday shares actually...
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After a slow start to the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has perked up since March and now stands at just over 18,000, up 3.3% for the year to date. Of the Dow 30 stocks, 19 have posted gains...
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April 22, 2016: Markets opened mixed Friday with the blue chip index on the right side of the flat line while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite started the day below the line. The...
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April 21, 2016: Markets opened about flat Thursday as investors and traders tried to balance remarks from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi (low rate will last longer), with falling crude...
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