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The European Central Bank has chosen to follow the Federal Reserve’s lead and make its inflation targeting more flexible, giving it leeway to keep rates low for longer.In what is billed as its...
Equities in China, the world's second-largest economy behind the US, have been making headlines. Regulators in the Asian nation have been targeting tech names that are, or plan to be, listed overseas....
A raft of inflation data and a host of speeches by Federal Reserve officials, along with the dollar’s reaction to those, will determine if gold gets to progress more deeply into $1,800 territory...
Investors shifted on Friday from growth stocks to cyclicals Indices posted fresh records All eyes on earnings season as hopes grow it will validate faith in recovery Inflation concerns and Delta...
With US major indices trading at record-high levels, the upcoming week will be mostly about earnings, as some of the nation's largest companies release their latest quarterly numbers. Earnings...
Despite worries that the U.S. economic recovery might be losing steam, stocks on Wall Street rose on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and NASDAQ Composite all rallying to...
If you’re looking to build your retirement portfolio with stocks that pay high dividend yields, the environment is not in your favor. After a year-long relentless rally in equity markets,...
US housing data on Building Permits, Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales typically get significant investor attention. According to the residential construction statistics released jointly by the...
It was probably not what many people expected in this era of food commodity-fueled inflation, but soybeans are in a bear market after a huge upward revision in US stockpiles of the grain sent...
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is up 12% from its May 11 low. The streaming entertainment giant, and distinguished member of the mega cap group of FAANG stocks, has been enjoying a revival amid the return of...
Airline stocks, one of the most popular reopening trades, aren’t moving in the direction investors had hoped.The US Global Jets ETF (NYSE:JETS) has shed more than 15% during the past quarter,...
Fed debates timeline to reduce Quantitive Easing Investors are buying Treasuries and gold but not silver and copper Bitcoin continues to slide Key EventsUS futures on the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and...
Regular readers of this column will note that we emphasize long-term investing in solid companies or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that provide access to robust shares. For most retail investors, the...
After a near invincible run for most of the second quarter, Q3 begins with natural gas heading for its sharpest weekly loss since April. And for good reason too: The next couple of weeks might not be...
On Tuesday, the US Defense Department scuppered its JEDI cloud computing project, a $10 billion, Trump-administration agreement with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). Instead, the DoD announced, "a new...
Energy markets are again in the grip of uncertainty after the OPEC+ oil cartel's members failed to agree on a plan to boost crude output. For investors, including those in related equities, that means...
Yields plunge on fears higher oil prices will heighten inflation Commodities and Treasuries jump Dollar rally ends Key EventsUS futures on the Dow, S&P, NASDAQ and Russell 2000 and European...