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U.S. stock market takes weekly loss on poor economic reports.The U.S. stock market took a weekly loss as all major U.S. stock indexes posted red weekly numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA)...

Major stock indices spent Friday clawing their way back upward after the non-farm payrolls report caused an early-morning nosedive.Friday morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on...

Bond market flashes warning signal to stocks and only one of these asset classes can be right.As everyone knows, the bond market and the stock market tend to move inversely to each other. As stocks...

Thursday’s disappointing unemployment claims report was offset by a strong dose of Abenomics.Although Thursday’s report on initial unemployment claims indicated a 7.8 percent increase,...

Stocks took a hard fall on Wednesday after both of the day’s two economic reports turned out to be disappointing.Both of Tuesday’s economic reports turned out to be duds. The March ADP...

Dow Jones Industrial Average sets another closing high.Tuesday saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) set another record as the index closed at 14,662 with a gain of 0.61%. The S&P 500 (SPY)...

The S&P 500 index opened the new quarter with a declineAfter setting an all time closing high last week, the S&P 500 index (SPY) fell 0.45% yesterday to start off the month of April. The Dow...

Major U.S. stock market indexes hit all time highs this week on low volume and declining momentumU.S. stock market indexes closed out a Holiday shortened week with new record closing highs for the...

Today we saw the S&P 500 establish a new record high despite continued European tremors and economic fearThe S&P 500 Index hit its all time high today, closing at 1569.19, just a few points...

Index ETFs finished flat to mixed on Wednesday, despite an early morning downturn in trading. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) lost .09%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF...

Index ETFs finish lower after Cyprus/EU deal closesIndex ETFs didn’t quite buy the Cyprus deal passed last night, despite the short relief rally seen earlier this morning in US markets. The SPDR...

Stock market faces monster week with Cyprus crisis and heavy stream of economic dataAfter a volatile week last week, the U.S. stock market faces a monster week ahead as the crisis in Cyprus comes to a...

New Cyprus turmoil continues to place pressure on US markets and ETFs, despite the Fed’s refilled punchbowl yesterdayIndex ETFs and US markets felt more heat from Cyprus today, despite the Fed...

Dr. Ben kicks any fears regarding Cyprus in the nose, with new promises of further easing aheadDr. Ben spoke and markets listened today, temporarily erasing any fears regarding the Cyprus/EU standoff...

The Cyprus NO vote to the €5.8 billion bank levy continues to chill US stocks and ETFsIndex ETFs continued to cool today as the Cyprus Parliament again delayed and then voted NO to the €5.8...

U.S. stocks and ETFs shiver as Cyprus reignites European debt crisisU.S. stocks and ETFs fell sharply on Monday, along with financial markets around the world, in response to the weekend announcement...