Bulls in the stock market are giddy. What is there no to be happy: the stock market mostly goes up, and making money seems easy. While newly minted investors focus on accumulating small, speculative stocks, institutions hide in large-cap tech stocks. For prudent investors, now is the time to understand …
Read More »Stock futures rise after Big Tech offers windfall profits
Stock index futures were aiming for a higher start for Wall Street on the last day of July on Friday after Apple and Amazon made windfall profits and Facebook and Alphabet, Google’s parent, beat expectations. However, the lack of progress in Congress on another financial aid bill, the continued increase …
Read More »Stocks drop sharply, drop nearly 500 points after grim jobless claims, worst GDP reading ever recorded
US stocks traded lower on Thursday, chased by economic reports that showed the sharpest decline in GDP recorded in the second quarter and a weekly report of jobless claims suggesting that the rebound of the pandemic is losing steam. amid a further increase in COVID-19 cases. Lack of progress in …
Read More »US stocks rise as investors analyze earnings, await Fed decision
Shares were moderately higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the conclusion of a Federal Reserve policy meeting, watched conversations about a coronavirus aid package in Congress, and continued to advance through an avalanche of corporate earnings reports first order. Market participants also braced themselves for possible fireworks on Capitol Hill, …
Read More »Asian markets mixed amid gloomy gains and pandemic worries
Asian stocks mixed on Wednesday as the company’s sad earnings reports add to pessimism about the widespread economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1% after Fitch Ratings lowered its outlook for Japan to “negative” from “stable”. “The coronavirus pandemic has caused a sharp economic contraction …
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