U.S. stocks pared early losses on Friday with the Dow turning mildly positive as investors scrutinized more economic data and Federal Reserve commentary following Thursday’s promising inflation report, as well Read more
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U.S. stocks open higher, building on gains ahead of inflation report
U.S. stocks opened higher on Wednesday, building on their gains from the prior session ahead of Thursday’s closely watched inflation report. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.48% gained 15 points, or Read more
Dow gains 700 points as stocks log biggest advance in 5 weeks
U.S. stocks logged their biggest daily advance in more than 5 weeks on Friday as investors reacted to data showing the labor market and wage growth finally starting to cool. Read more
Dow up nearly 400 points as pace of jobs growth, wage gains cool in December
U.S. stocks advanced Friday, with the Dow rising nearly 400 points, as monthly Labor Department data showed the pace of job creation cooled in December while wage gains slowed, fueling Read more
Dow drops 300 points as strong jobs data suggests more aggressive Fed rate hikes
U.S. stocks finished lower on Thursday, with the Dow dropping more than 300 points, as strong jobs data and hawkish Fed commentary signaled more aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes to Read more
Stock-market investors face 3 recession scenarios in 2023
With the U.S. stock market on track for its biggest annual decline in over a decade, fears that efforts by the Federal Reserve and other major central banks to bring Read more
Did 2022 break Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’? Why the VIX no longer reflects the sorry state of the stock market
U.S. stocks are about to cap off their worst year since 2008. But investors wouldn’t know it by glancing at what’s often referred to as Wall Street’s favorite fear gauge, Read more
Dow up 300 points as jobless claims data deemed ‘welcome news for the Fed’
U.S. stocks bounced back in early trading on Thursday, after the Nasdaq nearly hit a 30-month low a day earlier, as the market looked set to erase some of its Read more
‘Five days that killed the year’: These trading sessions accounted for 95% of the S&P 500’s losses in 2022
Just five trading sessions accounted for more than 95% of S&P 500 index losses in 2022, according to an analysis by Datatrek co-founder Nicholas Colas in a note published Wednesday, Read more
U.S. stocks drift lower as investors return from Christmas
U.S. stocks drifted lower Tuesday as investors returned from the three-day Christmas weekend, with bulls holding out for a seasonal “Santa Claus rally” after a premarket lift was attributed to Read more