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The price action in the major U.S. indexes in the last couple of weeks is a perfect illustration of how the stock market tends to constantly discount the future. Coronavirus headlines have hijacked almost all the nation’s news headlines, unemployment claims have seen...
The stock market is entering one of its most important weeks in years, with the S&P 500 parked at a key level. Traders may be watching for a breakout. Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon.com (AMZN) -- the three trillion-dollar companies -- report earnings....
It's hard to miss news headlines about COVID-19. The coronavirus outbreak has brought the world to its knees. Schools have closed, workplaces have shuttered, and many worry about the far-reaching effects of the virus on financial markets. As governments around the...
Monday, March 9, 2020: A date that will go down in the history books for energy. Consider these milestones: Crude oil futures plummeted 24 percent today. It was their biggest drop since the U.S. invaded Iraq in January 1991. The front month contracts expiring on March...
Stocks tried to bounce last week as markets obsessed over the spread of coronavirus. The S&P 500 at one point was down as much as 1.8 percent, but rallied late on Friday to close up 0.6 percent. It followed the worst week since 2008 and kept the index below 3,000....
Coronavirus has caused a lot of fear in the market, and it comes at an especially bad time for the energy sector. Crude oil already had a glut of supply because of rising production in the U.S. and Russia. Demand was flagging before the disease broke out in China, and...
Stocks finally halted their advance as tensions in the Middle East gave the bulls something to worry about. The S&P 500 managed to hit a new record high on Thursday, but finished the New Year-shortened week down 0.2 percent. It was only the second negative week...
Global assets have advanced into year end as events and data turn more positive. Emerging markets, metals and energy have all outperformed the S&P 500 in the last month. That marks a sharp change from most of 2019, when investors worried about a global recession...
Energy has gone nowhere for months, but now some positive forces may be lining up. Reuters reported yesterday that OPEC will probably extend its oil-production cuts from March 2020 until June. The change could be announced at the cartel's next meeting on December 5-6....