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Stocks just broke a three-week losing streak as President Trump and China made progress to end a trade war between the world's two largest economies. The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent between Friday, October 4, and Friday, October 11. The index also held some important...
Investors had a plan going into today's big meeting with China, and they stuck to it. Economically sensitive stocks like banks, materials and industrials led the rally on Friday. Semiconductors and Chinese Internet stocks also had some of their bigger gains in recent...
Stocks ended last week barely changed, but it was a wild ride of hope, fear and volatility. The S&P 500 crashed early on economic worries, and one point was down 3.6 percent. It quickly bounced as investors remembered some potential positives and ended just 0.3...
The streaming wars came to TradeStation last month, with two of the biggest stocks in the industry dominating activity on our platform. Roku (ROKU) was the second-busiest symbol among our clients in September. The provider of media players lost one-third of its value...
Two strange things happened last quarter: Chip makers went up and health-care stocks went down. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index ($SOX) rose almost 7 percent between June 28 and September 30. Meanwhile the SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV) slid about 3 percent. This is...
Stocks fell again last week but remain trapped in a range as investors wait for some huge news events next month. The S&P 500 slid 1 percent between Friday, September 20, and Friday, September 27. Still, the index held some key levels and remained within striking...
A potentially big change tried to continue in the market yesterday. Two weeks ago, a new kind of stocks began to rally: banks, industrials, retailers and small caps. Meanwhile previous outperformers including technology, gold miners and real-estate investment trusts...
Stocks halted on the verge of a breakout last week as investors wait for more news about a potential trade deal with China. The S&P 500 fell 0.5 percent between Friday, September 13, and Friday, September 20. It was the first negative week in the last four and...
Stocks shifted gears dramatically last week, but kept driving toward record highs. Simply put, investors liquidated safe havens that had been rallying -- especially bonds and gold. They then poured money into value stocks that had been struggling -- especially banks,...