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Bears Cry Uncle as FOMO Takes Hold

Bears Cry Uncle as FOMO Takes Hold

Stocks kept climbing last week as fears of a trade war morphed into fear of missing out. The S&P 500 rose 0.85 percent between Friday, September 14, and Friday, September 21. It was the tenth gain in the last 12 weeks, and keeps the index on pace for its sixth...

Bulls Regain Footing Above Key Level

Bulls Regain Footing Above Key Level

Stocks rebounded last week as the bulls regained their footing at a key level. The S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent between Friday, September 7, and Friday, September 14. It was the biggest weekly gain in two months, with more than two-thirds of the companies in the index...

Finally a Pullback, Thanks to Tech

Finally a Pullback, Thanks to Tech

Traders finally got a pullback last week, thanks to a mini-crash in technology. The S&P 500 slid 1 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, August 31, and Friday, September 7. But that was nothing compared to the Nasdaq-100, whose 2.8 percent slide...

IPOs Have Their Best August in Five Years

IPOs Have Their Best August in Five Years

Initial public offerings (IPOs) kept flowing last month, despite the normal summer doldrums. Some $1.5 billion of new stock came to market last month, according to data from ClickIPO. It might sound puny compared with recent totals, but it was still the busiest August...

Apple Rockets Up the Rankings: August at TradeStation

Apple Rockets Up the Rankings: August at TradeStation

August brought upsets to TradeStation's rankings as clients shifted attention to big technology companies. Major exchange-traded funds lost interest. Apple (AAPL), which didn't even make the Top 10 in June or July, was the busiest stock at TradeStation last month. The...

Another Week, Another Gain for Stocks

Another Week, Another Gain for Stocks

The U.S. bull market's winning run continued last week as the S&P 500 broke out to new highs. The index rose 0.9 percent between Friday, August 24, and Friday, August 31 -- its eighth gain in the last nine weeks. The benchmark also advanced 3 percent in August,...

A Weak End to a Strong Season: Earnings This Week

A Weak End to a Strong Season: Earnings This Week

A good earnings season ended on a weak note, thanks to dinosaur consumer stocks. Traditional retailers and food stocks are down sharply as changes in the ecosystem continue to weigh on sentiment. Some beat estimates, others missed. Either way, investors looked for...

Last Week Shows Records Were Made to Be Broken

Last Week Shows Records Were Made to Be Broken

As the saying goes: Records were made to be broken. Just take the market last week. The S&P 500's decade-long bull run surpassed the lifespan of its previous upward journey in the 1990s. Another record fell on Tuesday, when the Russell 2000 Index hit a new...

New Companies Back on the Rise

New Companies Back on the Rise

Back in the spring, there was a wave of bullishness in initial public offerings. After a few pullbacks, some of those companies are pushing higher again. Take a name like ZScaler (ZS), which provides cloud-computing security services. It chopped around after crushing...