– FOMC takes first step to reverse massive bond-buying spree – By Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch The Federal Reserve still plans to raise interest rates once more before year end, but the central bank on Wednesday signaled its cycle of rate hikes might end sooner than planned. In a long-anticipated move, the Fed also announced it will slowly shrink its huge...
How does the line from the movie The Godfather go? "Just when I thought I was out , they pull me back in." That's an apropos description of for crude oil prices of late. Just when it looked like oil was going to break out of a short-term slump and rekindle a long-term recovery move, something goes wrong to put...
How does the line from the movie The Godfather go? "Just when I thought I was out , they pull me back in." That's an apropos description of for crude oil prices of late. Just when it looked like oil was going to break out of a short-term slump and rekindle a long-term recovery move, something goes wrong to put...
By Rebecca Ungarino, CNBC The chances of an interest rate hike announcement in December have increased in recent days, according to a new Bank of America report published ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting this Wednesday. "Interestingly, market expectations for December have climbed higher over the past few days, pricing in nearly even odds of a move in December," strategists...
By Rebecca Ungarino, CNBC The chances of an interest rate hike announcement in December have increased in recent days, according to a new Bank of America report published ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting this Wednesday. "Interestingly, market expectations for December have climbed higher over the past few days, pricing in nearly even odds of a move in December," strategists...
It's been several weeks — maybe too many weeks — since we took our last look at how each major sector was performing in comparison to one another. We'll make up for lost time today. It would be time well spent. An estimated 40% of an individual stock's movement can be attributed to its sector, meaning all of its peers...
It's been several weeks — maybe too many weeks — since we took our last look at how each major sector was performing in comparison to one another. We'll make up for lost time today. It would be time well spent. An estimated 40% of an individual stock's movement can be attributed to its sector, meaning all of its peers...
All eyes on Yellen as the stock market awaits Fed’s two-day meeting By Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch Wall Street investors have shrugged off recent worries to propel stocks to fresh all-time highs, but this week’s meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers might provide investors the clearest sign yet about the health of the U.S. economy and how the central bank is...
All eyes on Yellen as the stock market awaits Fed’s two-day meeting By Mark DeCambre, MarketWatch Wall Street investors have shrugged off recent worries to propel stocks to fresh all-time highs, but this week’s meeting of Federal Reserve policy makers might provide investors the clearest sign yet about the health of the U.S. economy and how the central bank is...
Against the odds, stocks managed to reverse the weakness from a couple weeks ago and log a gain last week. In fact, most of the major indices ended the week at all-time record highs, looking for more. It's certainly a good sign, even if the bullishness is playing out at a time of year — the month of September —...
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