Weekly Market Outlook – Choppy Bullishness is Still Bullishness

Last week ended on a bullish note, mostly in response to a surprisingly decent jobs report for January.  A closer inspection of the market's daily action, though, reveals the gain was a "just barely" situation.   It was also a fairly volatile week, starting with a bearish gap but while in a bullish gap on Friday.  And, most of the...

Getting Started in Options Trading, Part Two – How Option Pricing Works

Ready to get started trading options?  If you're brand new to option-trading and don't yet know the difference between a put and a call, then be sure to read through the first part of this two-part lesson before proceeding.  The second part you're reading now looks at a couple of the nuances and oddities in how options are priced in...

Getting Started in Options Trading, Part Two – How Option Pricing Works

Ready to get started trading options?  If you're brand new to option-trading and don't yet know the difference between a put and a call, then be sure to read through the first part of this two-part lesson before proceeding.  The second part you're reading now looks at a couple of the nuances and oddities in how options are priced in...

Macy’s shares surge 10% on report it’s in deal talks with Hudson’s Bay

By Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC Macy's shares surged more than 10 percent Friday as takeover rumors continued to swirl around the company. The largest U.S. department store chain has been approached by Canada's Hudson's Bay, the owner of Saks and Lord & Taylor, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. These people said the talks are...

Macy’s Shares Surge 10% on Report it’s in Deal Talks with Hudson’s Bay

By Christina Cheddar Berk, CNBC Macy's shares surged more than 10 percent Friday as takeover rumors continued to swirl around the company. The largest U.S. department store chain has been approached by Canada's Hudson's Bay, the owner of Saks and Lord & Taylor, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. These people said the talks are...

Trump Administration Plans to Roll Back Dodd-Frank Law, Fiduciary Rule

By Michael C. Bender and Damian Paletta, MarketWatch President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign an executive action to scale back the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, in a sweeping plan to dismantle much of the regulatory system put in place after the financial crisis. Trump also plans another executive action aimed at rolling back a controversial regulation scheduled to...

Trump Administration Plans to Roll Back Dodd-Frank Law, Fiduciary Rule

By Michael C. Bender and Damian Paletta, MarketWatch President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign an executive action to scale back the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, in a sweeping plan to dismantle much of the regulatory system put in place after the financial crisis. Trump also plans another executive action aimed at rolling back a controversial regulation scheduled to...

U.S. May Export More Oil in 2017 Than Four OPEC Nations Produce

Shipments seen jumping to as much as 800,000 barrels a day, OPEC’s compliance with output-cut target could boost sales By Sheela Tobben, BloomBerg U.S. crude exports are poised to surpass production in four OPEC nations in 2017 and may grow even more if President Donald Trump honors pledges to ease drilling restrictions and maximize output. The world’s largest oil-consuming country...

U.S. May Export More Oil in 2017 than Four OPEC Nations Produce

Shipments seen jumping to as much as 800,000 barrels a day, OPEC’s compliance with output-cut target could boost sales By Sheela Tobben, BloomBerg U.S. crude exports are poised to surpass production in four OPEC nations in 2017 and may grow even more if President Donald Trump honors pledges to ease drilling restrictions and maximize output. The world’s largest oil-consuming country...

A Rare Trio of Trends Points to More Upside for Stocks

January’s ability to predict stock-market returns improves in postelection years By Sue Chang, MarketWatch As January goes, so goes the year’s stock market. If that theory bears out, then 2017 will likely be another gratifying year for investors. The January Barometer is a reference to the belief that the market’s performance in January foretells how stocks will perform from February...
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