Wall Street Lower on Fed Worries
United States stocks fell for a third day on Friday, putting indexes on track for their first negative week since mid-April, on lingering concern the Federal Reserve may scale back its support to the...
View ArticleWith Little to Cheer, 3 Major Indexes End Week Lower
All three of the major stock indexes on Friday posted their first down week since mid-April, held back by lingering concern that the Federal Reserve might scale back the economic stimulus measures...
View ArticleDepressed High-Dividend Shares Leads Market Loss
Wall Street’s recent passion for high-dividend stocks seems to be fading. The stock market closed lower on Wednesday, led by the same industry groups that had the biggest gains early in the year: rich...
View ArticleMiddling Jobs Gain Signals a Long Path to Healthy Payrolls
Economists were relieved that the numbers weren’t worse, given a string of other disappointing data in recent weeks, but noted that recent job trends are nowhere close to bringing the country back to...
View ArticleWall Street in Record Territory
Stocks jumped on Thursday, putting the Standard Poor’s 500-stock index within range of its highest close on record, after the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, once again said monetary policy...
View ArticleWall Street Flat at the Open
Financial markets were lackluster Tuesday as investors paused for breath ahead of testimony from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke. In afternoon trading the Standard Poor’s 500-stock index...
View ArticleWall Street Indexes Close Mixed
The Standard Poor’s 500-stock index hit an intraday record high on Tuesday before slipping in a tight-range session, while the Dow Jones industrials got a lift from upbeat earnings. By the end of...
View ArticleAnother Day of Slight Movement on Wall Street as Investors Weigh Data
Gains in energy and chemical companies helped nudge the stock market higher on Thursday. The modest move extends a pattern this week: even with plenty of earnings news from big companies, the broader...
View ArticleConcerns Over China Push Stocks Lower
Stocks on Wall Street closed slightly higher Friday following a slew of mixed earnings reports, and despite fears that an overhaul of China’s industry could slow down the world’s second-largest...
View ArticleMarkets Lower as Worries Over Syria Ease
American stocks fell in a thinly traded session on Friday as investors avoided making large bets before a long weekend with the situation about Syria still uncertain. Afternoon trading was volatile,...
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