Wall Street rediscovered its winning ways last week, thanks to some promising inflation data. Investors are now focusing on Donald Trump’s first week back in the White House and another bundle of earnings. It was no surprise to see relatively muted action last Monday and Tuesday, given markets were reeling from a hot December jobs…
The U.S. presidential election beckons and even though nearly 75 million people have already voted, according to NBC News , nothing seems to have leaked out. You would figure the hedge fund algorithms would have picked up something by now, but I haven’t seen any confirmed bets made either way. That makes trading on the…
The good times are still rolling on Wall Street. An intensifying earnings season will put that momentum to the test. The S & P 500 ended Friday at a record high, buoyed by strong quarterly results from Club holding Wells Fargo and other major financial firms, which reinforced the idea of a healthy U.S. economy….
The upcoming earnings season could decide what’s next for stocks. The S & P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are at all-time highs after a strong jobs report last week and some cooler inflation data this week raised investor confidence in equities. Tech stocks outperformed this week, with the sector up more than 2%,…