With stocks set to start today significantly lower, you should be asking: Are you an investor or a trader? Investors seek strong businesses and see market weakness as an opportunity to accumulate valuable shares. They dismiss the chorus of pessimists who miss the euphoric rallies where most wealth is created. Owning good businesses is undefeated…
Dow Jones 30 Technical Analysis The Dow Jones 30 has fallen a bit to reach toward the 47,150 level. I think at this point, 47,000 is an area where a lot of people might be interested in getting long again. If we turn around and rally, then it opens up the possibility of a move…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged Friday while the tech-heavy Nasdaq reversed a weeks long rout just a day after Wall Street suffered its worst trading session in more than a month. The Dow had plunged 107 points, or 0.2%, as of about 12:20 p.m. ET. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%, while the Nasdaq jumped…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 300 points, or nearly 0.7%, Wednesday as investors looked ahead to the end of the record-breaking government shutdown. The blue-chip index finished at a record high of 48,254.82, its second straight record close. The S&P 500 was roughly flat, while the Nasdaq dipped about 0.3% as fears…
Published: Nov. 7, 2025 at 1:16 p.m. ET The S&P 500 SPX, after having gapped to all-time highs a little more than a week ago, is now in a modest (so far) corrective mode. SPX has now closed both of the gaps that were in place in late October and has closed below the first support…
Stocks tumbled on Friday as consumer sentiment plunged near all-time lows and investors panicked over AI spending – hammering tech stocks in their worst week since April. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 0.2% Friday, closing the week down 3% – its worst drop since the April launch of President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs sparked a massive…
FX Empire – ISM Manufacturing PMI – Sub-ComponentsRising prices and falling employment may fuel speculation about stagflation, potentially weighing on US stock futures. On the other hand, lower prices could boost bets on a December Fed rate cut. Beyond the data, traders should monitor Fed speeches closely. Fed calls to maintain or cut rates amid…
Published: Nov. 6, 2025 at 3:34 p.m. ET U.S. stocks are stumbling this month amid worries over stretched valuations, with the S&P 500’s concentration in Big Tech making it vulnerable to pullbacks like the one seen Thursday. Most of the Big Tech stocks known as the Magnificent Seven trade at lofty valuations well above the highly…
Elon Musk’s future at Tesla could hang in the balance on Thursday when shareholders vote on whether to approve his record-shattering $1 trillion pay package. The controversial proposal, which is scheduled to be considered at Tesla’s annual meeting in Texas, would hand Musk an unprecedented payout tied to a series of performance benchmarks. Critics –…
US stocks fell Tuesday as the CEOs of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley warned that markets are due for a correction – adding to investor fears that AI stocks have become overvalued. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 450 points, or 1%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slid 1.2% and 1.7%, respectively. “It’s likely…