Markets

Futures Movers: U.S. Oil Prices End 1.2% Lower As Rig-count Data Show Weekly Increase

Oil futures finish sharply lower Friday, with declines accelerating after a weekly report on drilling rigs showed a big ... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices Settle Lower After U.S. Third-quarter Growth Holds Steady At 2.1%

Gold futures close lower Friday after U.S. third-quarter GDP came in at 2.1%, matching growth expectations and taking a ... Read more

Economic Report: UMich Consumer Sentiment Rises In December To Highest Level In Seven Months

The University of Michigan said the final reading of its consumer sentiment index in December was 99.3, up from 96.8 in ... Read more

Asia Markets: Asian Markets Lackluster After Yet More Records On Wall Street

Stocks were mixed in early trading in Asia on Friday after Wall Street posted more record highs, extending the market’... Read more

Key Words: Im 100% In Equities. … Youre Never Going To Make Enough Money If You Have 40% Of Your Money In Bonds, Says CNBC Anchor

CNBC’s Becky Quick on Thursday morning explains that she’s all but abandoned allocating any portion of her personal ... Read more

Market Extra: Heres How The Dow And S&P 500 Perform In Years After They Ring Up Gains Of 20%

If statistics over the past 70 years hold true, next year is likely to produce healthy, if not stellar, gains. Read more

Market Extra: Heres When Markets Will Be Closed For Christmas And The New Year

U.S. stock investors are in a holly, jolly mood heading into year-end, a sharp departure from the turmoil felt at the en... Read more

Market Extra: This Yield-curve Measure Touches Its Steepest Level This Year, As Bond Market Takes Heart In Economy Again

The steeper yield curve reflects the bond-market’s growing optimism that an economic downturn has been averted. Read more

Market Snapshot: Dow, S&P 500 And Nasdaq Clinch Closing Records Again As Investors Shrug Off Trump Impeachment

All three benchmark U.S. stock indexes scored record highs again Thursday, unfazed by President Donald Trump’s impeach... Read more

Bond Report: Treasury Yields Edge Lower As Investors Buy Bond-market Dip

U.S. Treasury yields end lower Thursday as bond buyers find it difficult to resist a surge in government bond yields tha... Read more

Key Words: One Of The Most Successful Stock-market Investors Says These 3 Events Would Definitely Trigger A Bear Market

Stanley Druckenmiller, one of Wall Street’s most successful investors, acknowledges that the markets are riding high a... Read more

Market Extra: Why Stock Investors Arent Rattled By Trumps Historic Impeachment — And What It Would Take For That To Change

Investors don’t care about impeachment — and that is unlikely to change unless there is a shift in widely held expec... Read more

Jeff Reeves's Strength In Numbers: Bold Stock-market Calls For 2020: Begin With GE And Google

Jeff Reeves weighs in on energy, banking and ESG investment opportunities. Read more

Capitol Report: Influential Senate Republican Says He Doesnt Support Cannabis-banking Bill That Passed House

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo on Wednesday said he doesn’t support a House-approved bill that aims to p... Read more

Market Snapshot: Nasdaq Ekes Out Record To Log Fifth Straight Record Close; S&P 500 And Dow Winning Streak Ends

U.S. stocks finish mixed Wednesday with only the Nasdaq Composite able to extend its winning streak to a fifth record cl... Read more