equity markets
Stocks aim for another round of records as bulls look to extend five-day winning streak
U.S. stocks were slightly higher Wednesday as investors hoped to keep a five-day winning streak going in the wake of a preliminary U.S.-China trade deal and fading worries over the global economic outlook. The likely impeachment of President Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington later Wednesday held little risk for investors, analysts …
Why Wall Street sees the stock market on the verge of a ‘melt-up’
Is the stock market on the brink of breaking into an unmitigated run-up to fresh records? That is the question a number of market strategists are exploring as the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.46% …
What a ‘no-deal’ U.S.-China trade scenario would mean for stocks and bonds
Imagine there’s no trade deal and that the U.S.-China battle is left to rumble on through most of next year instead. That scenario is one that stock-market participants must now debate as equities tumbled Tuesday after President Donald Trump indicated he’s in no hurry to complete any accord with Beijing and that it might be …
Hedge Funds Bail on T-Mobile US and Uber Technologies Stock
Text size Photograph by John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images Hedge funds leaned into technology and industrial stocks in the third quarter, while moving away from consumer staples and real estate. Within 45 days of the end of each quarter, hedge funds must report their portfolio holdings to the Securities and Exchange Commission on a regulatory …
Over the past seven decades — this has been the best date for the stock market
Wall Street is enjoying a record-setting rally for the S&P 500 index. But that shouldn’t come as a surprise to stock-market history buffs. From a statistical standpoint, Oct. 28 is the day that, on average, has produced the best gain for the S&P 500 over the past seven decades, said Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist …
Why would the Fed cut interest rates a 3rd time in a row even as stocks near records? Investors may soon find out
Is three the magic number for Wall Street? We’ll soon find out. Only a few think that Jerome Powell & Co. will not cut interest rates next week for a third time in as many gatherings of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee. Market-based probabilities imply a 93.5% chance of a quarter-of-a-percentage-point rate reduction to …
Bullish momentum persists, S&P 500 sustains break to uncharted territory
Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks have sustained a break to record territory amid still conspicuously muted November selling pressure. Against this backdrop, the big three benchmarks remain near-term extended — and are due a cooling-off period, if not a corrective pullback — though the more important longer-term market bias remains comfortably bullish. …