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By Sean Brodrick On April 5, 201910:07 AM Eastern
The big news this morning is that the U.S. created 196,000 new jobs last month. This beat expectations of a rise of 179,000 jobs. Despite rising layoffs in retail, new jobs in healthcare and...
By Mike Larson On April 5, 201908:00 AM Eastern
There’s an economic Royal Rumble going on right now … and depending on its results, we could see vastly different market reactions.
In one corner, you have the U.S. economy. The interest-rate...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks mostly drifted higher on Thursday like snowflakes shifted into reverse — investors were amused by the latest White House promise that trade talks with China were going swell and entering...
By Juan M. Villaverde On April 4, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Three days ago, I sent you a special Flash Alert telling you the long crypto bear market was finally over.
It didn’t take long for my alert to pan out: Just a few hours later, Bitcoin shot up so...
By Jon D. Markman On April 4, 201903:21 PM Eastern
Stocks are drifting mostly higher on Thursday as investors were happy to hear the White House declare that the trade talks with China were entering their final phase.
Through 2:45 p.m. ET, the...
By Jon D. Markman On April 4, 201906:30 AM Eastern
Stocks careened around the perimeter of Wall Street on Wednesday; they rose and fell sharply twice before settling in for modest gains amid a mix of optimism and skepticism about both trade...
By Jon D. Markman On April 3, 201903:27 PM Eastern
Stocks were on the move higher again Wednesday but stumbled midday amid some optimism about trade negotiations and positive news about the service sectors in the eurozone and China.
Through 2:30...
By Sean Brodrick On April 3, 201912:45 PM Eastern
We made some nice profits on uranium producer Energy Fuels (NYSE: UUUU) in the past — 21% and 49% in November and December of last year. We exited with gains when the uranium market cooled. Now, I...
By Jon D. Markman On April 3, 201908:37 AM Eastern
Stocks tramped around the perimeter of Wall Street without making much of an impression on Tuesday as investors were disturbed by a big earnings estimate shortfall at drugstore chain Walgreens...
By Jon D. Markman On April 2, 201903:30 PM Eastern
Stocks were tramping around the perimeter of Wall Street without making much of an impression on Tuesday as investors reacted with horror to an earnings estimate shortfall at drugstore chain...