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Stocks bounced around the unchanged line on Thursday, as investors nervously digested the hawkish policy decision from the European Central Bank to reduce its bond purchases to zero by the end of...

Stocks found traction on Thursday after slipping yesterday on news that the Federal Reserve planned more interest rate hikes than most analysts expected. The Dow Jones Industrial Average waffled...

Stocks started the Wednesday session with an upbeat tone, but keeled over after the Federal Reserve announcement — U.S. interest rates would rise at a faster pace in coming months due to the...

Stocks started today’s session with an upbeat tone, but keeled over after the Federal Reserve surprised market participants. It just announced that interest rates would rise at a faster pace than...

Stocks swam against the tide on Tuesday, before finally wriggling gently higher near the close — an expression of ennui following the flaccid Trump-Kim summit in Singapore. The U.S. and DPRK...

Equity markets were chill Tuesday following the U.S.-North Korea summit and ahead of decisions on monetary policy later this week by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. Through...

Stocks took a while to achieve ignition on Monday. But they finally got rolling mid-morning, and held firm until softening slightly in the last 15 minutes of play. The Dow Jones Industrials were...

Stocks took a while to achieve ignition Monday. But they finally got rolling mid-morning and were comfortably ahead going into the last 90 minutes of play. Leaders are shares of healthcare and...

Before embarking on our Monday issue, here is a summary of our Markman’s Strategic Options trading action in June so far. June 1: Sold half position in Microsoft July $100 calls for a 51.8%...