Stocks, Primaries, and ECB Rates—5 Things to Watch for the Week Ahead
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View ArticleAmid Scary Earnings Season, The Dow Just Hit a 9-Month High
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed to a nine-month high on Monday, in a market buoyed by Hasbro and Disney, as investors braced for a flurry of quarterly earnings reports through the week....
View ArticleQuiz: Can You Name the Original Members of the Dow?
This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average turned 120. And, at least in the past year, the Dow has been looking a little old. The index fell 1.2% since its last birthday, on May 26. The stock market’s...
View ArticleMay Jobs, Oil, and NBA Finals—5 Things to Watch in the Week Ahead
Hello friends and Fortune readers. This week starts a day late thanks to the long Memorial Day weekend, as markets are closed in the U.S. on Monday. Once the markets open again, investors will look to...
View ArticleWalmart Is the Only Dow Stock Actually Up After Brexit
Stocks fell hard on Friday, just as everyone knew would happen after Britain voted to leave the European Union. Fulfilling what was perhaps the only sure-fire result of the Brexit scenario, the Dow...
View ArticleBrexit Hits Tech Stocks
Markets felt a painful hangover on Monday from last week’s Brexit vote, as the second day of the global selloff hit technology stocks particularly hard. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell another...
View ArticleStocks Say Goodbye to Brexit Losses As They Near All Time Highs
U.S. stocks rallied Friday after the June jobs report came in much better than expected, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average recovering all the ground it lost during the Brexit selloff. By...
View ArticleU.S. Retail Sales, Trump Speech, and Disney Earnings—5 Things to Watch in the...
Hello friends and Fortune readers. This week, investors will hope that Friday’s record-breaking day for U.S. stocks can carry over into the new week, as the market waits to consider new data on retail...
View ArticleDonald Trump Bump Investors Have This Unlikely Stock to Thank For Dow Record
Thanks, Goldman Sachs. That’s something Donald Trump voters probably didn’t think they’d say a month ago. But stock market investors who are enjoying the post-election rally--dubbed the “Trump...
View ArticleDow 20,000 Would Break 1999 Record For Fastest Rise Ever
If the stock market seemed like it was zooming along during the dot-com boom of 1999--later to become known as a bubble--just try keeping up with it in 2016. The Dow Jones industrial average, already...
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