Here we are in September. So far, it’s not bad. But it’s not good either. For the first week after Labor Day, the market has drifted lower. It’s no big deal. But stocks have been losing a battle they were winning in the The...
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Over the summer, the strong economy prevailed over concerns about the virus. And the market drifted higher. We’ll see if the scales get tipped the other way in this historically tough month for the market.
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The market still looks strong. The S&P 500 is on pace for a 3% gain in the month of August, which would be the seventh straight monthly gain. The index is already up 20% for the year.
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The 10 highest paying dividend stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial all yield more than 2.6%. But which of them would I buy today?
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Things are still good in the market. The S&P 500 closed at yet another record high on Monday. That index is now up 19.27% so far in 2021 after managing to return 15.76% in pandemic-stricken 2020.
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The S&P 500 is at a new all-time high. While the market hasn’t been exciting compared to earlier this year, it’s clearly moving the right way.
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It’s a crazy earnings season that the market is treating like a boring one. The second quarter marked the near-full opening up of the economy after the pandemic. It is compared to last year’s second quarter when the economy crashed amidst the lockdowns. are...
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The market hasn’t seen ugliness on this scale since October. Indexes had been somewhat flat and bouncing around near the highs as investors weighed the booming economy against inflation fears, a falling 10-year rate and growth concerns after the pandemic recovery.
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It’s another week of more of the same. The three major indexes are very near the all-time highs, but still not really going anywhere.
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Cyclical stocks are getting creamed today. Energy is down the most. But industrials, materials, and financials are getting hit too.
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There’s good news. The S&P 500 has made a new all-time high. The Nasdaq achieved a new high on Monday. That’s the first new high for the tech-heavy index since early February.
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It’s a period of offsets for the market. The excitement of a booming recovery is offset by the fact that the market is looking six months ahead to the end of the year when growth is slowing.
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The overall market has topped out in the last month. But many of the slower-moving and more value-oriented stocks didn’t get the memo.
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The market continues to forge nowhere. The S&P 500 is still below the May 7th high, but it’s only less than 1% below the high. It stopped going up. But it isn’t going down.
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The market is still in an uptrend and not far from the highs. But things are changing.
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It looks like the relentless bull market is finally running into trouble. The market indexes are down a lot for the third straight day.
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It’s earnings season. And it’s a weird one.
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It’s earnings season. So far, it has mainly been just the big banks that have reported. And the results have been largely positive.
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This is an incredible market that just keeps creeping higher. The promise of a booming recovery with trillions in stimulus ahead continues to pull stocks to new all-time highs.
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Yesterday’s market drivers are taking a back seat while previously jilted and ignored stocks are taking the baton.
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