Markets feel effects of tensions with China President Trump toughens his stance on China, while his spat with Twitter also causes some disruptions. A June 8 ...

Claim numbers improve but still gloomy New unemployment claims dropped for an 8th straight week, though the weekly total (2.12 million) remained distressing. News from Hong ...

Markets brush off Hong Kong unrest Another strong day for the Dow led to a close above 25,500 points. U.S.-China relations continue to be an area ...

Strong rally to start the week Weekend revelers cheered reopenings, and markets were similarly buoyed today as they reached important milestones that may signal an upward ...

Mixed Day for Markets, But Things Are Starting to Improve Overall Friday was a mixed day for the markets, which dipped initially on increasing tensions with ...

Rate of Unemployment Claims Continues to Drop A total of 38 million Americans filed unemployment claims since mid-March, with 2.4 million claims added in the past ...

All 50 States Open for Business Markets recouped yesterday’s losses, buoyed by earnings reports from Target and Lowe’s as well as the news that all 50 ...

Mixed Retail Results Dampen Market’s Momentum First-quarter retail results were mixed, with a few notable standouts among essential businesses. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve ...

Optimism Fuels Markets Promising news about a potential vaccine and positive comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell drove markets up today, with the Dow rising ...

Long-term Optimism Overshadowed by Short-term Uncertainty Markets finished slightly up today, just missing finishing down for a fourth day this week. President Donald J. Trump has ...

Unemployment Claims Top 36 Million Markets dipped this morning on the news that 36.5 million Americans have filed for unemployment over the past eight weeks. However, ...

Dow Drops 1,000 Points Over Two Days The optimism from late last week gave way to a negative outlook this week, following gloomy statements from both ...

Markets End Mostly Quiet Day With Sell-Off Dr. Fauci urged the nation to slow down on reopening, and some places are doing just that as the ...

A Quiet Day in the Markets as More States Open More states began easing restrictions today. Even New York announced plans to start reopening certain areas ...

Markets Move Higher After “Better Than Expected” Unemployment Report Today’s unemployment report showed that 20.5 million workers were unemployed in April, logging an unemployment rate of ...

Markets Rally Ahead of April Unemployment Report The rate of new unemployment claims is lower again this week, with 3.2 million people filing new unemployment claims ...

20 Million Jobs Lost in April Markets fluctuated throughout the day, not sure how to react to the ADP report of 20 million jobs lost in ...

Optimism and Enthusiasm Drive Markets Up Reopening the economy and renewed hopes of a vaccine had markets focusing on the positive today. However, new unemployment numbers, ...

States Start Reopening, Markets Still Processing State of Economy Markets ticked up today as more states begin taking steps toward reopening. Tensions with China are increasing ...

Tough Day for Markets to Start Month of May Markets greeted a new month with a sharp selloff. The downturn was spurred by disappointing earnings by ...

Unemployment Claims Pass 30 Million as We All Wave Goodbye to April The reality of 30 million unemployment claims finally hit, and the markets finished down ...

A Relatively Good Day for the Markets Some good news, for a change: Gilead has possibly found a treatment for COVID-19. The Federal Reserve kept rates ...

Markets Maintain as Oil Continues Decline Oil prices and weak earnings kept markets from rising on optimism over states reopening. The meat supply chain is in ...

Markets Think Positive as States Begin Reopening Some states have reopened or announced plans to reopen, leading to an optimistic start for markets this week. Oil ...

A Quiet End to a Tumultuous Week Markets ended the week on a quiet note, exhausted by the events in the early half of the week. ...

Erratic Day in the Markets as Unemployment Claims Total 26 Million Oil rebounded a bit today, but new unemployment claims came in at 4.4 million. Congress ...

    Oil Rebounds, Market Responds Positively Markets finally had a better day, as oil bounced back a bit. Focus shifted to new unemployment claims, which ...

    New Congress Deal Overshadowed by Dropping Oil Prices Congress has approved additional stimulus for small businesses, but the good news was lost on markets ...

Oil Plummets, New Aid Package Could Be Close Oil took a nosedive today, driven by too much supply and too little demand. Congress and the White ...

Good News Pushes Markets Higher to End Week Markets pushed higher today, driven by news from Gilead Sciences of a promising treatment for COVID-19 and President ...

Markets Ask: “What’s Next?” President Donald Trump presented a plan to reopen the country today, as we added another 5.25 million unemployment claims. Small businesses everywhere ...

Markets pull back as bad data reveals state of economy March manufacturing and retail sales were released today, and the markets responded to the bad numbers ...

Governors planning reopening discussions Cautiously optimistic, governors will work together as states see virus cases level off. Meanwhile, the markets are showing signs of optimism. Click HERE to ...

Today’s big question: When will our economy reopen? As new coronavirus cases begin to level off, discussions are heating up about when and how to reopen ...

Markets Climb Higher in Advance of Three-Day Weekend Additional stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve plus an agreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia pushed markets higher ...

Positive News Lifts Markets Markets resumed their upward climb after yesterday’s lackluster finish, bolstered by forward-looking coronavirus numbers. Look for tomorrow’s meeting between Russia and Saudi ...

Markets Sustain Upward Momentum on Positive News As coronavirus news turns slightly more optimistic, markets responded positively for most of today but ended relatively flat. More ...

A Hard Week Ahead, But Glimmers of Light Appearing The coming week will be a hard one in the U.S., as new cases and deaths head ...

Payrolls Drop by 701,000 in March as Oil Continues Upward Climb Nonfarm payrolls dropped in March, with the unemployment rate jumping nearly 1%. Oil, however, has ...

Unemployment claims hit record highs again The bad news: Unemployment claims soared to new heights this week. The good news: Saudi Arabia and Russia might be ...

ROUGH INITIAL START TO SECOND QUARTER The next two weeks will be difficult for everyone, as COVID-19 cases peak and the U.S. remains at home. Weekly ...

Historic First Quarter Finally Comes to an End As the worst quarter for markets since 2008 ends, talk of additional relief measures begins. Volatility continues to ...

Volatility is Down, But COVID-19 Cases Continue to Rise With COVID-19 cases and deaths spiking in the U.S., President Trump extended social distancing guidelines through April. ...

It looked like it might get delayed early on, but the House passed the Phase 3 relief package today. Markets weren’t impressed, however, ending a historic ...

The Senate agreed to a relief package last night, which now goes to the House. It couldn’t come soon enough, as a record-setting 3.3 million Americans ...

After yesterday’s strong run, the markets followed through with another impressive day after initially faltering early in the session. However, we sold off more than half ...

The market finally comprehended the magnitude of the Federal Reserve’s actions announced on Sunday evening and responded today. Click HERE to learn more.  

We have been told continuously that we will see increasing infection numbers as testing becomes more widespread. The news reporting has been one-sided and has been ...