April 4, 2018: The S&P 500 closed up 1.2% at 2,644.67. The DJIA closed up 1.0% at 24,263.54. Separately, the Nasdaq was up 1.5% at 7,042.11. Wednesday ended up being ... Read Full Story »
Stocks have been looking for a base, but futures were down handily despite a strong jobs report from ADP. The culprit for Wednesday's selling is more retaliatory tariff news out ... Read Full Story »
The U.S. broad markets ended this past week essentially flat, as the calendar first quarter came to a close. Year to date, the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P ... Read Full Story »
After the huge housing and mortgage-related crash in 2008, the home-building industry went into hibernation as headlines screamed in the media that the “American Dream” of owning a home was ... Read Full Story »
Stocks were lower on Monday, but perhaps not as bad as many might have worried about considering the government shutdown. What investors have to consider is that prior to the ... Read Full Story »
Stocks were looking for direction on Thursday morning after a big recovery on Wednesday. Investors need to keep in mind that the Dow Jones Industrial Average went over 26,100 and ... Read Full Story »
Stocks were indicated higher on Thursday after regulators watered down the notion that China would stop buying U.S. debt. The bull market is now less than two months shy of ... Read Full Story »
The first five trading days of 2018 are in the books, and there seems to be no stopping these markets from rising. All three major exchanges reached new milestones and ... Read Full Story »
Stocks hit all-time highs many times during 2017, and the first day of 2018 was looking to have a strong open. With the raging bull market now nearing nine years ... Read Full Story »
While most of the details in the new Trump tax plan were received in a pretty positive fashion, one that did not go over well was the limitation on the ... Read Full Story »
Two of the country's top homebuilders have agreed to merge in a deal valued at $9.3 billion including debt. Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) will pay exchange 0.885 shares of its ... Read Full Story »
Stocks have hit new high after new high, but Wednesday's opening indication was looking marginally lower on all three major U.S. stock indexes. The trend that has prevailed for more ... Read Full Story »
Stocks were indicated to open lower on Wednesday, but this is on the heels of having hit all-time highs into and right after the start of the fourth quarter. The ... Read Full Story »
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that construction spending was down 1.3% in June from May, and May's report was revised to a gain of 0.3% from a flat 0.0% ... Read Full Story »
Stocks were indicated to open higher, with the Dow up almost 100 points on strong earnings. Indexes remain very close to all-time highs, and this bull market in now more ... Read Full Story »