Tag: S&P 500

Biotech Bellyflop Corrects Itself Today

With the Dow Jones slipping 1.6 percent (^DJI), the S&P 500 diving 2 percent (^GSPC) and the Nasdaq...

S&P 500 Loses Year-to-Date Gain on Tech Stock Decline

Including today's trading, the S&P 500 has endured its worst three-session fall since 2011, and the losses have...

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Jobs Data Pushes S&P 500 Record Higher

The S&P 500 rose for a fourth straight session today, extending its record high, thanks in part to...

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S&P 500 Rises to Another Record High

Optimism-fueled increases in consumer and technology stocks led the S&P 500 to yet another new record high today.

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Jobs Growth Balances Ukraine Tension as Stocks Change Little

Jobs growth beat forecasts while tensions in Ukraine continued; as a result, stocks made only a slight increase...

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S&P 500 Rises on Pharmaceutical Deal Despite Disappointing Data

New York-area manufacturing data did not live up to forecasts, but a $25 billion deal by Actavis Plc...

Best Week of the Year Leaves S&P 500 Near Record High

Confidence in the economy and better-than-expected earnings reports pushed the S&P 500 to its best week of 2014...

A trader looks at a mixed financial picture

Keith Bliss on What’s Coming Next in the Stock Market — Besides More Volatility

Joining me on PowerTalk this week to discuss the recent pullback in the stock market and where it...

Stocks Rally to Best Two-Session Boost Since October

Confidence that the U.S. economy will weather the market's rough start this year boosted the S&P 500 to...

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Disappointing Earnings Leave January in the Red

On today's last trading session of January 2014, lower-than-expected earnings from the likes of Amazon and Mattel and...