REUTERS US stocks tanked through the trading day on Tuesday, erasing all their gains for the year, and the dollar rallied to a 12-year high versus the euro. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,662.94 -332.78 (-1.85%) S&P 500: 2,044.17 -35.26 (-1.70%) Nasdaq: 4,859.79 -82.64 (-1.67%) And now, the top stories on Tuesday: The Read More
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© Jin Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images Under Armour Inc. signage during a news conference in New York. Since the darkest days of the financial crisis, stocks have been on an almost unconstrained tear to the top. The Nasdaq (.IXIC) has soared Read More
(Reuters) – Happy anniversary, Nasdaq. It has been 15 years since the dot.com bubble peaked on March 10, 2000, and the Nasdaq composite index <.IXIC> hit its lifetime intraday high of 5,132. Back then many of us were watching reality TV shows like “Survivor” and bidding up stocks of companies that had no earnings. The Read More
Since the darkest days of the financial crisis, stocks have been on an almost unconstrained tear to the top. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ: .IXIC) has soared 285 percent, the S&P 500 (INDEX: .SPX) is up nearly 210 percent and the Dow industrials (Dow Jones Global Indexes: .DJI) have surged 172 percent since the market bottomed on Read More
A sell-off is underway on Wall Street. All three major indexes (^DJI), (^GSPC) ,(^IXIC) fell more than 1% in early trading as the dollar soars to new highs and oil prices fall. Yahoo Finances Michael Santoli says investors are concerned about the big moves in the U.S. dollar. “People are nervous about the pace… and Read More
FinVizDow futures Stock are lower and the dollar is surging in trading Tuesday. Near 9:50 a.m. ET, the Dow was down about 186 points, the S&P 500 was down about 20 points, and the Nasdaq was down about 54 points. The dollar continues to surge following the rally on Friday when the jobs Read More
Market talk of a bubble and possible 2000-style crash is rampant with the Nasdaq (^IXIC) hovering around the 5000 level, but investor worries are overblown as charts suggest the uptrend will continue. Investors are an easily panicked group. The Nasdaq reached 5000 and suddenly investors are worried about a repeat of the tech-crash in 2000. Read More
AP Photo/Marcio Jose SanchezApple unveiled its new smartwatch and other products on Monday. Stocks rallied at start of the week on the sixth anniversary of the bull market. First, the scoreboard: Dow 17,995.72 +138.94 (0.78%) S&P 500 2,079.42 +8.16 (0.39%) Nasdaq 4,942.44 +15.07 (0.31%) And now, the top stories on Monday: Stocks Read More
U.S. stocks (^GSPC) are hovering at fresh records (^IXIC) just as investors prepare to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the bull market. Still there are plenty of reasons to be cautious, advises Brad Lamensdorf, CIO, of The Lamensdorf Market Timing Report. Yahoo Finance sat down with him to discuss the indicators he is most concerned Read More
Kathryn/FlickrHappy birthday, bull market! Stocks are rallying at the start of the week after tanking on Friday. Just a little before noon in the NYC, the Dow was up about 107 points, the S&P 500 up around 6 points and the Nasdaq up about 2 points. It’s the bull market’s birthday today, six Read More