Volume was thin Thursday with several international markets closed and many participants extending their holiday fun. Stocks opened the day lower but found their way into positive territory by lunchtime. The enthusiasm faded into the close, however, putting this year’s…
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Stocks edged lower on Wall Street Thursday morning as U.S. markets reopened for trading after the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The benchmark index is coming off a three-day winning streak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down…
Indexes fell Thursday in their first trading session after Christmas. The losses follow back-to-back gains earlier in the week as traders hope for a Santa Claus rally. Jobless claims came in lower than expected while continuing claims surged to a…
Royal: We were not in the recession camp. We were expecting continued growth, so that was definitely not a surprise to us. I’ve used the expression “it felt a little 2017-ish” because the market kind of went straight up slowly….
Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.32%) (BRK.B -0.48%) has been stockpiling cash all year. At the end of the third quarter of 2024, Berkshire had over $320 billion of cash and short-term Treasury bills. Many see this as a…
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 4, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures fell in morning trading Thursday as the market is set to give back some of the gains during the holiday…
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U.S. stocks closed higher on Tuesday as the Santa Claus Rally kicked off. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended the day in green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) rose 0.9% or 390.08 points to close at 43,297.03….
U.S. stock futures were down on Thursday morning following the Christmas break. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the Nasdaq 100 (NDX), and the S&P 500 (SPX) trended lower by 0.16%, 0.18%, and 0.19%, respectively, at 3:56 a.m….
