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Given that tech stocks were the hardest hit in the current bear market, it is no wonder they led the recovery on Thursday. One economist, at least, is not happy about investors flocking to tech stocks in droves. What Happened: Peter Schiff, who bats for gold but bashes Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), said...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock had a stellar run on Thursday amid the equity market revival and, in the process, made its way into the record books. What Happened: Apple shares gapped up at the open after a Labor Department report showed annual headline inflation slowed from 8.2% in September to...

What a difference a day can make! This rang true for the market, which went from euphoria to despair within a day. Ahead of Wednesday’s session, the equity market was building some upward momentum, encouraged by earnings momentum and hopes that the Fed will shift its language to dovish....

U.S. index futures are uniformly lower on Friday, as tech stocks continue to drag the overall market. The major U.S. averages closed Thursday’s session on a mixed note, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indices declining sharply, while the Dow Industrials bucked the downtrend....

Futures trading during the premarket hours is suggesting cautious optimism for Wall Street on Thursday, following the tech-led pullback seen in the previous session. On Wednesday, the major averages gap-opened lower and languished mostly below the flat line, although the FOMC minutes that...

On CNBC, Ken Peng of Citi Private Bank said that the U.S. Federal Reserve has promised to tackle inflation in a very aggressive manner. The tapering by the Fed is all set to end next month, with rate-hike expected to begin in March. Peng noted that the Asian markets are in a "little bit better...

The Last Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: Stocks closed the week lower on an escalation of U.S. and China tensions, mixed reactions to earnings results, and delays in stimulus talks. Remember This: “Congress’ decision on a new wave of support could make or break the next leg of the...

Key Takeaways The early focus remains on reopenings, worries about new Asian virus cases Crude gets a lift from Saudi plan to cut production further Consumer prices dropped 0.8% in April, in line with analysts’ expectations (Tuesday Market Open) Without many directions from overseas markets...

Just as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the Friday session near its lows for the day with an over 400-point loss, investors were bracing for a test of February lows. Even though the markets showed strength early in the session Monday, concerns over market leader Facebook.com, Inc. (NASDAQ...

As we enter the last month of the year, a look back shows fairly strong performances by the equity markets. The Dow Industrials Average is at a record high and is closing in on another psychological resistance point around 24,000. The broader S&P 500 Index is just shy of its all-time high,...

So, why can't the Dow Jones Industrial Average hold above 16,000? Or the Standard & Poor's 500 Index close above 1,800 or the Nasdaq Composite Index move smartly above 4,000? The short answer on Wednesday was that the Federal Reserve got in the way. But there's a longer-term answer....

According to Forbes, analyst Jonathan Krinsky of Miller Tabak recently drew an interesting parallel between four contemporary tech stocks – Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) – and the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the 1990s – Cisco (...