LEADERSHIP WIDENS AS SMIDS OUTPACE THE S&P 500Brian Belski, founder, CEO and chief investment officer at Humilis Investment Strategies, has been calling for market leadership to broaden beyond the mega-cap names that have dominated in recent years—and he thinks that shift is already underway.His ar…
By Joseph Adinolfi and Frances YueThe earnings story remains strong, but uncertainty surrounding the path of Fed policy and worries about excessive leverage propping up the market are near the top of the list of concernsStock returns have been so strong in the second quarter of the year that even b…
By Rodrigo Campos and Amanda CooperStocks across the globe on Tuesday were headed for their largest quarterly percentage increase in six years, while Brent oil was on track for its largest quarterly drop since 2020, as traders kept tabs on a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran.On t…
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Stocks have moved mostly higher over the course of the trading day on Tuesday, extending the strong upward move seen in the previous session. The major averages have all moved to the upside, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the charge.Currently, the major averages are just…
US Markets | The Dow Jones Industrial Average was largely unchanged on Tuesday as oil prices held above $70 per barrel. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 53 points, or 0.1%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.5%.US-Iran Talks| Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson sai…
THE TIDE IS CHURNING: JOLTS, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, HOME PRICES, CHICAGO PMITuesday offered investors a four-course meal of economic indicators, with sweet, salty, and sour items on the menu.The Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) (USJOLT=ECI) is a metric that follows la…
CLEVE FED'S HAMMACK Q&A/CNBC ENDED
CLEVE FED'S HAMMACK Q&A/CNBC: SEE MORE BROAD-BASED INFLATION PRESSURE BEYOND ENERGY; SEE INSURANCE, ELECTRICITY, DATA CENTER BUILDUP, HOUSING
CLEVE FED'S HAMMACK (VOTER) Q&A/CNBC: INFLATION TOO HIGH; MAY NEED HIGHER INTEREST RATES; TO MAKE DECISION BASED ON DATA
By Marc JonesInvestors have had to gulp down the motion-sickness tablets this year as the turmoil from the Iran war has clashed with a seemingly unstoppable boom in all things AI and otherworldly.Global stocks are now $7 trillion higher than at the end of 2025, even though the war caused a $9 trill…
By Niket Nishant and Avinash PWall Street's main indexes were on course to close June with their strongest quarterly gains in years, highlighting the resilience of equities despite geopolitical challenges.The S&P 500 CBOE:SPX and the Nasdaq Composite TVC:IXIC indexes were set for their best quarte…
US STOCKS STEADY INTO QUARTER-END; SMALL CAPS EYE BEST FIRST HALF SINCE 1991Wall Street’s main indexes are modestly positive early on the final trading day of the quarter, with equities still on pace to deliver their strongest gains in years.In terms of economic data, June’s Chicago PMI came in at…
US stocks traded mixed on Tuesday, June 30, as investors weighed higher oil prices and lingering uncertainty over developments in the West Asia, while Wall Street remained on track to cap a strong first half and second quarter.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 118 points, or 0.2%, after c…
MORE U.S. MAY JOLTS: TOTAL PRIVATE HIRES -77K, FINANCE & INSURANCE +2K, MANUFACTURING -1K, CONSTRUCTION -24K
MORE U.S. MAY JOLTS: MANUFACTURING OPENINGS +33KM, CONSTRUCTION +32K
MORE U.S. MAY JOLTS: FINANCE & INSURANCE OPENINGS -69K, INFORMATION -6K
US CONFERENCE BOARD: CONSUMERS PLANNING MORE SPENDING ON SERVICES OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS SHIFTED FROM “NO” TO “MAYBE” IN JUNE
MORE U.S. MAY JOLTS: HEALTH CARE & SOCIAL ASSISTANCE OPENINGS -115K, FEDERAL GOV'T -14K
US CONFERENCE BOARD: PLANS TO BUY BIG-TICKET ITEMS OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS IMPROVED SLIGHTLY FROM “NO” TO “MAYBE”
MORE U.S. MAY JOLTS: LAYOFFS +41K M/M TO 1.708 MILLION, RATE UP TO 1.1% FROM 1.0% IN APRIL
