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An Earnings Tsunami — with 113 S&P 500 Components — Marks ‘Pivot Point’ for Stock Market

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13 Dow components are set to report this busy week Stock-market investors are bracing for a frenzied week of earnings, in what could be a crucial stage in a potent recovery from last year’s lows ...

Dow Rises 150 Points Buoyed by Goldman’s Earnings-Driven Rally

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U.S. stocks rose early Wednesday, as investors digested mostly positive earnings from financial institutions like Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. Meanwhile, Wall Street continues to battle uncertainty driven by a partial government shutdown entering ...

Dow and S&P 500 are on the Brink of Exiting a Stock-Market Correction

https://alaricsecurities.com/dow-and-sp-500-are-on-the-brink-of-exiting-a-stock-market-correction/
The Nasdaq has climbed 12.3% from its Christmas Eve low but remains in a bear market A new year, a new market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 appear in position to ...

The Big Question This Week: Is the Fed about to Completely Break This Market?

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All eyes will be on the Federal Reserve meeting midweek, as bulls pin their hopes on some dovish words, if not a pause in the rate-hike playbook, to lure buyers back in to this reeling ...

Jobs Report Provides Reason for Fed Caution on Interest Rates Next Year

https://alaricsecurities.com/jobs-report-provides-reason-for-fed-caution-on-interest-rates-next-year/
The November jobs report is strong enough to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates later this month, but the central bank will turn cautious and slow the pace of rate hikes ...

U.S. Stocks Retreat Modestly as G-20 Summit Gets Under Way

https://alaricsecurities.com/u-s-stocks-retreat-modestly-as-g-20-summit-gets-under-way/
U.S. stocks on Friday traded down on the last trading day of the week and month, as investors prepare for a highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ...

Opinion: The Tech-Stock Selloff is a Golden Opportunity to Buy Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Tesla

https://alaricsecurities.com/opinion-the-tech-stock-selloff-is-a-golden-opportunity-to-buy-amazon-apple-netflix-and-tesla/
If a technology is fundamentally disruptive enough, that fact will always overwhelm the noise of the day about valuation. In America, we’re in the business of waiting for rationality these days. In politics, it will ...

Santa Rally for Stocks? Get Out While the Getting is Good, Says This Strategist

https://alaricsecurities.com/santa-rally-for-stocks-get-out-while-the-getting-is-good-says-this-strategist/
Blink and you may have missed the one shining moment for equities this week. Thursday’s gains for the S&P 500 and other big indexes look pretty lonely when stacked up against the rest of the ...

Here are the Post-Election Stock-Market Winners in the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq

https://alaricsecurities.com/here-are-the-post-election-stock-market-winners-in-the-dow-sp-500-and-nasdaq/
The three benchmark indices were up over 2% after the midterm elections Midterm elections historically lead to stock market rallies, regardless of the results. Wednesday was no exception when there was a late-day rally in ...

S&P 500 Tries for First 3-day Win Streak in 6 Weeks

https://alaricsecurities.com/sp-500-tries-for-first-3-day-win-streak-in-6-weeks-2/
Hopes for a resolution in the U.S.-China trade spat may help to extend the stock market’s rally U.S. stocks rose modestly out of the gate Thursday, as all three major indices aimed to extend their ...