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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...

Why the Dow Tumbled 600 Points and the Nasdaq Fell into Correction Territory for the First Time in 2 Years

https://alaricsecurities.com/why-the-dow-tumbled-600-points-and-the-nasdaq-fell-into-correction-territory-for-the-first-time-in-2-years/
The Dow has lost 2,245 points, or 8.4%, since its Oct. 3 all-time high A few short weeks ago the Dow industrials were on the verge of busting through another psychological milestone at 27,000. However, ...

Stocks are Ready for a Reboot and Nowhere Near a Bear Market, Says this Trader

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After a period of mostly downbeat action, a risk-on mood has taken shape Tuesday, after Goldman and other big corporate names sprinkled around some earnings cheer. Some investors may still be rattled by last week’s ...

Here’s Why Stock-Market Investors Suddenly Freaked Out Over Rising Bond Yields This Week

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An October fright comes courtesy of rising Treasury yields. It would be fun to be reincarnated as the bond market because “you can intimidate anybody,” Democratic political strategist James Carville once quipped. A bond market ...

Opinion: Amazon vs. Apple — Which Should You Own if You Can Only Own One?

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Both Big Tech companies are on the move, but in a comparison of stock-market returns, products and profits, one has an edge Investors have been increasingly reliant on Big Tech stocks in recent years. But ...

Should Investors Fear October, a Historic ‘Jinx Month’ For Stocks?

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While October is a middle-of-the-road month, based on historic seasonality, it is extremely strong in midterm years The month of September hasn’t lived up to its reputation for historical weakness in the U.S. stock market, ...