Dow on Track for 7th Straight Winning Session as Stocks Rise Broadly
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U.S. stocks rose modestly Friday morning, with the Dow looking to post its longest winning streak since late last year, with few economic reports on inflation or the economy deterring Wall Street from tentatively buying ...
Stock Market Gets Lift from Energy Sector after Trump’s Iran Move Boosts Oil
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U.S. stocks rose modestly on Wednesday, with energy companies leading the advance as oil prices jumped to a 3 1/2-year high. The energy gains came as traders digested President Donald Trump’s decision a day earlier ...
Unemployment Rate Falls to 17-year Low as U.S. Adds 164,000 New Jobs
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Hourly wages still not rising rapidly despite ultra-low jobless rate The numbers: The economy generated a solid 164,000 jobs in April to push the unemployment rate below 4% for the first time since Bill Clinton ...
2018 Best Direct Market Access Provider Award by World Finance Market Goes to Alaric Trader
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Alaric Trader, a direct market access provider to U.S. exchanges and a professional broker-dealer has been awarded World Finance Market’s award for Best Direct Market Access Provider in 2018. The World Finance Markets awards are ...
Former Regulator under Obama Says more than 1,000 ICOs are not Following the Law
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Gary Gensler, now a lecturer at MIT, says some popular cryptocurrencies should be regulated as securities. More than 100 cryptocurrency exchanges and over 1,000 initial coin offerings are operating outside US laws meant to protect ...
Could Spotify Be Next on Amazon’s Wish List?
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In his annual letter to shareholders, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos wrote that Amazon will only continue to grow, in part thanks to “divinely discontent” customers constantly raising expectations for the company. As the ...
Bitcoin Whales Dump $100 Million of Digital Currency in 24 Hours
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Did a single seller move the price of bitcoin $200 in 20 minutes? The price of bitcoin took a dive Tuesday, falling by more than $200 in under 20 minutes, a move that could have ...
Stock Market Jumps at the Open, Trades at Multiweek High as Bank Earnings Bolster Sentiment
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U.S. stock benchmarks were trading around the highest levels in about three weeks on Friday, with anxieties surrounding trade and other government policies taking a back seat to upbeat bank earnings to unofficially kick off ...
Opinion: 7 Reasons to Stop Worrying and Instead Stick With Stocks
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It’s hard to sugarcoat the stock market’s performance in March. It was undeniably a bad month for investors — and already we’ve seen signs that April may bring continued fireworks. However, after a roughly 6% ...
Bogle on Stock Turbulence: ‘Never Seen a Market This Volatile to This Extent in My Career’
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Jack Bogle hasn’t seen moves like these in his career. Vanguard founder Jack Bogle has been around the block. The 88-year-old investing titan, who is basically the father of passive investing, says this renewed regime ...