Caution prevailed in the U.S. stock market on Monday, with indexes edging higher as investors kept bets to a minimum in front of earnings.
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Mid- and small-capitalization stocks often serve as a leading indicator for the direction of the U.S. economy. So what does it say that they are down roughly 15 to 20 percent?
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U.S. stocks advanced more than 1 percent on Wednesday, rebounding from recent losses as a bullish earnings forecast from State Street Corp encouraged investors going into the earnings season.
The U.S. service sector expanded in June for a sixth straight month but growth was at the slowest pace since February, the latest evidence that the economic recovery is cooling.
The Australian dollar rallied on Tuesday after an upbeat assessment of the global economy by the Reserve Bank of Australia spurred traders' appetite for high-yielding currencies, and the rising risk demand also helped boost the euro.
Higher risk appetite, combined with a lackluster U.S. service sector report, put the dollar under broad selling pressure amid fears of further slowdown in the U.S. economy.
(Corrects manufacturing sector to service sector in paragraph 3)
Stocks rose broadly on Tuesday, following five days of losses, as data showed the economy's services sector grew for a sixth straight month in June and on signs of strength in Europe's banking system.
The dollar fell against the yen on Tuesday after a lower-than-expected reading on growth in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector raised concerns about the outlook for the economy.
Bearish bets in the equity options market, coupled with an increasingly sour view from a technical perspective, suggest stocks will struggle to break from a vicious two-month downtrend this week.
Bearish bets in the equity options market, coupled with an increasingly sour view from a technical perspective, suggest stocks will struggle to break from a vicious two-month downtrend next week.
Stocks fell on Friday and were on track to record their worst week in two months after jobs data underscored views the recovery is losing steam.
The euro rallied to a five-week high above $1.25 on Thursday, while the dollar fell broadly after disappointing data heightened worries the U.S. economic recovery is stalling.
Concerns about euro zone debt and liquidity problems eased further on Thursday after Spain successfully sold 3.5 billion euros of a five-year bond, adding to positive sentiment a day after European banks borrowed less money than expected from a European Central Bank tender.
U.S. stocks staggered to the end of a dismal second quarter on Wednesday in another low volume session as investors found little reason to take on risk after conflicting economic data.
U.S. stocks staggered to the end of a dismal second quarter on Wednesday in another low volume session as investors found little reason to take on risk after conflicting economic data.
Investors fled the U.S. stock market on Tuesday and the S&P 500 tumbled to its lowest level in eight months in a sell-off triggered by a wave of increasing alarm over the global economic outlook.
Investors fled the U.S. stock market on Tuesday and the S&P 500 tumbled to its lowest level in eight months in a sell-off triggered by a wave of increasing alarm over the global economic outlook.
(Corrects paragraph 2 to delete reference to worst day since May 6)
The yen rose against the dollar and euro on Thursday as a less optimistic outlook on growth from the U.S. Federal Reserve dented risk appetite, with the single currency further hampered by Greek debt markets.
Eric Heinbockel recalls going on a Wall Street interview the day investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. With his chances of landing a coveted finance job dwindling, the former Columbia University undergraduate began exploring more entrepreneurial options, eventually launching a business that lets customers build their own chocolate bars.
Stocks dropped on Wednesday after data showed new home sales fell to its lowest level in at least four decades, adding to worries about a slowing economic recovery.
