Stocks

Friday saw Asian markets rise after Wall Street went through a record-breaking session. During this period, the S&P managed to break through the 4000-point barrier for the first time. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq and Dow Jones were also green, following on what is becoming a wave of economic optimism.  This widespread increase in the stock market […]

Early trading on Tuesday morning saw U.S. stock index futures slightly lower than Monday after all three major averages reported having gains during the day prior.  In particular, future contracts that are tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 107 points on Tuesday. The S&P 500and Nasdaq 100 futures also saw losses, although those […]

This last week has proven to be quite a wild ride for tech stocks of all categories, as well as the NASDAQ.  While the latter has seen its greatest jump since November of last year, tech has rebound after losing a tremendous amount of value at the beginning of 2021.  It’s difficult to say what […]

I am quite comfortable saying that nobody in 2020 could have predicted GameStop’s stock movements this year. The company was on the decline and heading for bankruptcy, so why would anyone be betting on it? Before this year, the decrease in demand for physical games and the growing digital market destroyed GameStop’s business. The company […]

The stock market is still feeling the effects of Covid-19. Despite the recovery of various sectors, including retail, industry leaders are struggling to prevent stocks from plummeting. Despite record highs and retail surges, the Nasdaq still fell over 1%. This loss was primarily the result of tech stocks that have been underperforming in February. Retail […]

Monday saw stocks fall as fears over the possible worsening of the current COVID-19 virus. The market also reacted to the uncertainty of a future fiscal stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.8 percent to close 509.72 points lower at 27, 147.70. The S&P 500 did not fare any better. It lost 1.2% […]

There have been signs lately that the dramatic rise in the stock market is unsustainable. With investors driving the market value of Tesla up to the point where it exceeds that of JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup combined, and the $2 trillion market cap of Apple surpassing that of 2,000 companies making up the small-cap Russell […]

The coronavirus pandemic has made this a wild and wonderful year for Wall Street and investors. The panic caused by the virus at first sent the broad-based S&P 500 lower by a staggering 34 percent in a matter of a little over a month. It took a scant 17 days for the index to drop […]

The coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the globe. No one knows how it will impact the economy; not today, not over the next few months, not even over the longer term. The only thing that is known is the ever-increasing number of new COVID-19 cases. The numbers today are almost twice those when the […]