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Stocks Pause Near Record Highs Before Inflation, Earnings

Stocks Pause Near Record Highs Before Inflation, Earnings

Stocks are pulling back as traders wait for key inflation data and the start of earnings season. The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, December 29, and Friday, January 5. It was the first drop in 10 weeks, ending the index's...

Fed Hammers Stocks to a Key Level as the Quarter Winds Down

Fed Hammers Stocks to a Key Level as the Quarter Winds Down

Stocks are headed for a losing quarter after hawkish policy from the Federal Reserve hammered prices to a key level. The S&P 500 fell 2.9 percent between Friday, September 15, and Friday, September 22. It was the index's third straight losing week and its biggest...

Good-Bye Bear Market? We Could Find Out This Week

Good-Bye Bear Market? We Could Find Out This Week

After a small pullback, stocks could be trying to end the bear market that started a year ago. The S&P 500 declined the first three sessions of the holiday-shortened week between Friday, January 13, and Friday, January 20. It was down as much as 2.8 percent at...

Insurers Tremble with Florence on the Move

Insurers Tremble with Florence on the Move

Hurricane season has begun, and insurers are trembling. Florence is expected to hit the Carolinas on Friday. It's already a category 4 hurricane, which makes it unusually powerful for a storm moving that far north. Property and casualty (“P&C”) insurers like...