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Negative headlines battered stocks last week. Traders will now watch to see if they can continue to bounce or fail at potentially key resistance. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, May 27, and Friday, June 3. The dip...
Stocks are trying to hold a support level as investors worry about inflation and soaring interest rates. The S&P 500 slid 0.2 percent between Friday, April 29, and Friday May 6. The index swung wildly despite the small closing change. It initially plunged within a...
Stocks tumbled again last week as investors brace for a potentially major increase in bond yields. The S&P 500 slid 0.3 percent between Friday, January 7, and Friday, January 14. It was the index's second straight weekly decline after failing to hold new highs...
Most of 2021 has focused on value stocks as the economy reopening from coronavirus, but last week investors returned to growth. The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent between Friday, June 4, and Friday, June 11. The Nasdaq-100 climbed 1.2 percent, its biggest outperformance...
Health-care stocks have lagged the market for years, but now the sector is coming to life as the coronavirus pandemic winds down. The SPDR Health Care ETF (XLV) has outperformed the S&P 500 by 2.5 percentage points so far this week. That puts it on pace for its...
Twitter is having its best week in six years as its advertising business finally starts to gain traction. Twitter (TWTR) is up 27 percent since Friday, February 5. That makes it the best-performing member of the S&P 500 for the period. It's also the biggest weekly...
Stocks fell last week but held a key level. Attention will now focus on the economy reopening for Memorial Day. The S&P 500 initially tried to rally, only to fall on bearish comments from Dr. Anthony Fauci and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. At one point it...
Earnings season has some positive stories so far, even as several major companies take a beating. First and foremost, Netflix (NFLX). The streaming-video giant cratered again after domestic viewers dropped and global subscriber growth missed estimates by a mile. It...
Stocks broke out to new highs last week as Jerome Powell kept the party going. The S&P 500 rose 0.8 percent to close above 3,000 for the first time ever. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq-100 also set new records. "Risk-on" sectors like emerging markets,...