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Stocks Slide: Is the Fed Behind the Curve Again?

Stocks Slide: Is the Fed Behind the Curve Again?

Almost three years ago, investors thought the Federal Reserve was behind the curve on inflation. Now they have just the opposite fear. The S&P 500 slid 2.1 percent between Friday, July 26, and Friday, August 2. It was the third consecutive negative week, dragging...

Stocks Break Out as AI Boom Fuels Tech Rally

Stocks Break Out as AI Boom Fuels Tech Rally

Stocks are breaking out to new highs as the Artificial Intelligence boom widens. The S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent in the holiday-shortened week between Friday, January 12, and Friday, January 19. The index closed at a new all-time high for the first time in over two...

Technology Rebounds as New Companies Rally In the Sector

Technology Rebounds as New Companies Rally In the Sector

Technology stocks are rebounding from a weak August as investors target a widening swath of companies like Intel and Western Digital. The S&P 500 rose 2.5 percent between Friday, August 25, and Friday, September 1. But technology stocks rallied 4.4 percent, their...

Stocks Challenge Highs as Bulls Wait for Debt Ceiling Progress

Stocks Challenge Highs as Bulls Wait for Debt Ceiling Progress

Stocks are challenging their highs for the year as investors wait for Congress to raise the national debt limit. The S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent between Friday, May 12, and Friday, May 19. It was the biggest gain in the last seven weeks as the index reached its...

Stock Market Faces Big Tests After a String of Positive Earnings

Stock Market Faces Big Tests After a String of Positive Earnings

Earnings season has gone better than feared, but traders face new uncertainties this week. Today and the next two sessions bring key news on the impact of bank failures, the U.S. debt ceiling and inflation. It's a big change from recent weeks, when strong quarterly...

Is Tesla Driving Stocks Toward a Breakout Before the Fed?

Is Tesla Driving Stocks Toward a Breakout Before the Fed?

Tesla could be driving the stock market toward a breakout as a flood of major catalysts hit. The electric car maker jumped 33 percent last week after reporting strong orders and saying production could reach 2 million vehicles this year. The news lifted sentiment in...

A Soft Landing? Why Stocks May Be Attempting a Turn as 2023 Begins

A Soft Landing? Why Stocks May Be Attempting a Turn as 2023 Begins

Stocks began the New Year with gains as investors see the potential for inflation to ease without a recession. The S&P 500 broke a four-week losing streak, rising 1.5 percent in the holiday-shortened period between Friday, December 30. Every major sector advanced,...

Options Alert: Bearish Traders Could Be Sticking With Western Digital

Options Alert: Bearish Traders Could Be Sticking With Western Digital

Western Digital tried to bounce after a big drop, but the bears don't seem to be going away. Check out this unusual options activity in the maker of data-storage products: A block of 7,500 October 36 puts was sold for $2.05.A trader bought an equal number of October...

Videogame Slowdown Is the Latest Negative to Hit Semiconductor Stocks

Videogame Slowdown Is the Latest Negative to Hit Semiconductor Stocks

Nvidia fell sharply after cutting guidance yesterday, the latest bearish headline facing the semiconductor industry. "Our gaming product sell-through projections declined significantly," CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement preannouncing weak results for the fiscal...