CNBC and Kevin Miller: Dow rises more than 200 points, posts best day in a month to claw back some of Monday’s drop
Stocks rose on Tuesday, regaining some of the sharp losses from the previous session, as investors weighed the impact of the escalating trade war between the United States and China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 207.06 points to 25,532.05, boosted by gains in Visa and Boeing shares. The 30-stock index also posted its best […]
Schwab: Geopolitics-Examining The Top Five Risks
Key Points Recent developments have caused markets to focus on geopolitical risk, with more to come in the month of May. Geopolitical threats include renewed trade tensions, North Korean missile launches, Iran abandoning the nuclear deal, instability in Venezuela, and the European parliamentary elections. With global stocks vulnerable to a pullback, it is fortunate for […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended May 10th
Volatility’s return A gauge of investors’ expectations of short-term stock market volatility jumped 24% for the week, breaking out of the narrow range that it had been stuck in over the previous three months. The Cboe Volatility Index closed on Friday at 16 after reaching as high as 23 in intraday trading on Thursday. Inflation […]
BlackRock: Takeaways From First-Quarter Earnings
Key points U.S. stock indexes have rallied to new highs in recent weeks. The S&P 500 is up roughly 25% since its December low, fueled partly by encouraging first-quarter earnings results. What does this mean for our view of U.S. equities? We still favor them, as cost-cutting and efficiency gains help moderate the earnings slowdown. […]
Alliance Bernstein: The Case of the Missing Inflation
US inflation has been running low for some time, and key members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) are pointing a finger at the traditional policy framework. So rate hikes are on hold for the time being—and monetary policy is under the microscope. Since the beginning of this year, bond markets have dramatically […]
John Hancock: Weekly Market Recap Week Ended May 3rd
Fast start April’s 3.9% rise in the S&P 500 lifted the index’s gain through the first four months of the year to 17.5%—the stock market’s best start to a year since 1987, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The Dow’s April gain was 2.6%; the NASDAQ added 4.7%. Jobs engine The nation’s unemployment rate has […]
Kevin Miller on Fox Business Countdown to the Closing Bell
Fed keeps rates steady: Where are the investing opportunities? May. 01, 2019 – 2:00 – E-Valuator Funds CIO Kevin Miller and S&P Global portfolio manager Erin Gibbs on the Fed’s interest-rate decision and where investors should put their money. Click here to watch the show clip: https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6031936732001/#sp=show-clips