Stocks finished firmly higher Friday, capping a tumultuous week of trading in U.S. markets that concluded with the three main equity indexes booking weekly gains. But despite the upbeat note that the final full week in March delivered, strategists and market participants were chirping about a major block trade in …
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The COVID-19 economy has been brutal for millions of people who have been directly affected, through illness and loss of family members and friends, but also though lost jobs, destroyed businesses and disrupted careers. The stock market has been a different story: Unprecedented stimulus efforts of the federal government and …
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Farewell, 2020. Hello, 2021. It is onward and potentially upward, Superman style, for the U.S. stock market next year, based on analysts’ ambitious year-end targets for the S&P 500 index. No equity market analysts that MarketWatch surveyed for this report foresee a pullback from current levels, already observed as lofty …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. Videogames are a bigger …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Strategists aren’t eager to balk at the notion that the bull market in stocks is getting exhausted and are offering expectations for solid year-end gains and in some cases, projecting eye-popping rallies for the market in the coming 12 months. See full story. ‘Real Housewives of New …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE BTIG Researchers say investors face a trifecta of inflection points that could feed off one another in the coming months and is sure to deliver turbulence for investors. See full story. There are six types of retirees — which are you? Everyone transitions to retirement differently. See …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Next week’s trading action could mark the culmination of some of the most significant hang-ups confronting investors, including the possible return to March-style shutdown as cases of COVID-19 rise domestically and elsewhere in the world. See full story. Next week will be full of key U.S. economic …
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Could the 2020 U.S. presidential election be the most highly wagered on event in history? The Nov. 3 vote has tallied over $ 260 million in wagers thus far, according to Pete Watt, spokesman for OddsCheckerUS, during a Wednesday interview on “The Dan Abrams Show” on SiriusXM. That means bets …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The S&P 500’s tech giants will vie for attention as they barrage the market with third-quarter earnings in the week before the Nov. 3 election. See full story. Ready for another Big Tech hearing/earnings doubleheader? Three months ago, Big Tech’s biggest names traipsed into a Congressional hearing …
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