^GSPC - S&P 500
| Previous Close | 2,774.88 |
| Open | 2,780.67 |
| Volume | 2,087,754,963 |
| Day's Range | 2,779.11 - 2,794.20 |
| 52 Week Range | 2,346.58 - 2,940.91 |
| Avg. Volume | 3,930,075,666 |
Yahoo Finance•5 hours agoDow's 9-week winning streak is the longest in nearly 24 years
The Dow posted its ninth consecutive weekly advance, its longest weekly winning streak in nearly 24 years, as investors continued to digest commentary surrounding progress toward a U.S.-China trade deal.
- Yahoo Finance Video•11 hours ago
President Trump will ‘likely’ accept China’s concessions to end trade war
As trade talks between the U.S. and China continue, Parag Khanna, the author of “The Future is Asian”, says it is likely President Trump will accept China’s concessions and reach a deal because American industry is telling him “we are in trouble.” Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous speaks to him.
- MarketWatch•43 minutes ago
‘Father of Reaganomics’ says ‘get out of the market’ — bond and stock market — ‘and put your money in cash’
David Stockman, the so-called “Father of Reaganomics,” is at it again in the most recent prognostication of doom for the markets and the broader economy.
- Barrons.com•1 hour ago
Central Banks Worldwide Are Lifting Stocks. Is the Stability Masking Trouble Ahead?
The steady rise in stock prices may be masking trouble ahead. Markets face testimony from Jerome Powell, Trump’s visit to Vietnam, and a looming trade deadline.
- Barrons.com•1 hour ago
Stocks’ Winning Streak Rolls On
THE TRADER In a fairly tranquil week for stocks, the major U.S. indexes edged higher. The Dow industrials finished the four-session trading week, shortened by the Presidents Day holiday, at 26,031.81, up 0.
- The Wall Street Journal•2 hours ago
[$$] History Shows Rebound May Have More Legs as Dow Extends Rally
U.S. stocks extended their winning streak to nine consecutive weeks and are on track for their biggest early-year advance in three decades, a dramatic turnaround that has given investors renewed faith in the nearly 10-year bull market. A more flexible approach to monetary policy from the Federal Reserve, easing U.S.-China trade tensions and a better-than-feared corporate earnings season have encouraged investors to ease back into the stock market, following the fourth quarter’s bruising selloff. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite, along with the small-cap Russell 2000, notched their ninth straight weekly gain, while the S&P 500 rose for the fourth consecutive week.
- Barrons.com•2 hours ago
Pockets of Optimism in Stocks, Existing-Home Sales, and Retail
Feb. 21: Risk markets continue to probe higher, with the SPX index rising almost exactly 2% since we last wrote, two weeks ago, reaching 2784.70 on Wednesday for its highest close since Dec. 3, 2018, and effectively completing the right-hand side of the V tracking shape.
- MarketWatch•3 hours ago
Sorry Bernie, stock buybacks aren’t to blame for America’s rising income inequality
Should stock buybacks be regulated? Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is running for president as a socialist, evidently think so. According to the two senators, the 1950s-1970s were a golden age for workers because "American corporations shared a belief that they had a duty not only to their shareholders but to their workers, their communities and the country that created the economic conditions and legal protections for them to thrive." They add that in recent decades, corporate managements and their boards of directors have become greedy, focusing on maximizing "shareholders earnings" at the expense of workers' earnings.
- Barrons.com•3 hours ago
REITs, Amazon.com, and Other Pockets of Growth
T. Rowe Price asset allocator and fund manager Charles Shriver also likes emerging market stocks and debt, but is wary of energy shares
- CNBC•4 hours ago
Russell leads after S&P crosses 200-day moving average since 1990
The small-cap Russell 2000 index exited correction territory last week. It was the last of the major U.S. market indices to do so.
- GuruFocus.com•4 hours ago
Progress on China Trade Helps Stocks Close Higher Friday
Nasdaq has a year-to-date gain of 12.4%
- Barrons.com•5 hours ago
The Dow Rises 181 Points Because a Trump-Xi Meeting Just Might Happen
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.70% to end at 26,031.81. The S&P 500 gained 0.64% to close at 2792.67, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.91% to end the day at 7527.54.
Reuters•5 hours agoGlobal Markets: U.S.-China trade hopes lift stocks; oil hits three-month high
Stocks rose in major markets across the world on Friday on bets of progress in trade talks between China and the United States, while crude futures hit their highest level in more than three months supported by ongoing supply cuts. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that there was a very good chance the United States would strike a deal with China to end their trade war and that he was inclined to extend his March 1 deadline to reach an agreement. U.S. and Chinese negotiators meeting in Washington had made progress and would extend this week's round of negotiations by two days, he said.
Reuters•5 hours agoU.S.-China trade hopes lift stocks; oil hits three-month high
Stocks rose in major markets across the world on Friday on bets of progress in trade talks between China and the United States, while crude futures hit their highest level in more than three months supported by ongoing supply cuts. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that there was a very good chance the United States would strike a deal with China to end their trade war and that he was inclined to extend his March 1 deadline to reach an agreement. U.S. and Chinese negotiators meeting in Washington had made progress and would extend this week's round of negotiations by two days, he said.
