Earnings and Economic Reports: Key Drivers for the Stock Market This Week
14 earnings, economic data will be the stock market movers this week It was a wild week, with the bond market in the driver’s seat. Rising yields early on gave way to some moderation, and the Nasdaq hit an all-time high on Friday. The Nasdaq did not finish above its July record-high close of 18,647 […]
Stocks Rise as Federal Reserve’s Preferred Inflation Measure Softens
Stocks piled on gains Friday as investors embraced an inflation report seen as crucial to the Federal Reserve’s next decision on interest-rate cuts. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) rose 0.1%, on the heels of ekeing out a third record-high close this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) gained around […]