Tag: stock market

June 30, 2023

In the latest trading session, U.S. Bancorp (USB) closed at $32.76, marking a +1.36% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.45%. At the same time, the Dow added 0.8%, and the tech-heavy […]

June 14, 2023

U.S. Bancorp (USB) closed at $32.70 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.68% move from the prior day. This change outpaced the S&P 500’s 0.69% gain on the day. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.43%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy […]

March 24, 2023

U.S. Bancorp (USB) closed at $35.06 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.78% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.3%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.24%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 0.34%. […]

March 21, 2023

Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) shares rallied 5.1% in the last trading session to close at $26.21. This move can be attributable to notable volume with a higher number of shares being traded than in a typical session. This compares to […]

January 13, 2023

In the latest trading session, U.S. Bancorp (USB) closed at $47.59, marking a +1.02% move from the previous day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.34%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.64%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, […]

April 8, 2021

The pandemic spurred a flood of new retail investors into the stock market and a survey from Charles Schwab attempts to estimate the size of this this new generation of traders. The broker found that 15% of current retail investors […]

March 10, 2021

Retail investors are continuing to jump into the market in droves even after the dust has settled from the GameStop trading saga. The major online brokers continue to see elevated app downloads, well above levels from last year, according to […]

October 27, 2020

Why is the stock market so high? I get asked this riddle every day. The standard answers we hear these days are that the market is anticipating another $2 trillion Donald Trump-Nancy Pelosi stimulus bill (either before or right after […]

August 11, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic took hold early this spring and markets plunged, a wave of Americans saw an opportunity to start investing. But one expert says this new herd is making some old mistakes — namely, chasing hot stocks. “I’ll […]

July 27, 2020

Sir John Templeton, the famed value investor who passed away in 2008, was my great-uncle, and he seeded my investment business when I was 24 years old. At my firm, Templeton & Phillips Capital Management, we are always asking the […]

July 6, 2020

The stock market is complex. Many investors are having difficulty making buying and selling decisions lately. We can gain an insight by reviewing mobile-based insurance startup Lemonade LMND, 29.86%, which is the best IPO of 2020. It went public last […]

June 16, 2020

Retail sales shattered already-lofty expectations for May as consumers freed from the coronavirus-induced lockdowns began shopping again. The 17.7% headline gain including food sales easily topped the previous record from October 2001 and beat the 8% estimate from economists surveyed […]

June 3, 2020

U.S. stocks added to their gains on Wednesday, a day after major equity benchmarks closed at their highest levels since early March, as labor and services data showed a slowdown in the pace of the economic damage wrought by the […]

February 28, 2020

Gold futures on Friday dropped by more than 3%, heading for the sharpest daily slide since November 2016. Investors rushed to sell the precious metal to generate cash to cover losses in the stock market, which continued to plunge on […]

December 24, 2019

U.S. stocks gave up early gains at the opening bell on Tuesday in what is expected to be a subdued trading session on Christmas Eve. Equity markets will end Tuesday’s session early at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, while the bond […]

July 23, 2019

The positives for this stock market are inching out of the woodwork. A “real compromise” on the U.S. debt ceiling, which many saw as a black swan for markets this autumn, plus a report that D.C. trade reps will head […]

July 2, 2019

It’s been easy to hate banks as investments — not only were some of the biggest players bailed out by taxpayers in 2008, but bank stocks and the financial sector more generally have underperformed the broader market for years. But […]

May 21, 2019

Stocks are weathering the latest bouts of increasing trade war fears, but the bond market is pointing to more trouble ahead. The S&P 500 is up 1% since a massive sell-off to start last week. The broad index also remains […]

May 6, 2019

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, in a tweet that put an awkward exclamation point on Friday’s big stock-market rally, cheered “we’re killing it on the economy” and it’s “totally awesome.” Nice timing, Lar. In the first trading session since […]

April 25, 2019

Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan is warning Wall Street that the market’s new highs don’t signal a revitalized growth cycle. Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute, believes it’s not an ideal environment for sustainable gains. “All the optimism is […]