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stocks Markets Live Recap: Unemployment in Focus Today
By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning •
This morning, United States weekly jobless claims came in at 4.4 million. Just over 26 million Americans have now applied for unemployment... In the last 5 weeks. That means the U.S. economy has wiped out all the job gains since the … Read more » -
Dow Jones Get Ready for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to Take Another Beating Today
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slide more than 2% on Friday alone, and today isn't shaping up to be much better. Dow futures are already down 74 points ahead of trading today and the index is now on the verge of falling below the 24,000 … Read more » -
Dow Jones Today Dow Jones Industrial Average Jumps 134 Points as Democrats Capture House of Representatives, GOP Retains Senate Control
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
The Dow Jones Industrial Average projected a triple-digit gain in premarket trading after Tuesday night's midterm elections granted control of the House of Representatives to the Democratic Party for the first time since 2011. Read more » -
stocks This Healthcare Stock Will Make a Killing off the Health Revolution
By Money Morning Reports, Money Morning •
On Wednesday, the current bull market became the longest in U.S. history. Since March 9, 2009, the S&P 500 alone has risen more than 300%. But if you look deeper into the numbers behind the S&P's growth, you find that one … Read more » -
Trading Strategies I Predicted This Incredibly Disruptive, Multibillion-Dollar Healthcare Trend
By Tim Melvin, Special Situation Strategist, Money Morning •
All these recent healthcare deals - the latest being between Wal-Mart and Humana Inc. - have led our Tim Melvin to predict this multibillion-dollar healthcare trend that's created the chance to remake healthcare... Read more » -
Dow Jones Dow Jones Today Slides Over 100 Points as Trade War Tensions Reemerge
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
The Dow Jones today traded over 100 points lower after China announced on Sunday that it plans to impose tariffs of up to 25% on 130 U.S. exports. Read more » -
Washington These Health Insurers Have Been Stealing from You for Over a Decade
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler •
Turns out several of the big health insurers have been doing some big-time cheating to deliver those huge stock gains over the past several years. By exaggerating the illnesses of their Medicare Advantage patients, health insurers have … Read more » -
Dow Jones The Stock Market News Today Centers on Congressional Healthcare Vote
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
The stock market news today begins with the Dow projecting a 51-point gain before the opening bell. But Wall Street is keeping a close eye on a new healthcare bill that was delayed in the House of Representatives yesterday due to … Read more » -
Dow Jones Today's Stock Market News: Dow Slides as Trump Policy Concerns Weigh on Trader Sentiment
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
Today's stock market news focuses on a premarket slide in the Dow as traders are jittery about President Trump's ability to implement his economic policies. Trader are also parsing through Republicans' new plan to replace the Affordable … Read more » -
Washington Will the Trump Tax Cut Plans Happen in 2017?
By Alex McGuire, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @AlexMcGuire92 •
The Trump tax cut plans have pushed the Dow Jones and S&P 500 to record highs. But it's unlikely that his tax proposal will be implemented this year. Read more » -
Dow Jones Dow Jones News Today: Market Flat Ahead of Janet Yellen's Senate Testimony
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
The Dow Jones new today is Janet Yellen's testimony in front of the Senate Finance Committee later today. Markets are also making sense of the resignation of Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn, who stepped down after … Read more » -
Dow Jones Dow Jones Industrial Average Today Falls After President Trump Withdraws from TPP
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning •
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today fell as investors weigh what President Donald Trump's policies mean for the global economy. Read more » -
Stocks This Stock Offers High-Growth, Low-Stress Protection from Trump's Tweets
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI •
By now we've all seen the "Trump Tweet Effect" in full effect these past weeks, as the president-elect's unfiltered social media messages hit some of Wall Street's favorite stocks, like Boeing, for better... or worse. Lockheed Martin, for … Read more » -
Washington Obamacare Failures Tear Apart Government-Insurer Partnership
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler •
With the Department of Justice trying to block two mega-mergers, the health insurance companies have struck back by pulling out of the Obamacare exchanges. Now Democratic lawmakers are accusing the insurers of using their participation in … Read more »