The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is climbing after Goldman Sachs reported strong earnings.
Netflix also surpassed expectations in its earnings report.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is climbing after Goldman Sachs reported strong earnings.
Netflix also surpassed expectations in its earnings report.
by Shah Gilani
Financials pulled a world-class fakeout last week, and that's important for what's coming next.
You see, on Thursday, markets looked like they were giving up; the major indexes broke through near-term support, and some important psychological support levels were pierced.
The breaking news was that China's exports had fallen 10%. So industrials, materials, and commodities took the brunt of the selling. China is always a barometer of global growth, because it does lots of the globe's growing. And so with news of China's export fall-off, financials were set to release their earnings amid an "atmosphere of reduced expectations," to put it mildly.
Of course, those expectations have been carefully stage-managed and downplayed all along – there's that psychology again.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today fell as oil prices and energy stocks dragged down the index.
by Shah Gilani
America's big banks just reported Q3 earnings.
by David Zeiler
The evidence is mounting that the Wells Fargo scam was not unusual practice in the banking industry, which means investors need to brace for similar scandals at other banks.
The heavy pressure on workers to "cross-sell" multiple products to the same customer is what got Wells Fargo into hot water – and is accepted practice at most consumer banks.
These are the banks most likely to end up in regulators' crosshairs next...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is climbing before Janet Yellen and key Fed members deliver speeches.
The speeches will help investors determine if a rate hike is on the way.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today is up before the Fed reaches a decision on whether or not to raise interest rates.
Investors are confident that the Fed won't raise interest rates until December.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today slipped slightly as investors prepared themselves for the upcoming FOMC meeting.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up this morning thanks to a smashing earnings report from JPMorgan Chase.
Markets are waiting to see if other banks will follow suit.
But that's not all - here's everything you need to know about the stock market today...