The Dow Jones Industrial Average is sinking Wednesday as investors digest a wild speech by President Trump.
On Tuesday night, Trump spoke at The Economic Club of New York and railed against the Federal Reserve on interest rates and monetary policy.
But that’s just one of the many stories driving market behavior this morning.
by Mike Stenger
Startup investing can be intimidating from the outset.
It can even seem totally inaccessible if you're not Mark Cuban or some Silicon Valley elite. Except it's not.
And it doesn't have to be scary, either. Angel investors come in all shapes and sizes.
But they all follow these rules to guide their decision making. And this is how you can, too.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is pointed down this morning after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) announced an inquiry into the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
Today, I'm going to discuss why this new impeachment inquiry is such an important deal for the markets…and a huge gamble for Washington Democrats.
The Dow Jones today will push higher after U.S. Trade Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. and China will return to the trade table in two weeks in Washington.
by Greg Miller
Starting around 1913 or so, world governments were gripped with a kind of mania to ban cannabis. Jamaica, Mexico, South Africa, Canada… and on and on.
In 1925, the League of Nations revised the International Opium Convention, targeting the global trade in cannabis for the first time.
And in 1937, the United States' Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively banned cannabis at the federal level here.
So in America alone, we've had more than 80 years of prohibition.
That's why I'm so impressed with how far cannabis has progressed here; the pace has been relentless. Marijuana is legal in some form or another in all but nine states.
But there's a big world of cannabis investing out there; globally, even in countries that have had prohibition just as long as we have, things are moving fast.
Let's look at some firms that are already branching out into "global cannabis"…
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average is retreating as U.S.-China trade relations remain uncertain.
Despite their recent truce, the countries are yet to reach a comprehensive deal.
The Dow Jones today will gain on positive sentiment around the G-20 Conference.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are holding their firm positions on tariffs, but continued diplomacy has made investors optimistic.
The Dow Jones today is trending in the red after the FAA flagged Boeing’s 737 Max with another software problem.
The pending trade discussion between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is also weighing on stocks right now.
Here's what else is moving markets today...
Expect the Dow Jones Industrial Average to take a loss today, correcting for a six-day market rally on U.S.-Mexico trade news.
But U.S. relations with China still hang in the balance...
The Dow Jones today may drop slightly as investors anticipate the weakest earnings season in three years.
They will await first quarter earnings later in the week from major Dow components.
