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U.S. stocks reversed early morning declines and closed the day little changed ahead of Friday's job reports data, which will be released at 8:30 A.M. The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week by 8,000 according to data released today. Not...

U.S. stocks declined sharply as investors digest reports of a confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. In addition, economic data released on Wednesday was mixed, at best. Construction spending fell during August while ISM manufacturing came in weaker than expected. Bulls are hoping that...

U.S. stocks were little changed with the S&P 500 closing for the second straight day above the 2,000 mark. Markets were on track for a flat open and volume and volatility remained relatively light throughout the trading session as geopolitical events remain in focus. Israel and Gaza have...

U.S. stocks declined and erased Monday's gains following reports that Russian troops were lining on the borders of Ukraine and preparing for an invasion, according to comments made by Poland's Foreign Minister. “Unfortunately, Russia has restored its combat readiness on the...

U.S. stocks fell as the Dow dipped below the 17,000 marks as geopolitical concerns become a main focus. In a televised statement, President Obama said the United States will expand on sanctions meant to hurt Russia's energy, defense and financial sectors. The move follows Russia's...

U.S. stocks were little changed ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy announcement due out on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve will conclude a two-day session, with the central bank likely to announce further cuts to its monthly asset purchases. In economic news, June home sales declined in...

The earnings crunch continues, and reports so far have generally been encouraging. Among the many quarterly reports scheduled to hit the tape this week are those from Exxon Mobil, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and Whole Foods, from which analysts expect to see at least marginal earnings gains....

U.S. stocks were little changed despite an ADP jobs report showing better-than-expected numbers. The ADP report comes ahead of the non-farm payrolls due on Thursday. Analysts are expecting the payrolls to confirm 212,000 jobs were added in June. The markets will close at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday...

U.S. stocks rose as investors and traders digested comments from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve Open Committee announced that it will further taper its asset purchases by another $10 billion. The Fed is now committing towards purchasing $35 billion of assets per month. The Fed also...

U.S. stocks were mostly unchanged on a catalyst-light day characterized by low volume. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) has a three-month daily average volume of over 101 million only traded hands 47.8 million times on Tuesday. With little economic or market moving catalysts due in the...

Newly Elected Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s plans to return the nation to peace inched forward after two days of talks with Moscow over the nation’s divided eastern region. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the two sides had reached a “mutual...

U.S. markets rose for the fourth straight session as investors positively digested comments coming from the St. Louis Fed. Jim Bullard, the St. Louis Fed chief said that inflation is low but moving back toward the two percent target. As such, Bullard argued that the Federal Reserve Open...

The bidding war between Tyson Foods and Pilgrim’s Pride to acquire Hillshire Brands came to a head on Sunday after Tyson offered a final bid of $63 in cash per share. The offer values Hillshire at about $7.7 billion and trumps Pilgrim’s bid by almost $1 billion. The deal will be...

U.S. stocks were higher on Friday, marking the third consecutive week of gains. Investors cheered May's job report which showed a slow and steady improvement in the labor market. Continuing the trend set in recent trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index...