The S&P 500 added another 0.7% to its impressive gains since late December. Optimism about a trade agreement between the U.S. and China continued to support markets. While trade negotiations between the U.S. and China remain the key focus, a number of other key events and data releases …
The S&P 500 surged 2.6% on the news an agreement had been reached to avoid a government shutdown and increased optimism about trade negotiations. Global stocks participated in the rally.
U.S. stocks finished barely positive last week. The S&P 500 inched 0.1% higher on a relatively light week for news. The government shutdown has delayed a number of key statistics about the strength of the U.S. economy and given investors less data then expected to evaluate it.
Markets returned to rally mode last week and finished January significantly higher. The S&P 500 surged 1.6% on strong employment data, the Federal Reserve communicating its concerns about slowing growth, and generally positive earnings data. The relatively strong earnings pushed Carson’ …
After a four-week rally, stocks finished close to unchanged last week. The S&P 500 shed 0.2% but is still up 6.4% this year. The S&P 500 opened sharply lower and then rose the rest of the holiday-shortened week.
Stocks continued to post strong weekly gains. The S&P 500 gained 2.9%, following last week’s 2.6% increase.
