Stock Market Investor Expectations Also Need Tapering As We Enter 2014
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Dec 28, 2013 – 01:02 PM GMTBy: Sy_Harding
Psychologists say much of the reason investors have such a dismal record of buying high and selling low, of being excited and buying enthusiastically at market tops and then bailing out in disgust at market […]
U.S. stocks spun their wheels for the most part Friday, with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ registering small losses in a day of quiet trading and limited volatility. The Dow lost one point (or just 1 basis point) for the day, bringing its gain for the week to 1.6%, roughly half the prior week’s gain. The S&P 500 lost […]
Stocks slip Thursday on disappointing economic reports.Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to hit new record intraday and closing highs on Thursday, stocks generally declined in the wake of an awful report on initial unemployment claims from the Department of Labor. Initial claims for the week ending December 14 climbed by 10,000 to a dismal, 379,000. The four-week moving […]
Comments from activist investor Carl Icahn’s suggesting that the market was headed for a major decline dragged the Dow and S&P 500 down from their record highs. Markets had opened higher largely due to optimism about the Fed’s continued support for its stimulus plan. Additionally, the Dow crossed the 16,000 mark for the first time. However, a late sell off […]
Dismal corporate earnings reports and lower oil prices dragged the major indices into negative territory on Tuesday. Among the S&P 500 industry groups, the technology sector gained the most. Financials, followed by utilities stocks ended on the losing side.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead of Wall Street articleThe Dow Jones […]
If you’ve ever listened to the financial reports on the news or personally traded stocks, you know that there are places called stock exchanges. For example, you’ve probably heard of the NASDAQ stock exchange, also known simply as the NASDAQ, which stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System. It’s the place where people go to buy and […]
