It is difficult to tell at times if the market wants bad news (more Federal Reserve) or good news. Ahead of Friday’s official employment report, the ADP Employment Report showed 169,000 jobs were created in April, below analyst expectations of a rise to 200,000. The S&P 500 fell 0.45% and the NASDAQ 0.40%. Ironically as the head of an organization […]
Markets ended mostly in the red on Friday as both US Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen and ECB President Mario Draghi’s speeches at Jackson Hole, Wyo failed to encourage investors. Escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine also dragged the benchmarks down. Markets also witnessed the year’s lowest intraday composite traded volume for NYSE and Nasdaq.For a look at the issues currently […]
The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs for the second consecutive session on Tuesday driven by an upward revision of March’s retail sales data and encouraging small-business sentiment. However, the Nasdaq ended in negative territory after Cisco forecasted disappointing fiscal third quarter results. A new deal between Keurig Green Mountain and Coca-Cola was also welcomed by the […]
