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What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -0.01%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.15%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.52%. Stocks on Friday finished steady to slightly higher, with...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday rose by +0.55% as it rebounded from Thursday’s 4-1/4 month low. Hawkish Fed comments Friday that pushed back against imminent Fed rate cuts gave the dollar a boost. Also, the weakness in stocks Friday increased liquidity demand for the dollar. Friday’s U.S. economic...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.05%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.67%. Stocks this morning are mixed after hawkish comments from...

With most analysts predicting low single-digit returns from U.S. stocks in 2024, the VanEck Gold Miners ETF and KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF are two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that look like good buys for 2024.

The Congressional Budget Office says it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate in 2024, as overall growth is expected to slow and unemployment is expected to rise into 2025, according to updated economic projections for the next two years

Embarking on a financial rollercoaster, Fed's Williams challenges the market's rate-cut anxieties, injecting a new spark of unpredictability.

Morning Markets December E-Mini S&P 500 futures (ESZ2 3) are down -0.07%, and Dec Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ2 3) are up +0.18%. Stock index futures this morning are mixed as they relinquished most of their overnight gains after a measure of New York state factory activity weakened more than...

December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are trending up +0.09% this morning as market participants remained in a buoyant mood after dovish signals from the Federal Reserve while also looking ahead to the release of U.S. business activity data.

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