S&P 500 Trended Downward to Retest Resistances as the British Unexpectedly Voted for Brexit

The S&P 500 took a 3.59% nosedive on Friday, after the British unexpectedly voted to leave the European Union in a non-binding referendum, meaning the U.K. Parliament has ...

S&P 500 Wobbles as Fed Chair Yellen Continues Double-Speaking

The S&P 500 closed at 2,071.22 on Friday, down 1.19% for the week, as concerns about the Brexit vote intensified. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided, as ...

S&P 500 Retests Trendline Support as the 10-2 Year Treasury Yield Spread Dipped to an 8-Year Low, One Step Toward a U.S. Recession

The S&P 500 closed at 2,096.07 on Friday, down just 0.15% for the week as the index retests the trendline support ...

S&P 500 Closed UNCH for the Week, June FOMC Meeting Will be a Non-Event, or Else

The S&P 500 closed at 2,099.13 on Friday, unchanged for the week, as sector rotation continues. The best performing S&P 500 sectors for the week were Utilities and Healthcare ...

S&P 500 Broke Out, Lead by Information Technology Sector, as Fed Rate Hike Talks Drag On

The S&P 500 closed at 2,099.06 on Friday, up 2.28% for the week, as sector rotation continues. The best performing ...

S&P 500 Closed Up Slightly Despite Countless Charades of Rate Hike Talk From the Fed

The S&P 500 closed at 2,052.32 on Friday, up 0.28% for the week as sector rotation continues. The best performing S&P 500 sectors for the week were Energy, Information Tech ...

S&P 500 Utilities Sector Continues to Outperform as the U.S. Economy May be One Step Closer to a Recession

The S&P 500 closed at 2,046.61 on Friday, down 0.51% for the week, but up 0.13% year-to-date. The best performing ...

S&P 500 Bounced Off Key Technical Supports After a Big Negative Surprise from the April Nonfarm Payrolls Report

The S&P 500 closed at 2,057.14 on Friday, down 0.4% for the week, but up 0.65% year-to-date. The best performing ...

Faltering U.S. Economy Sent U.S. Dollar Tumbling and Investors Hiding in the S&P 500 Utilities and Telecom Sectors

The S&P 500 closed at 2,065.30 on Friday, down 1.26% for the week, but up 1.05% year-to-date. The best performing ...

S&P 500 Became Very Pricey as Investors Piled Into Expensive Energy and Materials Sectors

The S&P 500 closed at 2,091.58 on Friday, up 0.52% for the week and 2.33% year-to-date. The best performing S&P 500 sectors for the week were Energy and Financials, which ...

S&P 500 Trended Downward to Retest Resistances as the British Unexpectedly Voted for Brexit

The S&P 500 took a 3.59% nosedive on Friday, after the British unexpectedly voted to leave the European Union in a non-binding referendum, meaning the U.K. Parliament has ...

S&P 500 Wobbles as Fed Chair Yellen Continues Double-Speaking

The S&P 500 closed at 2,071.22 on Friday, down 1.19% for the week, as concerns about the Brexit vote intensified. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve decided, as ...

S&P 500 Retests Trendline Support as the 10-2 Year Treasury Yield Spread Dipped to an 8-Year Low, One Step Toward a U.S. Recession

The S&P 500 closed at 2,096.07 on Friday, down just 0.15% for the week as the index retests the trendline support ...

S&P 500 Closed UNCH for the Week, June FOMC Meeting Will be a Non-Event, or Else

The S&P 500 closed at 2,099.13 on Friday, unchanged for the week, as sector rotation continues. The best performing S&P 500 sectors for the week were Utilities and Healthcare ...

S&P 500 Broke Out, Lead by Information Technology Sector, as Fed Rate Hike Talks Drag On

The S&P 500 closed at 2,099.06 on Friday, up 2.28% for the week, as sector rotation continues. The best performing ...

S&P 500 Closed Up Slightly Despite Countless Charades of Rate Hike Talk From the Fed

The S&P 500 closed at 2,052.32 on Friday, up 0.28% for the week as sector rotation continues. The best performing S&P 500 sectors for the week were Energy, Information Tech ...

S&P 500 Utilities Sector Continues to Outperform as the U.S. Economy May be One Step Closer to a Recession

The S&P 500 closed at 2,046.61 on Friday, down 0.51% for the week, but up 0.13% year-to-date. The best performing ...

S&P 500 Bounced Off Key Technical Supports After a Big Negative Surprise from the April Nonfarm Payrolls Report

The S&P 500 closed at 2,057.14 on Friday, down 0.4% for the week, but up 0.65% year-to-date. The best performing ...

Faltering U.S. Economy Sent U.S. Dollar Tumbling and Investors Hiding in the S&P 500 Utilities and Telecom Sectors

The S&P 500 closed at 2,065.30 on Friday, down 1.26% for the week, but up 1.05% year-to-date. The best performing ...

S&P 500 Became Very Pricey as Investors Piled Into Expensive Energy and Materials Sectors

The S&P 500 closed at 2,091.58 on Friday, up 0.52% for the week and 2.33% year-to-date. The best performing S&P 500 sectors for the week were Energy and Financials, which ...

S&P 500: Risk-On Trade was Back Despite Faltering U.S. Economy

The risk-on trade was back after upbeat Chinese trade data on Wednesday, when the General Administration of Customs of China said that exports rose 11.5% in dollar terms ...

S&P 500: Markets Blindsided by Obama’s Rule Change on Corporate Mergers While Yen Carry Trade Unwind Sent the Energy Sector Soaring

The financial markets got a big surprise from the Obama administration, after the U.S. Treasury Department ...

S&P 500 Just Broke Out and Here Comes Donald Trump Who Thinks the Stock Market is Going to Crash!

Front-running Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told the Washington Post in an interview on Saturday that ...

Fed Chair Yellen’s Dissenters Make Noise as S&P 500 is About to Break Out

The financial markets were rattled during the short-trading week after several of Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s dissenters started making noise. Here is how CNBC Senior ...

S&P 500 Turns Positive for the Year Despite Weak Retail Sales and Sinking Consumer Sentiment

Ahead of the FOMC policy meeting, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday that U.S. retail sales edged down 0.1% month-over-month in February and January's ...

S&P 500 Rotates from Economically Sensitive Sectors into Safe Havens as Materials and Energy Remain Speculative

The S&P 500 closed at 2022.19 on Friday, up 1.11% for the week, rising for the fourth week in a row. The best ...

S&P 500 Surged, Led by Energy and Financials as China Cut RRR and Bernie Sanders is on the Way Out

The S&P 500 closed at 1,999.99 on Friday, up 2.67% for the week, rising for the third week in the row. The best ...

S&P 500 Struggles after a Mixed Bag of U.S. Economic Data and Top Fed Officials Push for Aggressive Rate Hikes

There are more warning signs this week that something is wrong with the U.S. economy. A preliminary reading of ...

S&P 500 Bull-Bear Battleground has Narrowed to Between the 1,940 and 1,950 Levels

The S&P 500 started the week on Tuesday with a 1.65% gain, following a report that Saudi Arabia and Russia ministers agreed on an oil production freeze at the January levels if ...

S&P 500 Jittery over Deutsche Bank CoCos and Fed Rate Hike Path

The S&P 500 started the week with a sell-off following a crash in the European markets, lead by the banking sector. Deutsche Bank CoCo (contingent convertible bond) holders...