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U.S. stock futures declined on Thursday after a break for Christmas on Wednesday. All four index futures slipped in early trade. The S&P 500 index is on its way to registering a robust 20% plus return for the second consecutive year in 2024, as most analysts expect a Santa Rally. The 10-year...

Homeowners have more real estate equity than ever before, according to data from the federal government and an investment group. Total homeowner’s equity in the U.S. reached $35.1 trillion in this year’s second quarter, data from the Federal Reserve showed. It fell as low as $29.8...

The Nasdaq Composite closed down more than 1% on the two first trading days of 2024 for the first time since 2005, according to Bespoke Investment Group. Many of 2023’s leaders, including the "Magnificent Seven" mega-cap tech stocks — Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple,...

"It's getting to the point where you can set your clock to it,” read a Tuesday report by Bespoke Investment Group. What's the market analysis firm referring to? Selling stocks when the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury reaches 3%.  And that’s been the case this week....

Fourth-quarter earnings season is set to kick off with Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) reporting Jan. 16. A volatile Q4 for stocks will likely lead to another volatile earnings season for traders, but some stocks have a reputation of making even bigger earnings moves than others. Since the beginning of last...

The bull market rally after the 2008 financial crisis has unquestionably been one of the longest and most powerful stock market rallies in history. But just how long and how powerful the bull market has been is somewhat open to interpretation. What's A Bull Market? The traditional...

The price of bitcoin soared more than 1,000 percent in 2017 but has lost around 40 percent of its value since peaking close to the $20,000 per coin level. Needless to say, expert forecasts for the digital currency's performance in 2018 and beyond range from plummeting 90 percent to a tripling...

The PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (ETF) (NASDAQ: QQQ) and the corresponding index are on track to accomplish something that hasn't been seen in decades. According to data compiled by Bespoke Investment Group, the Nasdaq index closed higher 16 of 19 days in May. The current pace implies the index...

Chinese stocks as a whole make up 16 percent of all global equities by market capitalization, which exceeds Europe's 15 percent representation. The Wall Street Journal, citing data from Bespoke Investment Group, reported that onshore Chinese equities and Hong Kong equities have once again...

Many investors brush off the weekly initial jobless claims data and don't pay too much attention to it. According to Bloomberg, these investors should rethink their approach and start paying very close attention to the data. Initial jobless claims are released like clockwork every Thursday morning...

Small business sentiment, as measured by the NFIB, declined in November to 94.8 from 96.1. On Tuesday, Quicken Loans, the second largest retail mortgage lender, said the average appraisal in November was 1.87 percent lower than what the homeowner expected. U.S. equities were sharply lower on...