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Two of the telecom giants are reporting earnings this week. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) reports second-quarter results before market open Tuesday, July 24, and AT&T (NYSE: T) releases its results after the close the same day.  Verizon Earnings and Trading Activity Announced in early June, VZ is...

Alphabet Inc. (NYSE: GOOG) (NYSE: GOOGL) reports second-quarter earnings after market close on Monday, July 23.  The big news ahead of the report was the EU slapping the company with a $5.07 billion antitrust fine related to its Android mobile operating system. Even though Alphabet said it...

Tech earnings season starts in earnest this week, but there’s a lot more on the plate. Key data, including the first look at Q2 gross domestic product, might compete with earnings for investor attention in the coming days. It’s the start of a very big week for the market, with lots of...

The U.S. jobs machine kept chugging along in June, adding a better-than-expected 213,000 new positions. Still, the market looked like it might struggle for gains Friday after economic sanctions went into effect overnight between the U.S. and China. Looking at the payrolls data, there appeared to be...

With Fourth of July fireworks still echoing, a new trading day gets underway with a more positive feeling in the air. That’s partly due to hopes for a thaw in Europe/U.S. trade relations on the automobile front. News reports out of Europe yesterday that the U.S. might consider a so-called...

It appears as though the Fed might be willing to give the economy a bit more running room, and that seems to agree with the market. Stocks recovered from earlier losses Wednesday after the Fed minutes showed a willingness to let inflation run a little above the Fed’s long-term 2 percent...

Suddenly the geopolitical picture that looked so positive earlier this week seems a little shakier, and the impact could potentially weigh on stocks Wednesday. The situation with North Korea seems more volatile and although news about trade with China has been fairly positive, concern developed...

Favorable trade winds continue to fill the market’s sails this morning. After stocks rallied yesterday on news that the potential trade war between the U.S. and China was being put on hold, the positive news flow continued. China said it would cut tariffs on car parts and vehicles, and...

This week could help set the tone for the next several. Geopolitical events like U.S. trade relations with China are starting to dominate the conversation as the data calendar looks light and earnings outside of the retail sector slow to a crawl. Early Monday, stock futures rallied after Treasury...

The market has been tough on companies that didn’t quite meet expectations this earnings season, and Friday provided further examples. It’s not necessarily that firms aren’t doing well, but the bar has been raised and if you’re a company that doesn’t climb over that...

Positive tidings continued from the retail sector Thursday with Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reporting solid results highlighted by a recharged performance from its e-commerce business. Despite that, major stock indices ticked lower in pre-market futures trading as U.S. government bond yields continued...

Before the U.S. market opened, Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M) reported earnings per share of 48 cents on revenue of $5.5 billion. M was expected to report adjusted EPS of $0.36, on revenue of $5.43 billion, according to third-party consensus estimates. The beat appears to offer more evidence that the U....