Asian markets were mixed Monday in quiet trading ahead of Christmas holidays for many markets. Concern over the possibility of a North Korean missile test was leavened by signs of further progress in cooling trade tensions between Washington and Beijing as China announced plans to further open its financial marketsRead More →
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after record highs on Wall Street amid investor optimism about an interim U.S.-China trade deal announced last week were tempered by fresh worries of a hard Brexit. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, -0.54% erased earlier gains to inch down 0.4% in morning trading. HongRead More →
Asian markets were muted in early trading Monday despite Friday’s news that the U.S. and China have agreed on a “phase one” trade deal. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Sunday that the deal “is totally done, absolutely,” adding that China committed to buy $40 billion of American farm productsRead More →
So you’re an investor who believes in owning stocks for the long run. You’ve more than tripled your money in 10 years by investing in broad U.S. stock market index funds, having weathered a potential double-dip recession (2010), the fiscal cliff (2012-2013), energy-bond volatility (2015) and a transition from presidentsRead More →
Asian markets sought direction in early trading Tuesday, as traders awaited the next development in U.S.-China trade talks and violent protests continued in Hong Kong. President Donald Trump said over the weekend that while trade talks were going “very nicely,” there was not yet an agreement to roll back tariffs.Read More →
Asian markets were muted in early trading Tuesday amid positive developments on the U.S.-China trade front. President Donald Trump said Monday that trade negotiations on a “phase one” deal are going faster than expected, and said the deal would “take care of “ U.S. farmers and bankers. Later in theRead More →
From a look at Apple Inc.’s stock, you might think that Wall Street was expecting something big from the company’s coming earnings report. Apple shares AAPL, +1.23% keep roaring higher, buoyed by talk of momentum for the company’s new iPhones and services offerings as well as indications that the smartphoneRead More →
Asian markets were mixed in early trading Thursday following gains on Wall Street and ahead of the European Central Bank’s meeting. U.S. stocks inched higher Wednesday despite largely disappointing earnings reports, with some experts saying confidence in the Federal Reserve — and in a potential interest-rate cut next week —Read More →
I opened my newspaper one late August morning and nearly dropped my coffee. On two full pages was an ad from the Business Roundtable signed by 181 prominent CEOs, which said, in essence, that their statements over the past two decades that “the mission of the corporation was to maximizeRead More →
“You got to ask yourself do you really want to win, or just look good losin’?” By 2011, Duron Chandler had already heard those lyrics many times, but this was the first time the words spoke to him. Chandler was driving along Richmond, Va. roads he knew well but feelingRead More →
Asian shares were little changed and mixed in quiet trading Tuesday amid a lack of fresh market-moving news as investors looked ahead to earnings season and Wall Street again closed at record highs. On the trade front, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Monday that he and U.S. Trade RepresentativeRead More →
This is the last in a six-part series of stories about programs that offer high-school students the opportunity to take college classes. The series was produced with support from the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship program. (Read parts one, two, three, four and five here). Over the past week, MarketWatchRead More →
TOKYO — Asian stocks were mixed in a narrow range Wednesday as China announced its economy grew at a 6.4% annual pace in the last quarter. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.25% gained 0.3% and the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +0.29% edged 0.1% higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng indexRead More →
At least 49 people were killed in a mass shooting in two mosques in New Zealand on Friday. The perpetrator broadcast live footage of the shooting on Facebook. Experts say thwarting this kind of social-media broadcast is difficult because of the lack of legal oversight, the invasive nature of technologyRead More →
