Economics

U.S. stocks rallied on Friday following positive earnings reports from several large-cap multinationals this morning on a relatively light day of market moving news. The Dow traded higher by more than 300 points before giving back some of the gains. The S&P 500 rallied but still posted its...

Neil Dutta is the head of U.S. economics for Renaissance Macro Research, and he said that even though the risk of an outbreak in the United States is low, there will still be a lot of headlines about it in the near future. He recently joining Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to share thoughts...

After a second case of Ebola among nurses working with a Liberian man surfaced, Americans began to worry about the disease spreading across the country. The second nurse, Amber Joy Vinson, took a flight to and from Cleveland while exhibiting symptoms of the disease, something that could have...

As of Tuesday afternoon, the stock market was struggling with "The Five 'E's."  Traders were fretting about the potential impact of Ebola, Europe's sinking economy, the big dive in energy, the status of various monetary easing efforts by central bankers around the...

U.S. stocks tumbled further on Wednesday and recovered significantly from intraday lows in a day of heavily volatility. The Dow traded lower by more than 450 points, dipping below 16,000 levels the index hasn't seen since February. The index recovered most of the losses but still closed the...

The recently released 2014 World Payments Report (WPR), a joint venture of CapGemini and the Royal Bank Scotland Group Plc (NYSE: RBS), "tracks the state and evolution of the global non-cash payments market." In other words, the WPR reports on the infrastructure that supports...

Identifying the drivers of stock market action can be helpful in determining when a move is overdone and due to reverse. For example, the various wannabe crises that have cropped up over the past two years have all fizzled out in short order as investors realized there was nothing major to...

U.S. markets ended the day mostly flat after giving up earlier gains. The Dow traded higher by 142 points before ending the day in negative territory. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices closed the day almost unchanged. The CBOE Volatility Index fell 7.5 percent to 23.79. Airline stocks traded...

For much of Monday, the S&P 500 traded in a relatively narrow range with the market appearing to be searching for direction. After a decline of more than 5 percent over the past few weeks, most traders were looking for a bounce. After all, every single time the market had "dipped...

U.S. markets began the week on a negative note after markets sold off in the final two hours of trading on no major news catalyst. The S&P 500 fell through its 200-day moving average of 1,905, a key technical level for fundamental investors and traders. The last time the index broke its 200...

Would Be Concerned If Break-Even Kept Falling

U.S. stocks continued to sell off on Friday on higher than usual volume. Semiconductor stocks were hit hard following Microchip's profit warning and cautious sector-wide comments. The rest of the tech sector was weak, especially "momentum" and high-beta stocks as the Nasdaq index...

Students of the market know that October has a reputation for increased volatility. Cutting to the chase, this October is certainly living up to that reputation, as we've seen wild swings in the major indices each and every day this month. Shorter term, it is interesting to note that...

Until Tuesday, traders worried that the Fed might increase rates sooner than expected. Until Tuesday, traders were concerned that the recent good economic news might wind up being bad news for the stock market. Until Tuesday, traders fretted that the Fed might make a mistake. However, all...

U.S. stocks plunged with the Dow, shedding more than 300 points, suffering the worst single day performance of the year. Despite the 300-plus point loss, both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq saw higher losses on a percentage basis as the CBOE Volatility Index surged over 24 percent to 18.76....