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Industrial production rose at a solid pace to round out 2018, helped by a jump in manufacturing activity during the month. The gain in output in December rounded out the strongest year for the industrial sector since 2010, and eased fears after a string of negative releases from manufacturing. The...

After an impressive start to the week, markets appear to face some tough sledding Thursday as investors eye disappointing earnings from Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), lack of progress on China trade, and no end in sight to the U.S. government shutdown. While focus in the early going might be on MS, the...

Investors have plenty to digest this morning as their plates are full with the continuing earnings season as the entree, served with a side of news from overseas that could touch on global economic growth. Bank earnings continued to roll in. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) beat expectations on its top...

Data on producer prices shows that overall inflation pressure calmed further in December, weighed down again by declines in energy prices. Industry detail showed that trucking rates continued to surge, however, driven by another large gain in long-distance trucking rates. The Bureau of Labor...

The big banks have been see-sawing this week after a relief bump from Citigroup’s (NYSE: CC) earnings beat on Monday, followed by a pullback in pre-market trading this morning after JP Morgan’s (NYSE: JPM) missed earnings estimates for the first time in 15 quarters. The next round of...

By Peter Kendall and Steven Hochberg, editors of the Elliott Wave Financial Forecast Most economists and financial analysts believe that central banks set interest rates. For more than two decades, Elliott Wave International has tracked the relationship between interest rates set by the...

Gold is becoming more attractive amid global uncertainty ranging from central bank interest rate policies to the U.S.-China trade dispute, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Friday. What Happened Gold should be considered an "insurance policy" for investors to hedge their portfolio against...

Earnings season starts to pick up the pace this week, with reports from JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) scheduled before market open on Tuesday, Jan. 15.  Between the Fed’s rate hike path, growing concerns regarding global economies and future growth, and geopolitical...

Today’s opening bell rings in the U.S. earnings season, but many investor eyes glanced warily across the Pacific in the early going as markets around the world reeled from more bearish Chinese economic data. There’s a lot to take in as the week gets underway, including earnings from...

U.S. stocks are for the most part far removed from their all-time highs, but several days of mostly positive performance in the major indices has investors wondering if a rebound is sustainable.  Earnings Season Is Key The most important factor that will determine the fate of stocks in...

Although stocks have been chalking up gains in recent days, the market is looking like it is beginning to doubt that the rally has much more steam left. Stocks seesawed between losses and gains Thursday as investors digested a bevy of inputs, some bearish and others encouraging. The market ended...