|
 In a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.K. lawmakers voted Saturday to postpone a decision on whether to back his Brexit deal with the European Union, throwing a wrench into government plans to leave the bloc at the end of this month.
|
|
The stage is now set for the U.K. to approve the Brexit pact negotiated by Johnson with the European Union.
|
|
Oil prices might be acting like a warning light when it comes to the stock market, which is trading near all-time highs despite growing concern over the U.S.-China tariff battle and rising global trade tensions.
|
|
When stocks go to the moon, buildings head for the sky.
|
RELATED ARTICLES | | |
|
The president's son made the comments during an interview with Sean Hannity as he spoke about Hunter Biden.
|
|
A retirement near the beach can be had for less than you might think.
|
|
Discipline is key: 4 retirement accounts for people saving on their own
|
|
 The Insider Monkey team has completed processing the quarterly 13F filings for the June quarter submitted by the hedge funds and other money managers included in our extensive database. Most hedge fund investors experienced strong gains on the back of a strong market performance, which certainly propelled them to adjust their equity holdings so as […]
|
RELATED ARTICLES | | |
|
A round of weak economic data out of China and a softer U.S. dollar fails to spur gains for gold on Friday, but the precious metal ends the week with a modest gain.
|
|
 * Indexes down: Dow 0.95%, S&P 500 0.39%, Nasdaq 0.83%
(Updates to market close)
|
|
U.S. stocks fell Friday after data showed China's economic growth slowing further in the third quarter and investors awaited more signals from the corporate earnings season about the health of the U.S. economy.
|
|
 U.S. stocks finished near their lows of the session on Friday, with declines in Johnson & Johnson and Boeing Co. delivering the lion's share of the pain for the Dow industrials. The Dow closed off 255 points, or 0.9%, at 26,770. Dow components Boeing cut about 170 points from the price-weighted average, while J&J and shares exacted a 57-point toll on the index. The S&P 500 index closed 0.4% lower at 2,986, while the Nasdaq Composite Index ended 0.8% lower at 8,090. Boeing's stock got slammed after the Federal Aviation Administration said the aviation and defense contractor withheld "concerning" messages from 2016 between employees about a flight-control system tied to two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX, while J&J's stock got pulverized, off more than 6%, after the consumer-product giant recalled some baby powder - after tests revealed traces of asbestos.
Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
|
RELATED ARTICLES | | |
|
 Out of thousands of stocks that are currently traded on the market, it is difficult to identify those that will really generate strong returns. Hedge funds and institutional investors spend millions of dollars on analysts with MBAs and PhDs, who are industry experts and well connected to other industry and media insiders on top of that. Individual investors can piggyback […]
|
|
Barclays, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche order staff to prepare for gyrations on market opening
|
RELATED ARTICLES | | |
|
Private Label