While investors kept tariffs and trade disputes in mind in August, a new earnings season provided Wall Street with a lift. Blue chips...

At the end of 2018, economists and journalists may look back on the second quarter and see the moment when a global trade war began. Whether

In May, investors were left to interpret mixed geopolitical and financial signals. The historic U.S.-North Korea summit was on, then off, th

April saw the S&P 500 advance 0.27% as a new earnings season unfolded – one in which investors grew uneasy about rising Treasury yields,

Stocks rallied in January, corrected in February, and slumped in March as volatility and economic policy changes took some of the enthusiasm

Investors certainly received a wake-up call in February. A correction hit Wall Street for the first time in nearly two years, and benchmarks

Bulls took charge of Wall Street as 2018 began: the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5.79% in the first month of the year, even with a mild

Financially speaking, the last month of 2017 was also the year’s most newsworthy. Congress reformed federal tax law to a degree unseen since

In November, the S&P 500 gained 2.81% and advanced for a thirteenth straight month – an unprecedented milestone in the index’s long hist

October saw the S&P 500 rise 2.22% in response to results from the fall earnings season, encouraging fundamental indicators, and anticip