Search Results for: U.S. stocks
What robo-advisers do right
January 28th, 2016
Retail robos have a lot to offer investors, but are they really as good as they seem? Robo-advisers are everywhere — on television, in consumer media and professional publications. What is really under the hood? What do these services ...
Asian Shares Mostly Higher
December 30th, 2015
Energy shares rise after overnight recovery in oil prices, but Brent slips in early Asia trading Markets in Asia rose Wednesday as a recent recovery in oil prices in the U.S. lifted energy shares slightly. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was ...
Major Asian markets close higher after Nikkei, Kospi erase early losses
December 29th, 2015
Asian equities closed higher on the second day of 2015’s final week, after the Japanese and South Korean markets erased morning losses and the Australian market totted up a more than 1 percent gain. That’s a turnaround from earlier ...
Stock Market Crash October 2015? 9 Of The 16 Largest Crashes In History Have Come This Month
October 8th, 2015
The worst stock market crashes in U.S. history have come during the month of October. There is just something about this time of the year that seems to be conducive to financial panic. For example, on October 28th, 1929 ...
Japan Leads Asian Shares Higher
October 6th, 2015
Markets across Asia rallied Tuesday, with shares in Japan rising on bets that its central bank may further loosen monetary policy at its meeting this week. Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average was up 1%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index and ...
Futures fall sharply; Yellen speech awaited
September 24th, 2015
U.S. stock index futures fell sharply on Thursday as concerns about global economic growth grew and ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. * Investors will look for clues regarding the timing of an interest rate ...
Asia Currencies Slide After Fed Officials Signal Rate Increase Possible in 2015
September 22nd, 2015
Most Asian currencies weakened on Tuesday after comments by U.S. Federal Reserve speakers suggested the central bank could raise interest rates as early as next month, while shares made modest gains ahead of a reading on Chinese manufacturing. The ...
Asian Stock Markets Bounce Back
September 16th, 2015
Regional markets come off multiyear lows ahead of Federal Reserve meeting Most markets in Asia climbed back from their lowest levels in years on Wednesday, ahead of an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve on whether it would raise ...
Asian Markets Brace for Fed Decision
September 15th, 2015
Stocks in Shanghai deepened losses ahead of possible U.S. rate increase Shares in Japan pared gains after the Bank of Japan tempered its assessment of the country’s economy, while elsewhere, China led markets lower ahead of a decision on interest ...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Rises 7.7% for Biggest Gain Since October 2008
September 9th, 2015
Investors buy back in after valuations hit 11-month low Topix surges most since 2011 as all 33 industry groups rise Japanese stocks soared, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average staging the steepest advance since the aftermath of the 2008 ...
