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Dow, Nasdaq gain despite negative market breadth

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 95 points in afternoon trade, with 17 of its 30 components gaining ground, despite market internals showing overall breadth is clearly negative. The number of advancing stocks outnumbered decliners 1,652 to 1,164 on the NYSE and 1,549 to 1,103 on the Nasdaq exchange. Declining volume represented 56.7% of total volume on the Big Board and 57.5% of the Nasdaq's total volume. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite both inched up less than 0.1%.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:53 p.m. ET
by Tomi Kilgore

‘Bull, bear, purgatory, repeat’—This chart of cryptocurrency cycles shows the carnage may be over for now

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:47 p.m. ET
by Mark DeCambre

Starbucks commits $10 million to develop cups that can be composted or recycled

Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday that it has committed $10 million to a partnership with Closed Loop Partners to develop a cup that can be composted or recycled. Starbucks estimates that 1% of the 600 billion paper and plastic cups distributed each year can be attributed to the coffee company. Starbucks continues its internal efforts as well, testing a "bio-liner" that is partially made from plant-based material, the 13th test of its kind in the past year. Starbucks paper cups are made with 10% post-consumer recycled fiber, and can be recycled now in places like New York City and San Francisco. Earlier this year, Starbucks began a test of a 5-pence charge on paper cups in the U.K. Starbucks shares are up 2.4% for the year so far while the S&P 500 index is up 1.4% for the period.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:46 p.m. ET
by Tonya Garcia

Treasury yields climb as Fed begins 2-day meeting

Treasury yields rose on Tuesday as traders positioned themselves a day ahead of the conclusion of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting commencing later Tuesday, that is expected to reveal an upbeat outlook for the economy and culminate in the sixth interest-rate increase since December 2015.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:45 p.m. ET
by Mark DeCambre

Are Facebook, Amazon and Google bad for America?

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:39 p.m. ET
by Jeff Reeves

Drug companies are beginning to wake up to this new risk factor

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:28 p.m. ET
by Emma Court

Smoking is the New Black: Tobacco use is shown more on streaming shows than on cable TV

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:27 p.m. ET
by Emma Court

Opinion

Why you should think of investment managers as personal trainers

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:18 p.m. ET
by Cullen Roche

Kushner Cos. is facing investigation for filing false building permits

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:12 p.m. ET
by Ciara Linnane

Here’s the stock market’s biggest tail risk

Mar. 20, 2018 at 1:12 p.m. ET
by William Watts

Smartwatch shipments projected to grow by 18% annually over five years, as fitness bands fade: IDC

Research firm IDC said Tuesday that it expected wearables shipments to grow 15.1% this year, led by strong growth in basic trackers as well as continued growth in smartwatches. IDC sees wearables shipments growing at a 13.4% annual rate through 2022, however, as basic trackers grow less popular but watches maintain momentum. "The addition of cellular connectivity is also starting to resonate with early adopters and looking ahead the emergence of new use cases like music streaming or additional health sensors will make cellular connectivity pivotal to the success of the smartwatch," IDC senior research analyst Jitesh Ubrani said in a release. Apple Inc. came out with a cellular-connected smartwatch last year. Fitbit Inc. , meanwhile, recently announced its new Versa smartwatch, which is priced lower than the company's Ionic smartwatch and intended to reach more of a mass audience in the midst of declining interest in basic trackers. IDC projects that basic tracker shipments will grow by just 0.3% annually through 2022, while smartwatch shipments could grow by 17.9%. Apple shares are up 24% over the past 12 months, while Fitbit shares have dropped 8.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average , of which Apple is a component, is up 18%, compared with a 14% gain for the S&P 500 over 12 months.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:46 p.m. ET
by Emily Bary

Charting technical cross currents, market bears resurface ahead of the Fed

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:35 p.m. ET
by Michael Ashbaugh

Facebook’s future depends on how it manages its user-data crisis: Goldman

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:23 p.m. ET
by Barbara Kollmeyer

Oracle stock heads for worst day since 2013, analysts run for shelter after cloud bursts

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:22 p.m. ET
by Emily Bary

Universal Display stock rises after Gabelli analyst upgrades to buy, dismisses Apple MicroLED concerns

Shares of Universal Display Corp. are up 4.4% in Tuesday trading after Gabelli analyst Hendi Susanto upgraded the stock to buy from hold. His upgrade comes after the stock plunged 12% in Monday's session, following a report saying Apple Inc. was making its own MicroLED display screens. Susanto wrote in his upgrade note that he thought Apple's work with MicroLED screens was still in the research and development stage, and he noted that Apple bought a MicroLED startup in 2014, meaning that the company's interest in the technology isn't particularly new. "The commercialization is at least a couple of years away," Susanto wrote of Apple's MicroLED efforts. Meanwhile, he sees "more upside potential than downside risks" for Universal Display, which makes OLED screens. Susanto pointed to a "multiyear investment in OLED display capacity" from many global players as well as management's own forecast for a sharp increase in the number of installed OLED screens through 2019. Universal Display stock is up 33% over the past 12 months, while the S&P 500 is up 14%.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:20 p.m. ET
by Emily Bary

Stock market gains as energy sector powers advance; tech selloff weighs on Nasdaq

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:10 p.m. ET
by Barbara Kollmeyer

Google unveils $300 million plan to fight fake news, support journalism

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:10 p.m. ET
by Claudia Assis

Premium

Charting technical cross currents, market bears resurface ahead of the Fed

Technically speaking, market cross currents have resurfaced ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy directive, and widely-expected interest-rate hike, due out Wednesday afternoon. Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 has violated its 50-day moving average, while thus far maintaining major support matching the 2017 peak.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. ET
by Michael Ashbaugh

Amazon on track to pass Google's Alphabet as 2nd-biggest U.S. company

Amazon.com Inc.'s stock surged 1.4% in midday trade, to push the e-commerce giant's market-capitalization past Google-parent Alphabet Inc.'s in intraday trade, which would make Amazon the second largest U.S. company. Amazon's market-cap was $758.26 billion, while Alphabet's stock fell 1.3% to knock the internet-search giant's market cap down to $755.35 billion. Apple Inc. is still by far the biggest U.S. company, with the stock up 0.1% to lift its market cap to $890.44 billion. Amazon's stock has soared 34% year to date, while Alphabet shares have gained 3.3% and the S&P 500 has tacked on 1.4%.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 11:59 a.m. ET
by Tomi Kilgore

S&P 500 flat at 2,713

Mar. 20, 2018 at 11:50 a.m. ET
by Sunny Oh

Tech Selloff Shows Flip Side of a Crowded Trade

Monday's market selloff began with a sharp drop in Facebook Inc. shares and ended up illustrating the flip side of the crowded bet on technology giants.

Mar. 20, 2018 at 8:29 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Record Fund Inflows Leads to Stock Market Whiplash

Investors piled a record amount of money into hot stock funds during the week before Monday's sell-off, a sign that buyers who made aggressive bets may have gotten burned.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 3:13 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Market Selloff in 7 Charts

A stock market selloff deepened on Monday after, led by high-flying technology stocks.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 1:09 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Facebook Stock Decline Knocks it Out of S&P 500′s Big Five

Facebook Inc.'s share-price fall on Monday shaved roughly $30 billion from its market cap, enough to remove it from the ranks of the five biggest companies in the S&P 500.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 11:54 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Investors Are Still Quite Bullish

Measures of market sentiment still look elevated, even after major stock indexes dropped by more than 10% last month.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 8:42 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Stocks Show Persistence of Goldilocks Economy

Major stateside stock benchmarks are pacing for a better annual performance than much of the rest of the world, despite a volatile few weeks.

Mar. 13, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Tech Companies Are Taking Over the Stock Market

Technology companies are conquering the stock market, boosting sectors not often associated with the giants of Silicon Valley.

Mar. 12, 2018 at 4:55 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

This Bull Market’s Best-Performing Stock is…a Mall Owner?

The U.S. stock bull market turned nine years old on Friday. The companies that have seen the biggest gains over that period may surprise you.

Mar. 9, 2018 at 2:17 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Jobs Report Shows Investors Are Getting Used to a Stronger Economy

Investors are learning to stop fearing an economic pick-up. That was a key lesson from Friday's market reaction to the jobs report.

Mar. 9, 2018 at 1:38 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Not Everyone Hates Volatility

The market gyrations of recent weeks are lifting trading volumes, typically a boon to banks.

Mar. 2, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Powell’s Fed Could Be More Volatile For Markets

It's quite likely the new chair will see more market volatility during his term than did his predecessor. Janet Yellen's time at the helm was marked by mostly serene markets.

Feb. 28, 2018 at 8:02 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Investors Didn’t Sour on the Stock Market for Long

Money is flowing back into stocks, a sign that investors believe the market will keep climbing after the recent selloff.

Feb. 27, 2018 at 8:13 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Corporate Earnings Look Good, But Investors Already Know That

Executives are as excited about corporate earnings as they've ever been, but that optimism may already be priced into the stock market.

Feb. 22, 2018 at 8:41 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Housing Market Is Riding High Once Again

The housing market is heating up, providing another pillar of support for the stock market and U.S. economy.

Feb. 21, 2018 at 8:42 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Credit Suisse Navigates the Volatility Cross-Currents

Credit Suisse Group AG says betting on volatility to fall has been a great trade. Just don't use the bank's once-popular investment product to do it.

Feb. 6, 2018 at 10:33 a.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Stock Market Didn’t Get Tested—You Did

Stop trying to make sense of the stock market, Jason Zweig says.

Feb. 5, 2018 at 6:19 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

The Stock Market Selloff By the Numbers

Here is a selection of factoids about the market's big decline on Monday.

Feb. 5, 2018 at 4:45 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Forget Apple: The Stock Market’s Rise Is All About Boeing

Boeing Co. quietly has more pull on the stock market than pretty much any other company.

Jan. 31, 2018 at 1:50 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

S&P 500 Has First 1% Decline Since August

The stock market's long stretch of calm was interrupted this week.

Jan. 30, 2018 at 4:23 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Trump’s Stock Market Hyperbole

President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that his election loss would have sparked a plunge in the stock market that's only ever happened eight times.

Jan. 26, 2018 at 1:01 p.m. ET
on The Wall Street Journal

Other News

A Stock Sell-Off Vocabulary Guide

When stocks sell-off, a whole bunch of new financial terms start popping up that you may not be familiar with. Here's our cheat sheet to help you out.

Mar. 19, 2018 at 1:51 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

A Timeline Of Theranos's Troubles

A look at the ongoing saga of a unicorn biotech startup in Palo Alto, from its rise to the fall.

Mar. 14, 2018 at 1:08 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

Factors Affecting Oracle Stock in 2018

Oracle stock has risen more than 19.0% in the past year. During the same period, the S&P 500 Index has risen 15.0%.

Mar. 8, 2018 at 8:09 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Has McDonald’s Stock Price Bottomed Out?

In this series, we'll look at analysts’ revenue and earnings estimates for McDonald’s in the next four quarters.

Mar. 12, 2018 at 1:32 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

What’s Microsoft’s Value Proposition in the US Software Space?

Despite the massive surge in Microsoft stock, which helped its market cap to cross the $724 billion mark, it's lagging behind Amazon (AMZN), which has a market cap of ~$726 billion.

Mar. 1, 2018 at 1:37 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

What Is Microsoft’s Value Proposition in the US Software Space?

Despite the massive surge in Microsoft stock, which helped its market cap to cross the $713 billion mark, it was momentarily eclipsed by Amazon (AMZN).

Feb. 26, 2018 at 4:59 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Lowe’s 4Q17 Earnings: Here’s What to Expect

Lowe's Companies (LOW) plans to announce its 4Q17 earnings before the market opens on February 28.

Feb. 22, 2018 at 2:23 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Why Campbell Soup Stock Fell despite Fiscal 2Q18 Beat

The Campbell Soup Company (CPB) stock fell ~3.3% on February 16, 2018, despite reporting better-than-expected fiscal 2Q18 results.

Feb. 21, 2018 at 8:51 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Here’s Why Kraft Heinz Stock Fell after Its 4Q17 Results

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) reported weaker-than-expected 4Q17 results on February 16, 2018.

Feb. 20, 2018 at 10:21 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

How To Read The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index

The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index has provided a key leading indicator for investors and economists for decades. This respected index is published monthly from the results of random telephone surveys.

Feb. 16, 2018 at 12:37 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

Investors Are Optimistic about Home Depot’s 4Q17 Earnings

Home Depot (HD) is scheduled to announce its 4Q17 earnings before the market opens on February 20, 2018.

Feb. 16, 2018 at 11:45 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

What Investors Fear Most

The yuan! Trump! North Korea! Brexit! Inflation! We brought together two years of survey data to show how quickly investors' worst nightmares come and go.

Feb. 15, 2018 at 11:13 a.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

9 Common Effects of Inflation

Is inflation ever good? If you like your job it is.

Feb. 14, 2018 at 12:35 p.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

The Consumer Price Index: A Friend To Investors

As a measure of inflation, this index can help you make key financial decisions.

Feb. 14, 2018 at 10:51 a.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

Why Investors Are Optimistic about Shake Shack’s 4Q17 Earnings

Shake Shack (SHAK) is scheduled to announce its 4Q17 earnings after the market closes on February 15, 2018.

Feb. 13, 2018 at 8:42 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Why This Recent Volatility Isn’t The End Of The Stock Market’s Bull Run

Feb. 10, 2018 at 1:16 p.m. ET
on InvestorPlace.com

Could Gold Catch a Bid if Equities Stay Weak in 2018?

What the markets have long been fearing has finally come true, at least in part. The S&P 500 (SPY) (SPX) hit a record high on January 26, 2018. Since then, the index has fallen ~8% as of February 6, 2018.

Feb. 9, 2018 at 10:19 a.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Chipotle’s Stock Falls Over 10% on Weak Outlook

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) posted its 4Q17 earnings after the market closed on February 6, 2018. In 4Q17, Chipotle posted adjusted EPS (earnings per share) of $1.34 on revenues of $1.11 billion.

Feb. 8, 2018 at 4:17 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

How Do Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market?

Interest rates can have a complicated ripple effect through financial markets. Here's what you need to know.

Feb. 8, 2018 at 11:48 a.m. ET
on Investopedia.com

A Look at IBM’s RSI and Volatility after Fiscal 4Q17

IBM stock has a beta of ~1.07, which indicates that it is 7% more volatile than the overall market.

Jan. 31, 2018 at 3:57 p.m. ET
on MarketRealist.com

Key U.S.	Last	Chg	Chg %
Dow Jones Industrial Average	24,689.27	78.36	0.32%
NASDAQ Composite Index	7,341.29	-2.95	-0.04%
S&P 500 Index	2,711.63	-1.29	-0.05%
Russell 2000 Index	1,567.29	-3.27	-0.21%
Other U.S.	Last	Chg	Chg %
Dow Jones Transportation Average	10,669.38	22.81	0.21%
Dow Jones Utility Average Index	681.85	-4.46	-0.65%
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index	28,103.08	-16.95	-0.06%
NASDAQ 100 Index (NASDAQ Calculation)	6,861.21	-3.68	-0.05%
S&P 400 Mid Cap Index	1,915.86	-1.71	-0.09%
NYSE Composite Index	12,646.99	-4.47	-0.04%
Barron's 400 Index	728.67	0.64	0.09%
CBOE Volatility Index	19.26	0.24	1.26%
Global	Last	Chg	Chg %
Global Dow Realtime USD	3,085.64	0.49	0.02%
Asia/Pacific	Last	Chg	Chg %
The Asia Dow Index USD	3,624.50	-6.56	-0.18%
S&P/ASX 200 Benchmark Index	5,936.4	-23.0	-0.39%
Shanghai Composite Index	3,290.64	11.39	0.35%
Hang Seng Index	31,549.93	36.17	0.11%
S&P BSE Sensex Index	32,996.76	73.64	0.22%
NIKKEI 225 Index	21,380.97	-99.93	-0.47%
FTSE Straits Times Index	3,513.31	15.02	0.43%
Europe	Last	Chg	Chg %
STOXX Europe 50 Index EUR	2,991.66	13.86	0.47%
STOXX Europe 600 Index EUR	375.57	1.89	0.51%
CAC 40 Index	5,252.43	29.59	0.57%
DAX	12,307.33	90.31	0.74%
IBEX 35 Index	9,681.60	17.50	0.18%
FTSE 100 Index GBP	7,061.27	18.34	0.26%
Americas	Last	Chg	Chg %
BOVESPA Index	84,046.65	133.59	0.16%
S&P/TSX Composite Index	15,605.05	15.66	0.10%
IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones	47,136.39	-341.19	-0.72%

Company	Last	Chg	Chg %
Dover Corp.	103.70	3.80	3.80%
Adobe Systems Inc.	230.56	8.38	3.77%
Hess Corp.	48.37	1.41	3.00%
Marathon Petroleum Corp.	71.25	2.04	2.95%
EOG Resources Inc.	101.22	2.75	2.79%
NVIDIA Corp.	247.34	6.34	2.63%
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.	58.48	1.46	2.56%
S&P Global Inc.	195.18	4.73	2.48%
Marathon Oil Corp.	15.20	0.35	2.36%
ConocoPhillips	54.83	1.26	2.35%

Company	Last	Chg	Chg %
Oracle Corp.	47.16	-4.80	-9.23%
Cardinal Health Inc.	65.35	-4.64	-6.63%
Qorvo Inc.	73.94	-4.49	-5.72%
Facebook Inc. Cl A	162.86	-9.70	-5.62%
AmerisourceBergen Corp.	88.49	-4.51	-4.85%
McKesson Corp.	141.48	-6.14	-4.16%
Discovery Communications Inc. Series C	20.42	-0.82	-3.86%
Discovery Communications Inc. Series A	22.09	-0.87	-3.79%
Mattel Inc.	12.76	-0.47	-3.52%
Henry Schein Inc.	65.49	-2.34	-3.46%

Dow	24,688.53	77.62	0.32%
S&P 500	2,711.51	-1.41	-0.05%
Nasdaq	7,340.80	-3.45	-0.05%
GlobalDow	3,085.58	0.43	0.01%
Gold	1,311.70	-6.10	-0.46%
Oil	63.34	1.28	2.06%

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