Market Overview

This article was written exclusively Investing.comThe Russell 2000 has surged since the start the year. The small-cap index is up nearly 16% since Jan. 1, and is almost 54% higher since Nov. 3 2020....

The heads of the Federal Reserve regional banks don’t live in Washington and are perhaps less inhibited about offering unsolicited advice to Congress.Minneapolis Fed Chief Neel Kashkari, a...

On its face, the market's performance in January looked boring, with some modest declines. In reality, it was anything but.Consider the many risks investors had to weather during the course of...

The big financial news last week was the Reddit-led short squeeze of GameStop (NYSE:GME) shares. Some of the mainstream financial press thought it changed the world forever. A black swan had raised...

Retail traders vs Wall St. fund volatility narrowly focused but could spread to broader market Development of new virus strains and vaccine logistics will dominate market sentiment The S&P 500,...

Supportive Fed policy joins Biden administration fiscal policy to buoy additional stimulus expectations Tencent surge sets tone for global tech shares Key EventsUS futures for the S&P 500, Dow...

Federal Reserve policymakers were at pains to reassure investors the central bank would stay the course, ahead of this Wednesday’s inauguration of Joseph Biden as President of the US, and...

Federal Reserve policymakers are trying to calibrate the uncertainties of a pandemic, a vaccine rollout, and the impact of fiscal and monetary stimulus on the economy and inflation—not to...

Federal Reserve policymakers have honed their messaging for the new year—no monetary policy changes in 2021 regardless of COVID-19 vaccines and the prospect of economic recovery in the second...

As of the time of writing, the British pound is little changed from yesterday’s close, trading at about 1.3580. However, we predict the currency pair will drop within the next couple of days,...

This week's Georgia election to add to market volatility Vaccine rollout much slower than promised, while virus spreads The interplay between escalating hopes of eradicting COVID-19 risk, as...

Compiled by Jesse CohenWall Street’s major indices are on track to end 2020 at all-time highs as optimism over progress on the COVID-19 vaccine front—combined with optimism over additional...

How do you stop a flood once the dam has burst? That's the challenge facing central banks as vaccine rollouts promise an end to the COVID-19 crisis.Having hauled out a bazooka and even much greater...

Central banks showed they had learned a thing or two from the 2008-09 financial crisis as they successfully navigated an unprecedented pandemic and lockdowns this year. They reacted forcefully to keep...