CNBC: Dow closes above 17K for first time since August

CNBC: Dow closes above 17K for first time since August

By: Evelyn Cheng U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday, with the Dow and S&P above key psychological levels, as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s September meeting minutes. “I think the combination of oil (gains) and the Fed minutes have lifted the indices here,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, noting the minutes…

Reuters: Price surge yet to lift raw sugar out of downtrend

Reuters: Price surge yet to lift raw sugar out of downtrend

TECHNICALS-Price surge yet to lift raw sugar out of downtrend 06-Oct-2015 06:26:56 PM By Marcy Nicholson NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) – ICE spot raw sugar futures could be revving up to breach 14 cents per lb after marking their biggest weekly surge since 2008, but the market is still held in its long-term downtrend,…

Forbes: 10 Best Stock Buys Of The Decade From 10 Investment Pros

Forbes: 10 Best Stock Buys Of The Decade From 10 Investment Pros

Warren Buffett is legend for owning stocks for years — even decades. The world’s best stock market investor is famous for saying his favorite holding period for stocks is forever. If forever is too long for you, would 10 years be more doable? You can invest like Buffett by buying some high-conviction stocks and holding them…

Week-In-Review: Aug's Lows Are Defended; Bullish Week For Stocks

Week-In-Review: Aug's Lows Are Defended; Bullish Week For Stocks

Weak Jobs Report: Good For Wall Street, Not Main Street Last week was a very big and important week on Wall Street! Stocks opened lower but closed higher for the week after the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 “tested” Aug’s low. Aug’s low for the S&P 500 was 1867 and last week’s low was 1871….

@MarketWatch Why Lower For Longer Stopped Being Good News For Stocks

@MarketWatch Why Lower For Longer Stopped Being Good News For Stocks

Fed likely won’t raise interest rates soon, and now that’s bad Published: Oct 2, 2015 3:11 p.m. ET Bad news might be bad news once again. A weak September jobs report and a pair of downward revisions to July and August data on Friday all but extinguished market expectations for a 2015 interest-rate hike. Treasurys…

CNBC: Major indexes fall 1%, Dow drops 250 in open after jobs miss

CNBC: Major indexes fall 1%, Dow drops 250 in open after jobs miss

By Evelyn Cheng 9:30am EST U.S. stocks opened sharply lower Friday as Wall Street digested a weaker-than-expected jobs report. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points in the open, with Goldman Sachs the greatest weight on the index. The Nasdaq composite lost more than 1 percent, with Apple off 1 percent and…