NewsWatch: Here are the best Dow and S&P stocks so far in 2019

Apple and Microsoft were the two powerhouses of the stock market’s return over the course of the past 12 months, and 10 years.....»»

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There’s a tendency for one year’s stock-market dogs to recover the following year......»»

Mediocre corporate earnings throughout 2019 means 2020 will look better by comparison......»»

Last week, tariffs on Mexico increased the chances the Fed would cut rates. Investors obviously like that. So, stocks rallied. This week, Trump backs off those tariffs. Investors apparently like that, too. Stocks again are rallying. What’s going on?.....»»

A recent resurgence for stocks after a more than six-month corrective hiatus has many market participants questioning its durability, with trading volumes holding near the lowest levels of 2019......»»

The threat of an escalating trade war with major partners is the biggest risk facing U.S. stocks and could become a major drag on earnings in 2019, according to JP Morgan......»»

Most of analysts’ favored stocks fell last year......»»

Netflix shines again......»»

Dozens of favored S&P 500 stocks have suffered declines of more than 20% since the end of the third quarter......»»

How many lives does a bull market or an economic expansion have? Stocks are bouncing back from the third “recession scare” of the current cycle, clearing the way for a test of new highs in 2019, says Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer......»»

REITs outperformed the S&P 500 last year and so far in 2019......»»

As vaccines take hold in the U.S. and elsewhere, one question for investors is how much of the economic reopening is already priced into markets. Not much, when it comes to hospitality stocks, says Jefferies......»»

Total margin debt has nearly doubled since March 2000......»»

According to Goldman Sachs, during the last 18 years, stocks with the largest increase in the number of hedge-fund investors have typically gone on to outperform sector peers during the quarters following their rise in popularity......»»

GameStop and AMC overcame rocky starts to the trading day as comments on social media surged and retail traders mused once again about “squeeze"s on both stocks......»»

The separation is expected to generate a wealth transfer not seen since the $38 billion divorce of Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie Scott in 2019. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for THR .....»»

U.S. stocks look set for a mixed start to the week, after the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Friday despite a weaker than expected April jobs report......»»

The tech-heavy Nasdaq is set to outpace other stock market indexes at the open on Thursday, ready to recover from a more than 2% slide since the beginning of this week......»»

Even before the Treasury secretary and former Fed chair spooked markets, hedge funds had been aggressive sellers of stocks......»»