Nasdaq was up by 2% when trading closed on Wednesday, thanks to investors placing their faith back in technology stocks following the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.
With analysts closely monitoring the race for a Coronavirus vaccine, investors turned away from economically-sensitive sectors in favor of backing technology stocks, particularly...
With hopes for a new fiscal stimulus reigniting a squeeze of short positions, the S&P 500 continues to experience a rally of its own. This increase sees the stock index edge ever closer to attaining new record highs. $10 billion worth of short stocks were sold last week, which...
The value of gold has embarked on a steady rise as of late as investors focus their sights on the timeline for a U.S. stimulus package and its impending effect on the value of the dollar. This cautious outlook on markets has aided gold in its recovery from a...
Crude oil futures on the New York Stock Exchange reached $83 per barrel on Friday morning, thereby offsetting an earlier decline when the dollar was weakening. This increase comes as the supply of the largest American oil storage hub dries up amid an energy crisis which has led to...
With both Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech’s (BNTX) reporting that their vaccine candidates have been more than 90% successful in treating COVID-19 patients during clinical trials, stock futures have enjoyed a higher opening, thus encouraging investors to snatch up these assets.
This boost to the market, which occurred on Monday, has...
The Goldman Sachs Group unveiled Marcus Invest, its new digital wealth management system that is due to be released sometime this year. This low-cost platform will allocate and rebalance customers' wealth across an array of portfolios consisting of both stocks and bonds. This platform's wealth allocation system is based...
Food delivery company DoorDash debuted on the NYSE last week and unfortunately suffered a rough decline right afterward. This wasn’t helped by Citron Research, who referred to their initial public offering as the “most ridiculous” one that year. Citron also believed that they had immensely overvalued themselves.
According to Citron,...
With concerns over inflation shrouding a generally strong round of corporate earnings results, stock futures were mixed when opening on Wednesday morning. Contracts on the S&P 500 remain up by 1.8% for the year despite ending Wednesday's session lower.
Inflation worries, along with a decline in new-home construction last month,...
Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications Inc., has experienced a $5.1 billion decline in his net worth following Pfizer Inc.’s announcement on Monday that its Coronavirus vaccine has prevented over 90% of infections during clinical trials.
While airlines, oil corporations, and tourism operators enjoyed surges in stock...
After 33 years of operational difficulties, American vaccine development company Novavax has finally received approval for its COVID-19 vaccine shot. According to testing results, the Novavax vaccine has efficacy rates that are of a similar level to the vaccines developed by Pfizer and BioNTech as well as Moderna.
As the...