Stock Market Analysis & Comment

There are scores of maritime shippers vying for investor attention, all of whom are enjoying appreciating stock prices. After all, “a rising tide lifts all boats.”From among this group...

Oil stocks seem to have been one of the first casualties of the new COVID variant. Investors shunned the world’s largest oil producers on Friday after news the World Health Organization had...

Stocks on Wall Street sold off on Friday, during the shortened, post-Thanksgiving session. The benchmark S&P 500 index suffered one of its biggest losses of the year as fears over a new...

US equity markets are likely to remain volatile during the coming week as investors continue to focus on Omicron, the new coronavirus variant which seems to be spreading quickly, forcing many...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.com.The stock market has seen a change in the tides. It is now pricing in the possibility of the tapering process ending sooner and interest rates...

Dow-30 member 3M is up more than 2.5% in 2021, but down about 7.9% in the past three months. MMM has come under pressure due to supply-chain issues and inflationary worries. Despite further potential...

Traders bid up the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new all-time high after the announcement that Jerome Powell will be at the helm of the US Federal Reserve for a second term. Markets see continuity...

Investors in asset management group BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) have seen robust gains so far in 2021. BLK stock, which recently traded around $926.80, is up almost 30% year-to-date. Shares hit a record high...

The US payment behemoth Visa (NYSE:V) has been on a slippery slope since this summer. Its stock, after hitting a record high in the mid-July, has fallen more than 21%, missing out in a powerful rally...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comThe “new oil” is critical for decarbonization Almost a decade to bring new production online; inventories are dropping Leading copper...

On the surface, it sounds repetitive to say that every company in the cannabis industry is awaiting federal legislation in the US that will legalize marijuana. But that's the only show in town when it...

For some retirees, technology is a no-go area due to the sector’s volatile nature and its inability to provide cash flows in the form of dividends.But the COVID-19 pandemic has proved that...

Contracts on the Russell 2000 Index are leading a rally among US futures ahead of Monday's Wall Street session, at the start the holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week. If history is a guide,...

Lowe’s (LOW) has posted incredible gains in 2021 House price acceleration encourages people to spend on their home COVID and working from home also boosts spending on home improvement Shares...