Bill Lynch

Dow, S&P 500 End Week At Records; Dollar Tumbles

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Wall Street stocks finished at fresh records Friday following solid bank earnings, while the dollar retreated after lackluster US data raised questions about additional Federal Reserve rate hikes. The Dow and S&P 500 ended at fresh records in anticipation that teh positive bank results foreshadow a generally strong earnings period. The records, the third in … Read more

Markets Falter As Investors Eye UK Election, ECB, Comey

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Global stock markets mostly retreated Tuesday, two days before a British general election and congressional testimony from fired former FBI chief James Comey. Britons head to the polls on Thursday, the same day the European Central Bank (ECB) will announce its latest interest rate decision, and Comey will face a congressional panel probing the connection … Read more