Latest articles by David Dittman
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Stock Market Today: Have We Seen the Bottom for Stocks?
Solid first-quarter earnings suggest fundamentals remain solid, and recent price action is encouraging too.
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Stock Market Today: Great Power Affairs Mesmerize Markets
The U.S. and China are at least talking about talking about tariffs, and investors, traders and speculators are showing a little less fear.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Rise on Good Volatility
Investors, traders and speculators continue to process the "known unknown" of global tariff-and-trade war negotiations.
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Stock Market Today: Trump Retreats, Markets Rejoice
Stocks rally, yields soften, the dollar rises, and even beaten-down names enjoy the wages of potential trade peace.
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Can Trump Fire Powell? A Supreme Court Case Could Decide
Presidential posts threaten to overwhelm decades of precedent and tradition, whatever the nine justices decide.
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Stock Market Today: No 'Powell Put'? No Problem
Investors, traders and speculators look beyond both another Trump post and more signs of slowing economic activity.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Surge to Close a Volatile Week
It was another day with a week's worth of both news and price action, but it ended on a strongly positive note.
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Stock Market Today: Uncertainty Proliferates: Dow Loses 1,014 Points
Weaker-than-expected consumer inflation data wasn't enough to stabilize sentiment during another volatile day for financial markets.
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Stock Market Today: Tariff Pause Triggers 3,000-Point Dow Rally
The bond market is sending concerning signals as the Trump administration executes its rapid reordering of global trade relationships.
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Why the 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield Is So Important Right Now
Multiple indicators will track performance and sentiment during the second Trump administration. Here's why the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is one to watch.
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Stock Market Today: Tariff Talks Drive Another Up-and-Down Day
Trade war negotiations are happening, but the "fear gauge" is gyrating, and investors, traders and speculators are still searching for signs of a bottom.
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Stock Market Today: Trump Pushes Dow Into 2,600-Point Swing
Tariffs and trade war weigh on prices across global financial markets, with little light at the end of the tunnel.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Are Mixed Before Liberation Day
Markets look forward to what comes with the reordering of 80-year-old global trade relationships.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Are Mixed Before Liberation Day
Markets are getting into the freewheeling rhythm of a second Trump administration.
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How to Invest in Sports
If it's springtime, Forbes is out with its annual list of baseball franchise values. The billions involved might make you wonder how to invest in sports.
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Stock Market Today: Dow Rises 854 Points From Its Intraday Low
If there's one thing markets hate, it's uncertainty. But uncertainty is all they're getting these days.
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Stock Market Today: It's Going to Stay Choppy for Stocks
Auto-focus can show us a lot about uncertainty on the ground and in the stock market.
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Stock Market Today: Markets Celebrate Trump's Tariff Détente
Consumer discretionary stocks led 10 of the 11 S&P 500 sector groups well into the green.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Enjoy a Fed Day Relief Rally
The question now is whether Jerome Powell and other policymakers can get the balance right given all the new noise.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Skid Into Another Risk-Off Turn
The promise of the AI revolution can't overcome flickering hopes for a "Fed put."
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Stock Market Today: Dow Adds 353 Points Despite Soft Retail Sales
Investors and traders shake off another set of shaky economic numbers and send 10 of 11 sectors higher on Monday.
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Stock Market Today: Trump Drives Another Up-and-Down Day
Investors, traders and speculators as well as businesses and households continue to adjust to rapidly changing times.
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Should You Sell Tesla Stock as Elon Unrest Grows?
Tesla's CEO is wearing many hats and is managing them "with great difficulty."
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Stock Market Today: Dow Off 890 Points on Tariff Uncertainty
President Donald Trump still believes his ever-evolving plan for global trade will be "great for us," but "it takes a little time."
