Latest articles by David Dittman
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Can President Trump Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook?
Markets hate uncertainty, especially when it comes to monetary policy and interest rates, and questions about the Fed are compounding.
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Stocks Struggle to Start Nvidia Week: Stock Market Today
Another important week for the stock market starts on a risk-off note.
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Dow Rips 846 Points to New All-Time High: Stock Market Today
Fed Chair Jerome Powell seems ready to cut interest rates in the fall but will still rely on incoming economic data about inflation and employment.
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Tech Sells Off While Trump Stirs the Fed: Stock Market Today
We've reached another important part of earnings season, though markets remain captivated by the president, the Fed, and interest rate policy.
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Dow Retreats From a Record High: Stock Market Today
Quietly rising since April, Home Depot stock was conspicuously constructive Tuesday as high-profile tech names dragged equity indexes down.
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Dow Hits New Intraday High: Stock Market Today
Value-hunters with big stakes in a particular component kept one of the main U.S. equity indexes in positive territory.
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Markets Weigh Earnings and Inflation: Stock Market Today
The major U.S. indexes struggled Thursday amid a hot inflation reading and seasonal headwinds.
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July CPI Report Ignites a Risk-On Rally: Stock Market Today
Market participants price out worst-case scenarios for tariffs and inflation and will now turn their attention to employment and growth.
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What Tariffs Mean for Your Sector Exposure
New, higher and changing tariffs will ripple through the economy and into share prices for many quarters to come.
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Rally Pauses for Hot Earnings, Cool Data: Stock Market Today
Markets were mostly mixed Tuesday after decisive moves Friday and Monday.
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Dow Rises 585 Points on Rate Cut Hope: Stock Market Today
Stocks moved more than 1% again Monday, this time to the upside following the Jobs Friday sell-off.
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Dow Dives 542 Points on Soft Jobs Data: Stock Market Today
The last day of a busy week ends with the first greater-than-1% move in either direction in more than a month.
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Stocks Slide on Fed Day: Stock Market Today
In another sign of changing times, JPMorgan has partnered with Coinbase to enable cryptocurrency purchases with credit cards.
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What CEOs Say About President Trump and Fed Chair Powell
Top opinion-shapers and decision-makers are expressing mixed views on the evolving conflict between the White House and the central bank.
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Stocks Rise After Trump-Powell Fed Tour: Stock Market Today
Nvidia hit a new all-time high intraday, but another renowned semiconductor name and some less iconic stocks were bigger movers Friday.
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Dow Bleeds Red Due to Big Blue: Stock Market Today
Six of the official GICS sectors were in the green, led by communications services, technology and energy stocks.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Nears New Highs: Stock Market Today
The successor to the first stock market index is getting up there with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite in all-time-high territory.
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Trump 2.0's Performance So Far, According to the Stock Market
Six months after President Donald Trump's inauguration, take a look at how the stock market has performed.
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Can Trump Fire Powell?
"Can Trump fire Powell?" may not matter anymore as the White House uses its power to get what the president wants from the Fed: lower interest rates.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Step Back From New Highs
Investors, traders and speculators continue the low-volume summer grind against now-familiar uncertainties.
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Stock Market Today: Markets Chop Up More Trump Threats
Stocks are grinding to new highs on light summer volume, and bitcoin is only getting bigger.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Slip Ahead of Big Earnings, Inflation Week
Perhaps uncertainty about tariffs, inflation, interest rates and economic growth can only be answered with earnings.
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Stock Market Today: Solid Signals Lift Stocks Despite Tariff Noise
Markets are whistling over the White House in an ongoing display of corporate America's enduring ability to survive and advance.
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Stock Market Today: Trump's Copper Comments Cause a Stir
Markets remain resilient and monetary policy makers stand fast against a rising tide of new terms of trade, including around copper.
