Author: super@dmin

The Federal Reserve next week will stress patience and that means no interest-rate move until at least June.

President Donald Trump has often taken credit for how well stocks are doing, inadvertently turning equities into a proxy report card for his presidency. But as Trump begins his third year in office, the stock market is sending mixed signals on some of his signature policies, including a protracted trade war with China.

While the U.S. dollar remains muted and the haven Japanese yen gains on the back global growth and trade worries, the Brexit-ridden British pound climbs to lead currency gainers on Tuesday.

Technically speaking, the U.S. benchmarks’ January rally attempt is intact, writes Michael Ashbaugh. Still, the S&P 500 has tagged major resistance — the 2017 close (2,673) — and the aggressiveness of the selling pressure in this area will likely add color.

Data over the weekend showing China’s economy saw its weakest growth since 1990 casts gloom over financial markets as U.S. traders return Tuesday from a three-day weekend. But it’s a downbeat shift in rhetoric from President Xi Jinping that investors shouldn’t ignore, says one analyst

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On the upside, people seem confident in job availability, a new Gallup survey finds.

Almost 60% of Americans have less than $1,000 in savings.

You’ll throw away a lot of money for no reason.

A senior adviser to the governor of the Bank of England and former strategist at Schroders said cryptocurrencies are not a top priority for him as he maps out the landscape of the current financial ecosystem.