published Aug 18th 2016, 3:30 pm, by Joseph Ciolli (Bloomberg) — Add companies with shoddier finances to the list of U.S. stocks that have led the advance since February — a potentially bullish sign for investors waiting for the S&P 500 Index to snap out of its paralysis. Shares of

published Jul 17th 2016, 5:05 pm, by Oliver Renick (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures rose at the open, erasing losses triggered by the failed military coup in Turkey, a sign American markets will be spared financial fallout from unrest in the Mediterranean nation. Futures contracts on the S&P 500 Index

published Jun 9th 2016, 3:45 pm, by Anna-Louise Jackson (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks edged lower, with the S&P 500 Index slipping from a 10-month high, as investors evaluated the gauge’s run toward a record amid lingering concerns about the impact of lackluster global growth. Equities staged an afternoon rebound as

published Jun 8th 2016, 6:00 pm, by Ye Xie, Natasha Doff and Dani Burger (Bloomberg) — Misery is making strange bedfellows in global markets. At a time when risky assets including stocks, commodities, junk bonds and emerging-market currencies are rallying to multi-month highs, so are the havens, from gold, government

©2016 Bloomberg News O4K9VZ6JIJUX (Bloomberg) — You knew it had to end sometime. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index fell 0.7 percent in the holiday-shortened week, halting a rally that added more than $2 trillion in value to U.S. stocks. The energy producers that led equities to the longest winning streak

©2016 Bloomberg News O3UKOZ6JTSEE (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks looked set to track losses in Europe, after the central bank’s unprecedented bolstering of monetary policy failed to ignite equity gains and instead boosted the euro. While sovereign debt retreated, the yen advanced. Shares in Australia and New Zealand dropped as Japanese

©2016 Bloomberg News O3QM5F6K50Y8 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks retreated from nine-week highs after worsening economic data from Asia reignited concern over the outlook for global growth. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was on track to halt its longest winning streak in five months as commodity shares and banks, pillars

 ©2015 Bloomberg News NYQY7R6KLVRB (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell the most in two weeks as crude plunged past $40 a barrel to send energy shares tumbling. Treasuries fell after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated increasing confidence in the economy two weeks before central bank officials meet. The Standard &

©2015 Bloomberg News NW33BX6JTSEB (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose after posting their steepest weekly advance since December 2011, with technology and industrial shares leading gains. The MSCI Asia Pacific Excluding Japan Index climbed 0.2 percent to 425.16 as of 9:32 a.m. in Hong Kong, with Tokyo markets closed for a

©2015 Bloomberg News NTX2HM6JIJUU (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures fell in early trading with the turmoil seen in August set to continue on the final day of the month. E-mini contracts on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 1.1 percent to 1,967.50 as of 7:28 a.m. in Tokyo. Futures