Updates

CNBC: Investor fears about recession seem ‘overdone,’ IMF’s Christine Lagarde says 

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China Hails Trump-XI Summit, Says ‘Very Confident’ In Trade Deal

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Jamie Dimon: Trade battle with China is behind the market volatility

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Leon Cooperman says SEC needs to investigate computer trading for causing ‘Wild West’ with markets

Omega Advisors and billionaire investor Leon Cooperman says he’d like the SEC to explain why it hasn’t reacted to the rise of algorithmic trading.

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Service sector grows in November despite tariff, employment concerns

The U.S. services sector expanded in the month of November, according to data released Thursday by the Institute for Supply Management.

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Treasury yield curve inversion is ‘noise,’ veteran investor Jack Ablin says

Veteran investor Jack Ablin suggests Wall Street is overreacting to the first Treasury yield curve inversion in a decade.

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Stocks plunge may have been a too fearful reaction to trade, economic worries

Stocks plunged on warnings from the bond market that the global economy could be slowing, but strategists say it may be overreacting.

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Strategists Expect Stellar 2019 for U.S. Stocks

The perennial penchant for bullishness among Wall Street strategists has looked a little shaky of late, but that isn’t keeping them from their annual ritual of predicting another up year for stocks.

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The same bond market move happening now occurred before last three recessions

Bespoke studied what happens when short-term interest rates rise above longer-term rates and found that when the 3-year and 5-year spread inverts, as it did Monday, other spreads soon follow, and so does a recession.

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US factory activity jumps in November while construction spending falls for third month

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