Stock Market

News dropped Wednesday that U.S. gross domestic product fell 4.8% in the first quarter. The Commerce Department’s data painted a pretty grim picture; it shows drops in business activity… Read more

U.S. stock prices are rallying again to a seven-week high. Why? The Federal Reserve. These 5G stocks will be among the biggest winners (click here for details). The Federal… Read more

Dividends are on the chopping block. The Wall Street Journal reports that a record number of companies have suspended or canceled their dividends in 2020. In fact, more companies… Read more

“CLOSEOUT SALE: Free Crude Oil Available for 24 Hours” Could you ever imagine your local gas station posting that sign? Yesterday, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude… Read more

Crude oil prices crashed 36% on Monday. West Texas Intermediate Crude is trading at below $12. Oil is now trading at the lowest levels since 1986. And today’s drop… Read more

President Trump says that he’ll decide when America’s lockdown ends. The assertion from President Trump came after governors began making plans for a coordinated re-opening. Groups of states on… Read more

There’s great urgency to re-open the U.S. economy. Here in Vermont, we’re starting our fifth week of “shelter in place.” And folks are getting frustrated and impatient. Yet Japan… Read more

At 8:30 a.m. the weekly jobless report was released. 6.6 million new unemployment claims. The total new claims now number 16.6 million in three weeks. Let’s put that in… Read more

Stocks rallied on Monday with the Dow Jones industrials rising over 8%. Those gains will be extended on Monday with pre-market trading showing another 3% rise. Why are stocks… Read more