Finance

Traders Gregory Rowe (R) and Peter Tuchman work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the closing bell, June 21, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The third time is “not the charm” for a S&P 500 breakout, according to Morgan …

The “Options Action” traders share three options trading strategies to kick off the week. Dan Nathan looked at call buying in Apple. Mike Khouw and Carter Worth broke down call buying in the U.S. Dollar ETF.  Mike Khouw also illustrated a call spread risk reversal in Beyond Meat.  Disclosure Trader …

A UPS driver loads packages to be delivered onto a dolly from a United Parcel Service (UPS) all-electric vehicle in Sacramento, California, U.S., Ken James | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stifel has downgraded UPS stock, which has been on a strong move upward after better-than-expected earnings. The firm downgraded the …

A trader on the New York Stock Exchange.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters Critics of passive investing argue it is inflating the prices of high-flying stocks such as Amazon and creating a bubble in those names. However, data compiled by Ned Davis Research shows the bubble may be forming elsewhere. The …

An assembly line worker works on the production line at Midwest Automotive Designs in Bristol, Indiana, April 16, 2019. Tim Aeppel | Reuters The U.S. economy is expected to have grown in the second quarter at the slowest pace in more than two years, but the data will have little …

Europe’s head central banker was less inclined Thursday to interest rate cuts and monetary stimulus than expected, and his tone convinced markets that the Federal Reserve will have a similar stance at its meeting next week. The outlook now is that the Fed will trim rates by just a quarter …

Market watcher Dan Suzuki warns that correction risks are rising, and there’s nothing the Federal Reserve can do about it. The Richard Bernstein Advisors portfolio strategist believes Wall Street is erroneously expecting that a July interest rate cut will propel stocks further into record territory. “When the Fed has historically …

Shares of PayPal fell as much as 6% in after-hours trading after the payments giant missed Wall Street’s estimates for second-quarter revenue and lowered its full-year guidance. PayPal’s revenue for the quarter rose to $4.31 billion, up 12% from a year earlier but still below Refinitiv consensus expectations of $4.33 …

Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, right, walks with Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 20, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images With …

A memory module by Samsung Electronics. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Semiconductor stocks surged to record highs on Wednesday, boosted by a jump in Texas Instruments and Teradyne shares on blowout earnings. The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF, which tracks 25 largest U.S.-listed chip companies, soared to a new …