Christine Idzelis

Exchange-traded funds that buy banks stocks were climbing Wednesday morning, outperforming the declining S&P 500 index. The SPDR S&P Bank ETF was up a sharp 2%, while the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF jumped 2.6%, according to FactSet data, at last check. Shares of major Wall Street banks were also

The U.S. stock market has kicked off May trading mostly lower, with the S&P 500 down in midday trading Wednesday after slumping in April. In May, S&P 500 returns tend to “skew positive but it has not historically been a strong month for stocks,” Adam Turnquist, chief technical strategist for LPL Fi

Follow all the latest on the Fed meeting and U.S. market action for Wednesday here.

Follow all the latest on the Fed meeting and U.S. market action for Wednesday here.

Nearly all the S&P 500’s sectors were gaining Wednesday afternoon during Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference. Nine of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors were trading higher, with communications services posting the biggest gain at 2.4%, according to FactSet data, at last check. The only tw

The Federal Reserve’s policy statement Wednesday was more “dovish” at the margin than markets anticipated, with no hint of a potential interest-rate hike, according to LPL Financial’s Quincy Krosby. The Fed “offered the market liquidity” with a larger-than-expected slowdown in quantitative tighteni

Growth stocks in the U.S. were outperforming value equities on Thursday afternoon, as Treasury yields continued to fall after the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision on Wednesday. The Russell 1000 Growth index was up 0.7% on Thursday afternoon, beating the Russell 1000 Value index’s slight 0.1

Follow along to all the action in markets on Friday as investors react to Apple's results and eye the jobs report.

Traders in the federal-funds-futures market are now anticipating the Federal Reserve could move as soon as September to begin lowering interest rates, as they weigh the latest U.S. jobs report. Fed-funds futures point to a 49% probability that the Fed will decide to cut its benchmark rate in Septem

The U.S. stock market’s fear gauge is subsiding again this week, as investors appeared less anxious about inflationary pressures upsetting expectations for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates this year. The Cboe Volatility Index, which trades under the ticker symbol VIX, was down more than 6%