In case you missed it, this has been a pretty monumental past couple of days for Wall Street and investors. We watched the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) ascend to new all-time closing and intraday highs, saw Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla enact stock splits, and witne
The S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) gained 54 points, up 1.5%, to close at another record high of 3580.84 on Sept. 2. Today's surge came even with shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the biggest public company in the U.S. with a market cap of $2.3 trillion, falling 2.1%, and a
The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past 10 sessions although defensive sectors took their turn to lead the gains after data showed U.S. private payrolls expanded last month, but at a much slower pace than expected.
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The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past ten sessions although defensive sectors took their turn to lead the charge after data showed U.S. private payrolls expanded last month, but at a slower-than-expected pace.
What happened
Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) were down on Wednesday, taking a break from the rally that has pushed the stock up nearly 80% this year. While there was some negative news for Apple related to a lawsuit with VirnetX, it's unlikely to be playing much of a role. Apple
What happened
Shares of VirnetX Holding (NYSEMKT: VHC) rose on Wednesday after the company provided an update on its ongoing legal battle with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The stock was up about 7.8% at 11:40 a.m. EDT after having risen as much as 28% earlier in the day.
The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past ten sessions on a boost from Nvidia and Microsoft, as data showed a moderate increase in U.S. private payrolls last month.
The Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares ETF is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 226,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 52,000. Shares of QQQE were up about 0.2% on the day.
You wouldn't know it by the behavior of the stock market recently, but the outlook for the U.S. economy is as cloudy as a Midwest skyline before a downpour. We've moved past the spring lockdowns, but millions are still unemployed, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread. T
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The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past ten sessions on a boost from Nvidia and Microsoft, as data showed a moderate increase in U.S. private payrolls last month.
The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has been on a massive record run lately, with huge gains in 2020 even as the rest of the market suffered more dramatically from the COVID-19 pandemic. With those big gains, though, can come equally extreme volatility. Wednesday, that's w
The S&P 500 rose on Wednesday for the ninth time in the past ten sessions on a boost from Nvidia and Microsoft, as data showed a moderate increase in U.S. private payrolls last month.
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VirnetX Holding (NYSEMKT: VHC) has been victorious yet again in its patent infringement case against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which has been dragging through the courts for a decade.
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Stock splits -- when a company increases or decreases its share count without changing its overall value -- clearly do nothing to change what a company does or its intrinsic value for investors. But splits can definitely have a short-term effect on stock prices. Apple (NASDAQ: A