Posts Tagged ‘US stock markets’
LiveWire Economics Blog - August 31, 2025 10:53
Copper Finds Its Footing as Market Sentiment Improves
Copper snapped back a bit this week, which caught some attention. Copper prices climbed over 1% and settled around $4.61 per pound by late Thursday. That’s a decent recovery from where things stood earlier in August, when copper drifted under $4.55. It’s still well below this year’s peak, but not scraping the bottom either. There […]
S&P 500 Grinds Higher as Rate Cut Hopes Simmer
The S&P 500 nudged higher last week, hitting new highs on Wednesday as traders started to lean into growing hopes that the Federal Reserve might cut rates soon. But by Friday, markets pulled back modestly, dragging the S&P 500 down about 0.3% for the day yet it still logged its fourth positive week in five. […]
Markets Wobble After Highs as Fed Holds Steady and Earnings Send Mixed Signals
This week so far has had a little bit of everything. The S&P 500 and Dow both started strong, hit fresh highs, and then gave a chunk of it back by Thursday. The S&P was up about 1.5 percent at one point before slipping late in the week. Same deal with the Dow. It came […]
Dow Jones and US Stocks Take a Breather as Inflation Cools and Trade Talks Reignite
On Wednesday the U.S. stock market’s upward climb took a brief break. This pause came as investors took some time to think over a report on inflation that wasn’t as high as many anticipated. At the same time they were considering a fresh approach between the U.S. and China to get trade cooperation back on […]
SEC Looking to Implement Tougher Rules to Stop Insider Trading
The hype has started since a Republican lawmaker presented its bill to stop the insider trading at US stock markets. However it is not widely argued that the proposed legislation is too weak to affect insider trading at all. The bill has not only faced bipartisan criticism but is also being questioned by regulators such […]
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