Making money in stock markets driven by shrewd high-frequency trading programs can be tough for a retail trader, but longstanding principles of planning and discipline can hold your ground in volatile sessions.
The U.S. economy is likely to show further evidence of firming in a heavy week of data punctuated by the monthly jobs report. More than 100,000 jobs were likely added in October, economists say.
Extending a payroll tax cut for American workers will be high on Congress’s agenda as lawmakers return from a Thanksgiving break on Monday, but Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided about how to pay for it.
Trends can be friends, but not in times like these, when European credit markets Wednesday were hit by continued selling of bonds amid higher prices for credit insurance in case those bonds default.