Wall Street drifted to a mixed close as drops for Ford Motor and Qualcomm worked against buoyant fashion and cigarette stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Thursday following healthy gains for stock markets ...

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Another seasonal trend is the four-year U.S. presidential cycle. In general, the market rises modestly in the first year after a presidential election, followed by trouble in the second year. In years ...

U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday as investors parsed the latest batch of corporate earnings, with major indexes set to climb for a third straight day. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Stock futures are slightly higher Thursday morning after two straight days of gains have taken major indexes back near all-time highs.

U.S. stock market futures rose in early action Thursday, possibly setting up for a third day of gains with major indexes ...