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Traders fill orders in the S&P options pit near the close of trading on the Cboe Global Markets trading floor on January 31, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images The uncertainty around the coronavirus could continue to carry more weight in markets than corporate earnings or the consumer inflation and spending data

Workers carry a wall frame for a home under construction at a K. Hovnanian Homes development in Plano, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images Economists forecast a slight pickup in job growth in January over December, but warmer weather could have been a positive factor that could

Russia’s reluctance to jump on board a bigger OPEC production cut may signal a potential fissure within the oil producer alliance, known as OPEC plus. Led by Saudi Arabia, other OPEC producers and Russia were considering an emergency meeting to cut production in response to the impact of the coronavirus, but it’s not now clear

Russia could be holding up a decision on whether OPEC+ will make emergency production cuts. Analysts said Moscow’s apparent reluctance to make further production cuts seems to have delayed a technical committee’s recommendation to OPEC+ on whether to hold an emergency meeting. The technical committee, which consists of country representatives from OPEC and Russia, extended

Visitor walk past a Ford Escape Titanium at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on April 17, 2019. Greg Baker| AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Ford — Ford was the biggest loser in the S&P 500 in early trading, with shares plunging more than 9% after the

A Tesla car dealership in Munich. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla— Shares of Elon Musk’s automaker roared more than 15% higher, continuing a surge begun on Monday after major shareholder Ron Baron called for the company’s

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Shanghai’s Mayor Ying Yong attend the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla surged after bullish comments from investor Ron Baron helped send the stock to parabolic heights, similar to the type of trading in late-1990s tech stocks. The stock closed

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stocks have whipsawed investors more in the past two weeks than they have since early October, and it’s likely that type of volatile trading will continue. Even with Monday’s rally, analysts were skeptical that the

Even as OPEC and Russia consider an emergency production cut, oil is tanking and the outlook for prices is getting dimmer. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were below $50 per barrel in late trading Monday, after closing at $50.11, a decline of 23.7% from its Jan. 8 intraday high of $65.65 per barrel. WTI first

Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks with reporters as he walks through the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on August 11, 2019 Alex Edelman | AFP | Getty Images Iowa’s Democratic presidential caucus Monday is a step toward narrowing the far-flung field of Democratic candidates, and investors could start getting

Democratic presidential hopefuls Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (L) and former Vice President Joe Biden chat during a break in the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by The New York Times and CNN at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on October 15, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images

Boeing Co. 737 fuselage sections sit on the assembly floor at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coming off the slowest year of growth in three, the economy in the first quarter of 2020 is expected to slow down even more due to the impact of Boeing and now

A worker assembles a box for delivery at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, April 30, 2019 Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon — Amazon jumped nearly 9% in midday trading after the e-commerce giant reported fourth-quarter earnings well ahead of Wall Street consensus expectations. The

An Aramco employee walks near an oil tank at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Jadallah | Reuters OPEC and its allies could meet soon to discuss deepening their production cuts, in an effort to stem the sharp decline in oil prices due to a demand scare from

Traders signal offers in the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson As stocks enter the month of February, worries about the coronavirus that slammed stocks in January could continue to

Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio said he has no idea what the extent of the coronavirus will be, but for now he believes the best investment strategy is to diversify across geographic locations, asset class and

One year after filing for bankruptcy, PG&E has worked out deals to borrow money and guarantee more than $25 billion in payouts to wildfire victims, insurers and local municipalities. It’s even come to terms with bondholders. As a result, its shares have skyrocketed 37 percent so far in January. Mizuho upgraded the stock this week

A logo is displayed next to a gas turbine at the General Electric Co. (GE) energy plant in Greenville, South Carolina, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. General Electric Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on January 20. Sharrett / Bloomberg / Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Penn

Economic growth in the final quarter of the year is expected to be on par with the third quarter’s 2.1%, but it is also likely to herald the start of a slower trend that could continue through the first half of this year. Fourth quarter growth is expected to have been 2.1%, according to Dow

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 21, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The easy policies of the Federal Reserve and other central banks are already providing a backstop that could lessen the impact of the coronavirus on financial markets. Some analysts say