The threat of rising inflation combined with escalating trade conflict pummeled the main stock indices today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its first weekly loss in four weeks. Read More
John Persinos is managing editor of Personal Finance, Utility Forecaster, and Radical Wealth Alliance. He also writes the Mind Over Markets daily stock market recap.
John has decades of experience in the technology and political realms. He's spent decades following emerging business and technology developments. From his time at Inc. and Venture magazines, to sharing breaking market news to millions of readers across Kiplinger's, Street Authority, Investing Answers, and TheStreet.com, if it's impacted investors in the past 30 years, John was there analyzing the news and interpreting the meaning for his readers. John also has experience with the inner-workings of Capitol Hill, serving as a press secretary to U.S. Rep. Byron Dorgan.
John holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boston University. He also completed the Davenport Fellowship in Business and Economics Reporting at the University of Missouri (Columbia).
Analyst Articles
The main indices closed mostly lower today, for the usual reasons. Chief among these familiar catalysts was a turn for the worse in the seemingly endless trade war. Read More
The trade battle intensified today, driving stocks mostly lower. Emerging markets swooned, as currency crises deepened. Read More
Falling currencies in emerging markets combined with tariff anxieties weighed on stocks today. Equities tumbled across the board. Read More
With Wall Street closed for Labor Day, now’s a good time to ponder the longest bull run in history and how investors should proceed from here. Read More
Escalating trade tensions put the brakes today on the stock market rally, with the indices closing mixed. Read More
The main indices snapped their four-day winning streak and slumped today, as renewed trade tensions drove investors to the sidelines. Read More
Robust U.S. economic data cheered Wall Street today, with the main indices hitting new highs. But the stimulus that boosted Q2 growth won’t last. Read More
The apparent easing of trade conflict pushed stocks higher today, but a reckoning likely looms. Read More
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