Stock Market Today: Stocks End Higher Ahead of April Jobs Data
The Dow rose more than 300 points on Thursday as investors turned their attention to an important labor-market update due out Friday morning.
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The Dow rose more than 300 points on Thursday as investors turned their attention to an important labor-market update due out Friday morning.
"I think the next few weeks, this is a 'get out the popcorn moment' for tech," Wedbush Securities' Dan Ives said.
Fund managers have expressed scepticism over the creation of a BG ISA, arguing it is “unlikely to be the catalyst for fresh investment into the UK”.
Investors sweating over a market pullback can relax for now, as numerous factors are providing a tailwind for stocks, Goldman's John Flood said.
One of the reasons that I'm optimistic is that I'm surrounded by pessimists. The crux of our bullish outlook is that sentiment is still fairly tepid on equities. Subramanian says: "We would begin to get a little less enthusiastic when everybody else gets more enthusiastic. We would need to see a broadening out of the equity market."