JeeYeon Park is the stock market writer for CNBC.com. She graduated from Middlebury College, where she majored in psychology and minored in Japanese studies.
JeeYeon Park is the stock market writer for CNBC.com. She graduated from Middlebury College, where she majored in psychology and minored in Japanese studies.
The stock market got a boost from economic reports on Friday that showed an increase in consumer confidence and improvement in the manufacturing numbers. Analysts and investors await results of the "stress tests" conducted on the nation's 19 biggest financial institutions, which will be released late Thursday afternoon next week. Find out what the experts had to say...
Although there are some risk factors in the market, David Dietze, president and chief investment strategist at Point View Financial Services, said there are opportunities to “take some chips off the table.”
A "good GPS indicator" for investors might be looking at stocks that have raised their dividends, said Peter Andersen, portfolio manager at Congress Asset Management Company.
This is “certainly the time you want to start getting into the market,” said Arthur Hogan, managing director at Jefferies. He offered CNBC his current investment ideas.
It’s time to get into home builder stocks, said Jim Wilson, managing director at JMP Securities. Mike Crofton, CEO of Philadelphia Trust Company, disagreed — but had some housing-related picks of his own.
The economy has “several years” of economic recovery ahead, said David Sokol, chairman of MidAmerican Energy.
Analysts David Lutz of Stifel Nicolaus Capital Markets and Peter Kenny of Knight Equities shared their best recovery trade strategies.
Investors saw some glimmers of hope in the economy as various data and Wednesday's FOMC statement helped boost stocks on Thursday. Some bullish experts even said there may be more better days to come. Read and listen to what experts had to say... (Updated)
Investors can benefit from certain health care companies that will be boosted by the stimulus package, said Les Funtleyder, health care strategist of Miller Tabak.
The U.S. economy contracted at a surprisingly sharp 6.1 percent rate in the first quarter reflecting continuing economic woes. In the meantime, President Obama marks his 100th day in office while analysts anxiously await the latest from the FOMC's interest rate decision due this afternoon. (UPDATED with the Fed decision, below). Read and listen to what experts had to say...