Welcome to 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning. 1. Investors are shrugging off the likely impeachment of Donald Trump. Economic optimism is taking over and boosting stocks and oil – here's why. 2. Oil has recovered from the coronavirus shock of 2020. Take a look at what's driving the crude price […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Police detained over 2,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Navalny had called on his supporters to protest after being arrested last weekend as he returned to Russia from Germany […]

New York (CNN Business)Bitcoin is up more than 260% over the past 12 months — a stellar ride — yet owning the asset is fraught with risks including wild swings in cryptocurrency prices. But there are several ways for investors to get a piece of the bitcoin boom without investing directly in bitcoin. Several companies that are cashing in on […]

French real estate agents expect housing transactions to fall about 8% this year as economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic causes sellers to hesitate and makes it harder for some buyers to obtain financing. Sales of existing homes in France are forecast to fall to 900,000, the lowest in five years, from 980,000 in 2020, according to data […]

With the trading day about half over, the broad markets were sliding into the weekend. All the major averages were down slightly but this was a retreat from record highs. Some analysts are calling this a market top, but this is yet to be seen. 24/7 Wall St. is looking at some big analyst calls that we have seen so […]

Like a slot machine paying off on every pull, the stock market’s most reliable bets lately have often been its riskiest. Go long a company that sounds like something Elon Musk mentioned in a tweet (but wasn’t)? Signal Advance Inc. just soared 12-fold. Lend money to a software maker to buy Bitcoin? A Microstrategy Inc. convertible bond is up 50% […]

Gold held gains after surging on Wednesday as the dollar extended declines and Joe Biden was sworn in as U.S. president, with investors looking ahead to the potential delivery of more fiscal stimulus. Silver was also in focus after global exchange-traded fund holdings hit an all-time high. Bullion has pushed higher this week as the Bloomberg Dollar Spot index lost […]