Schwab Market Update Audio

October 7, 2019 U.S. stocks were modestly lower in a bumpy session, as investors appeared cautious ahead of a host of key economic data and events that could shape market movement.

October 4, 2019 Stocks moved higher today after data showed the nation’s unemployment rate fell to a level not seen since December 1969.

October 3, 2019 U.S. equities finished modestly higher in a choppy session, with investors weighing mixed trade sentiment, as the U.S. is prepared to increase tariffs on European goods and China is set to head to the U.S. for high-level talks next week.

October 2, 2019 U.S. equities, as well as their foreign counterparts, saw solid declines in today's session, courtesy of increased global growth concerns following recent disappointing global manufacturing reports, headlined by a 10-year low in U.S. output.

September 26, 2019 U.S. equities finished in negative territory but well off their lows in a bumpy session as investors weighed an improvement in trade optimism, ramped up political noise in Washington, and global growth uncertainties.

September 30, 2019 U.S. stocks were higher in the final session of the quarter, with some positive Chinese economic data appearing to offset continued signs of slowing domestic manufacturing activity.

October 1, 2019 U.S. equities finished solidly lower following a more than 10-year low in the ISM Manufacturing Index that joined soft reads from the sector out of the Eurozone and U.K. to intensify global growth concerns.

September 27, 2019 U.S. equities finished lower following some mixed economic data that showed personal income rose but spending registered the slowest pace in six months, and a read on business spending unexpectedly dipped, though consumer sentiment was revised higher than anticipated.

September 24, 2019 U.S. equities finished near their lows of the day, as some disappointing domestic economic data joined already-heightened concerns over global growth, as well as increased political noise coming out of Washington.

September 25, 2019 U.S. equities finished higher, as upbeat domestic economic data, as well as President Trump's announcement that the U.S. and Japan have reached a preliminary trade agreement and that a deal with China may be closer than originally thought, overshadowed heightened political noise out of Washington to boost sentiment.

September 23, 2019 U.S. equities finished mixed and very near the flatline, with another dose of softer-than-expected Eurozone manufacturing data coming up against some relatively positive domestic business activity reports.

September 20, 2019U.S. equities finished lower, tumbling midday, after reports of lower-level Chinese trade officials cutting their visit short ahead of early next month's high-level talks.

September 19, 2019 U.S. equities finished mixed after a choppy session, as investors weighed a host of monetary policy announcements released this week, the Fed's intervention in the overnight lending markets for a third-straight day, and continued upbeat domestic economic data.

September 18, 2019 U.S. equities finished mixed in choppy action after the Fed cut the target for its fed funds rate, as widely expected, but indicated division as to future actions.

September 17, 2019 U.S. stocks were modestly higher but near the unchanged mark, with the global markets exhibiting caution ahead of tomorrow's Fed monetary policy decision, and as investors digested stronger-than-expected reads on industrial production and homebuilder sentiment.