Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pushed back against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's rejection of a ban on members of Congress from trading and holding individual stock while in office.

In a series of tweets on Friday evening, Ocasio-Cortez reiterated her prior opposition to members trading individual stock while in office, writing that the practice is inappropriate when members "write major policy and have access to sensitive information."

Earlier this week, Insider's "Conflicted Congress" investigation identified the myriad ways members of the US House and Senate have undermined their own ethical standards, skirted consequences, and, as Insider's Dave Levinthal reported, blinded Americans to the many moments when lawmakers' personal finances clash with their public duties. Read More

Stock futures fluctuated in overnight trading Sunday following a losing week as investors continued to grapple with the resurgence of Covid cases and an upcoming shift in the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 130 points. S&P 500 futures dipped 0.3% and Nasdaq 100 futures were flat.Read More

Shares of Ford Motor , surprisingly, have become somewhat controversial on Wall Street headed into 2022. Some analysts are taking their chips off the table, while others are doubling down.

On Thursday, Barclays analyst Brian Johnson increased his price target for Ford stock (ticker: F) to $23 from $18 and kept his Buy rating. Johnson believes Ford shares will keep working in 2022 amid low dealer inventories and high vehicle pricing.Read More

Today's top headlines:

UK reports record of more than 93,000 daily Covid cases

BoJ to wind down pandemic funding but keep loose monetary policy in face of Omicron

Ireland imposes new curbs on restaurants and indoor events

Cases in South Africa's Omicron outbreak region show signs of easing

JPMorgan to pay $200m over staff messages on personal devices

Turkey suspends stock trading as currency strain spreads through markets
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Disney and YouTube TV have reached a deal today to put more than a dozen Disney-owned channels back on Google's internet TV streaming service.

The news follows a previous announcement late Friday that the two had failed to reach an agreement before their contract expired, and users were informed they would no longer have access to the channels, which included ESPN, Disney, FX, and other Disney-owned properties.Read More

Following the US Federal Reserve announcement on Wednesday, the Swiss National Bank, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank, have announced their monetary policy decisions, and except for the SNB, all of them announced tighter monetary policies.

The European Central Bank announced a cautious taper pretty much in line with the market's expectations. The ECB kept rates on hold and confirmed the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program will end in March 2022. The Government Council also decided to expand its Assets Purchase Program to €40 billion per month in the second quarter and to €30 billion in the third quarter, to partially compensate the end of the monthly €60 billion bond-buying through PEPPRead More

The difference between success and failure in Forex trading is very likely to depend mostly upon which currency pairs you choose to trade each week and in which direction, and not on the exact trading methods you might use to determine trade entries and exits.

When starting the trading week, it is a good idea to look at the big picture of what is developing in the market as a whole and how such developments and affected by macro fundamentals and market sentiment.Read More

Good morning, afternoon or evening to all ForexLive traders and welcome to the start of the new FX week.

On a Monday morning, market liquidity is very thin until it improves as more Asian centres come online.

Prices are liable to swing around on not too much at all, so take care out there.

Guide, not a lot of change from late Friday, AUD up a few tics. The weekend but a slight easing in some coronavirus restrictions despite the Omicron outbreak:Read More

$AAPL bounce off in a bullish move. $AAPl has been floating above $170 in the past few days even when the market is pulling back. seems like there's a lot of bullish flow on AAPL . this could possible break to 190 to 200 by the end of this month. if the momentum continues.
buy calls above 182.22
buy puts below 175.45

always follow take profits and follow your risk management.Read More

Price action in the market has grown more cautious, especially toward technology stocks.

The first big pattern occurred on Monday, when the SPDR Technology ETF jumped to a new all-time high above $175. But it was negative within an hour and closed the session under Friday's low – a big bearish engulfing candle.

Similar patterns appeared on November 22 and December 1.

Next, gains have narrowed in Big Tech as Apple accounts for more of the upside. (Consider the second chart comparing XLK to AAPL .) Meanwhile former workhorses of the sector like ServiceNow and Adobe have teetered.Read More