The ETF Report

An annual fund fee study conducted by investment research company Morningstar found that the asset weighted average expense ratio across U.S. funds dropped six percent year-over- year to 0.45% in 2019 compared to 0.48% in 2018, the third largest decline since 1991.

Since bottoming on March 23, the S&P 500 index has rallied by nearly 30%, a big upward swing considering the grim unemployment numbers. Why is the market rallying?

The month of May begins what can be a ho-hum period for stocks.

Starbucks, Ford, Google set to report results Tuesday after the bell.

'Stay-at-home' orders issued by governments worldwide to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gutted global crude demand.

3M, Apple and Amazon will dominate the week's earnings.

The Houston-based contract driller said it sought chapter 11 protection after the downturn in the offshore-drilling industry "worsened precipitously" because of the oil-price war between the OPEC countries and Russia along with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Even with a Trump-brokered deal, oil prices have slumped to historic lows.

Earnings from IBM and Netflix will be in focus this week.

The Energy Department initiated a plan to lease space as a way to help companies suffering from the oil price plunge and after Congress failed to fund another plan to purchase oil for the facility.

Iran demanded on Wednesday that U.S. oil production levels must be known before an upcoming OPEC meeting with Russia.