“Should we be on the lookout for anything important when signing a contract with a buyer’s agent?”

Growing confidence among Republicans in a victory for Donald Trump helped push a survey of consumer sentiment to a six-month high less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election.

The danger to the Treasury market from a second Donald Trump presidency comes not from a sharp increase in bond issuance but revived price pressures

Colgate-Palmolive’s stock turned red in premarket action Friday, after the consumer-products company beat third-quarter earnings expectations and lifted its outlook, but saw relative weakness in North America in terms of volume and pricing.

Orders at U.S. factories fell almost 1% in September — mostly due to fewer aircraft bookings — and showed little sign of a rebound in a slump-ridden manufacturing industry.

LendingClub’s improving delinquency trends suggest SoFi could see similar dynamics, an analyst says.

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Oil futures rose Friday and were on track for weekly gains, with lingering worries over the potential for a wider Middle East conflict helping to put a floor under crude prices, analysts said, while worries over the demand outlook limit upside.