Minutes from the Fed's January meeting, scheduled for release on Wednesday, could show the extent to which officials discussed terminating or modifying a plan to reduce the central bank's roughly $4 trillion balance sheet, which more than quadrupled in size during the financial crisis. And at least one top economist is already predicting that the central bank might cut interest rates later this year as growth slows.

WMT's performance after earnings the last two years leads me in this direction.

Price action is the chief indicator, THE most primary of them all.

Hear what Sallie Krawcheck has to say about the pay gap on Wall Street.

Navient rejects a buyout offer of $12.50 a share from an investor group.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic nomination for president again in 2020.

When it does, I'll be ready to declare this a full-blown bull market.

U.S. stock futures decline slightly as investors look to the next round of trade talks between the U.S. and China; Walmart, the world's largest retailer, reports earnings Tuesday; the FAA is probing Southwest over baggage weight discrepancies, a report says; Honda will close its plant in Britain.

Here's why you shouldn't be too impressed with the banks earnings.

Market players are still looking to put capital to work and are focusing more on sectors and individual stocks than straight index plays.