Karee Venema
With over a decade of experience writing about the stock market, Karee Venema is the senior investing editor at Kiplinger.com. She joined the publication in April 2021 after 10 years of working as an investing writer and columnist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. In her previous role, Karee focused primarily on options trading, as well as technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis.
At Kiplinger, Karee oversees a wide range of investing coverage, including content focused on equities, fixed income, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, currencies, macroeconomics and more. She also pens the daily Closing Bell newsletter and is a frequent contributor to the A Step Ahead newsletter. Karee's work has appeared in numerous media outlets, including InvestorPlace, TheStreet.com, Investopedia and USA Today.
Karee graduated from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication. When she's not researching and writing investing stories for Kiplinger, Karee spends her time with her family and friends, as well as her three adorable animals – two loving cats and one chatty terrier. She is also an involved member of the community, volunteering for the Parent Teacher Association (PTA).
Latest articles by Karee Venema
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Keep Their Weekly Win Streak Alive
The main indexes closed mixed Friday, though all three nabbed a fourth straight weekly gain.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Lower After Fed Minutes, Retail Earnings
Burlington was a big winner on the earnings front, while Kohl's slumped after its results.
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Are Banks Open on Black Friday in 2023?
Black Friday is nearly here, which has many wondering if banks are open on the biggest shopping day of the year?
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Is the Stock Market Open on Black Friday in 2023?
The stock market will be open on Black Friday this year, but be sure to watch the clock because it closes early.
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Stock Market Today: Microsoft Gains Boost Stock Market
The blue chip stock popped on news the software giant has snagged OpenAI's ousted CEO to help lead an advanced AI research team.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Extend Weekly Win Streak Ahead of Thanksgiving
Although the main indexes were quiet to end the week, Gap stock soared after the retailer reported earnings.
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Are Banks Open on Thanksgiving in 2023?
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which has many folks wondering if banks are open on Thursday, November 23.
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Is the Stock Market Open on Thanksgiving in 2023?
Investors can sit back and enjoy a full day of turkey and football on Thursday, with the stock market closed on Thanksgiving.
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Stock Market Today: Dow Drops After Cisco, Walmart Earnings
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq managed marginal gains Thursday.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Keep Climbing After Latest Inflation Data
While the main indexes gained ground on a welcome producer price index report, Target surged after disclosing an unexpected Q3 profit.
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Stock Market Today: Dow Spikes 489 Points After Encouraging Inflation Data
Tuesday's cooler-than-expected CPI report lit a fire under stocks.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Mixed Ahead of October CPI
The main indexes struggled for direction Monday as investors await key inflation data.
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What Klaviyo, Instacart and Arm Earnings Mean for the IPO Market?
The most highly anticipated tech IPOs have struggled following their red-hot starts. What does that mean for the IPO market going forward?
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Close Higher Ahead of Inflation Week
Bulls regained control ahead of next Tuesday's release of the October CPI report.
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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Snaps Win Streak After Hawkish Powell Speech
Stocks were choppy for most of the day, but closed solidly in the red after Powell reiterated that the Fed will proceed carefully.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Extend Longest Winning Streak in Years
The main indexes lost momentum as the session wore on, but two out of three hung on for a win.
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Are Banks Open on Veterans Day?
Veterans Day is just around the corner, which has folks many wondering if banks are open on Saturday, November 11.
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Is the Stock Market Open on Veterans Day?
Veterans Day is typically not a stock market holiday, but this year the annual celebration of service members falls on a Saturday.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Soar After Weak October Jobs Report
Mega-cap stock Apple fell after earnings, but softer-than-anticipated jobs data gave bulls the upper hand Friday.
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Stock Market Today: Dow Jumps 564 Points Ahead of October Jobs Report
The main indexes carved out a fourth straight win Thursday on hope the Fed is done raising interest rates.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Rise After Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged
The central bank did not hike interest rates at its November meeting – a move that was cheered by market participants.
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Stock Market Today: Stocks Extend Monthly Losing Streak
The main indexes ended Tuesday with modest gains but finished October in the red.
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Stock Market Today: Dow Soars 511 Points After McDonald's Earnings
All three indexes notched impressive gains Monday ahead of a jam-packed week on Wall Street.
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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Joins Nasdaq in Correction Territory
The Nasdaq managed to hold higher into the close thanks to a strong earnings reaction for mega-cap stock Amazon.
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