This is called "post hoc ergo propter hoc" and is near 100% of the content in mainstream financial publications. It mostly noise that reflects the interests of the authors and nothing more. Just take it for granted and move on.
This is why all of these media outlets use words like "as" and "after", and never "because of". They do all the "post hoc" lifting and assume that the reader will automatically add the "ergo propter hoc".
There's probably an algorithm out there that just writes financial news all day using the MadLib:
"[COMPANY] stock [RISES|FALLS] amid [NEWS]."
All you have to do is foreach company, look up whether the stock is up or down, and then copy the first news search result that comes in related to the company. Bam, you have a headline for any financial news site.
