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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Tuesday: Markets Mixed at Open, Closes Slightly Higher

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Monday: Markets Open Higher, S&P Closes on New High

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 4:07 pm

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for ...
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What Weak Caterpillar Outlook Means to Global Mining and Metals in 2013

Posted: April 22, 2013 at 10:15 am

It was just at the end of last week that we gave a pre-earnings update for Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) in our DJIA earnings season scorecard, warning that the market ...
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Five Important Stocks That Need to Catch Up to the Bull Market (AAPL, CAT, PETM, X, WFM)

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 1:49 pm

The DJIA and S&P 500 Index both hit new highs on Wednesday and we expect to see DJIA 15,000 and also 1,600 on the S&P 500 Index any day now. ...
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Steelmakers’ Earnings Not So Bad (X, NUE, AKS)

Posted: January 29, 2013 at 10:31 am

Three U.S. steelmakers reported earnings before markets opened this morning. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS), United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) and Nucor Corp. (NYSE: NUE). Given all the ...
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Major Earnings Previews for the Week Ahead

Posted: January 25, 2013 at 11:45 am

Earnings season is in full swing and the coming week will have many big earnings announcements. 24/7 Wall St. has provided a brief calendar showing current and ex-DJIA stocks and ...
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Mining, Steel Stocks Surging in Premarket

Posted: January 2, 2013 at 9:24 am

Now that the United States has dodged the fiscal cliff, investors are expecting at least a boomlet in manufacturing and production. That means more energy and more basic materials. Coal ...
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More Downside for Steelmaker

Posted: November 27, 2012 at 10:29 am

Steelmaker and recycler Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHN) said today that it expects net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2013 ending this month to be breakeven before ...
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Lower Steel Demand Takes Toll on Iron Ore Producer

Posted: November 20, 2012 at 2:34 pm

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF), a major producer of iron ore from mines in North America, Brazil, and Australia, has idled some of its North American ore production and ...
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More Caution from U.S. Steel on Earnings and Guidance

Posted: October 30, 2012 at 8:44 am

United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) has reported its third-quarter results and its income from operations came to $171 million. Net income was $44 million, or $0.28 per share, but ...
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Steelmakers Get Another Knockdown (AKS, NUE, STLD, X, MT, SCHN)

Posted: October 23, 2012 at 11:43 am

Steelmaker AK Steel Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AKS) reported quarterly earnings today and the results that were better than expected, but earnings per share (EPS) still came in negative. AK Steel ...
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Steel Industry Outlook Turns Negative

Posted: September 27, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Saying that demand will be soft and prices will be low, Moody’s today changed its outlook for the U.S. steel industry to ‘negative’, indicating that conditions in the steel business ...
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S&P Chart Warning as Industry Leaders Add Pressure

Posted: September 24, 2012 at 10:19 am

Stocks are sliding a bit on Monday after more caution from Europe and on more economic slowing trends. The chart analysis today shows that caution and patience would remain the best action. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKS, ATML, AVP, CTXS, DRI, EQM, HK, LAMR, ORCL, BTU, SBH, SQNM, JOE, X, VLO, VECO, VPHM, FB, GS, MS)

Posted: September 24, 2012 at 8:20 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell at Citigroup. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — September 17, 2012: Markets Run Out of Steam (NFLX, TSLA, UA, WFC, X, LDK, CCL, FDX, SHOSR, IRIS, THLD, JAZZ)

Posted: September 17, 2012 at 4:02 pm

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning on the absence of any big macroeconomic data in Asia or Europe. Tensions between China and Japan over a handful ...
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