ThinkstockStocks are enjoying another stellar year in 2014. The S&P 500 Index was up 14% year-to-date right before Thanksgiving, and the bull market is now more than five and a half years old. 24/7…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting a decrease of 4.3% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending November 21st following a…
Consumers have spent $17.5 billion via e-commerce during the first 23 days of November. That is an 11% increase over the same period in 2013. The data is for desktop computers, according to research…
As another indication of how fast gasoline prices have fallen, they have dropped below $2.60 in five states, based on the price of an average gallon of regular. The national price is $2.81 according…
Both airlines and passengers lose. One sheds revenue, and the other may not make it home for Thanksgiving. Exactly 222 flights “within, into, or out of the United States” have been cancelled for today…
By James Stafford of Oilprice.com When it takes up to four million pounds of sand to frack a single well, it’s no wonder that demand is outpacing supply and frack sand producers are becoming the…
ThinkstockHewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) reported its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market close as $1.06 in earnings per share and $28.4 billion in revenue against Thomson Reuters consensus estimates of $1.06 in earnings per…
ThinkstockNovember 25, 2014: Here are four stocks among the 62 equities making new 52-week lows today. Constellium NV (NYSE: CSTM) dropped about 3.1% today to post a new 52-week low of $16.39. The stock’s…
thinkstockNovember 25, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday but the gains were small heading into the long weekend. The second reading on U.S. GDP was higher than expected, but that was not enough to…
After an extremely strong 2013 and a strong 2014, now the bull market is nearing its sixth year. This has investors and analysts alike wondering what sort of upside to expect in 2015. Merrill…
ThinkstockThere are more than 300 million smokers in China and another 740 million Chinese who are exposed to second-hand smoke each year. The government is looking to reduce those numbers by banning all forms…
Wikimedia CommonsHewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) will report its fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market close. Thomson Reuters has consensus estimates of $1.06 in earnings per share and $28.76 billion in revenue. The fourth quarter…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board released its consumer confidence index for November as 88.7, below the Bloomberg consensus estimate of 96.5. The previous reading in October was a recovery high at 94.1. The Present Situation Index declined…
ThinkstockIn nine of 20 U.S. cities included in the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index, September house prices declined, and in six of those cities the drop was greater than the 0.1% drop in the month-over-month…
ThinkstockStocks have enjoyed yet another wonderful year in 2014, and the bull market is now more than five and a half years old. With the S&P 500 index up almost 14% year-to-date ahead of…