Wednesday was a mixed day for the U.S. broad markets with each seemingly doing something different. The S&P 500 was relatively flat, the Dow was down, and the Nasdaq was incredibly positive. As we…
Frontier Communications, Whiting Petroleum, Ensco, and Transocean posted new 52-week lows on Wednesday.
Caterpillar, DuPont, Chevron, and General Electric were the big losers among the Dow 30 stocks on Wednesday.
For the second straight year, Kia scored highest in an initial quality ranking for new cars, according to the findings of the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Initial Quality Study that was released today. The…
Clovis Oncology saw its shares make a handy gain in Wednesday’s session after the company priced its secondary offering.
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have raised their estimate of global GDP growth for 2017 and 2018 before dipping slightly in 2019. Key risks include eurozone instability and potential U.S. protectionism.
If you think the appetite to acquire niche brands in beer, wine and alcohol is over, guess again. Diageo PLC (NYSE: DEO) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the…
Why do so many analysts on Wall Street have such massive upside targets for a speculative stock such as Eiger BioPharmaceuticals.
If you had to guess what the most popular names were in the late 1800s, you’d probably dream up out-of-date names such as Virgil and Elmer, or Eula and Blanche. While each of those…
Intel is facing growing competition on all sides especially as the tech sector continues to drive forward, or at least Merrill Lynch thinks so.
The U.S. crude oil inventory dropped by 2.5 million barrels last week, but refinery run rates remain above 17 million barrels a day and gasoline production rose by 400,000 barrels a day week over…
Etsy saw its shares rise in Wednesday’s session after the company announced that it would be taking a few key initiatives in order to deliver value to shareholders, including layoffs.
Adding mainland China to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index will increase the weighting of Chinese stocks in that index from roughly 26% to more than 40% with full inclusion. A huge flow of cash…
More than 10,000 California homes valued at more than $1 million were sold in the first quarter of 2017, a record first-quarter total, while sales of homes priced under $500,000 fell to a nine-year…
Oracle is scheduled to release its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after the markets close on Wednesday.
