General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has been a top Dow Jones Industrial Average performer in 2015. The conglomerate’s shares have performed better than other conglomerates, and now the Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF) exchange has…
Monday brought a mixed view of economic data. First seen was the Chicago Fed National Activity Index improving, but still barely negative in October. Now the Markit Flash U.S. Manufacturing PMI for manufacturing fell…
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is a national report that is put together by a regional Federal Reserve branch, so it does have a broader merit than some of the other regional…
Stocks were indicated lower on Monday, but that is after the best week for stocks in quite some time. This is a thinner week for liquidity and analyst calls are likely to dry up…
While earnings season has been very mixed for many aspects of the market, the reality is that some companies, and their stocks, are continuing to do extremely well.
This past week is being touted as the best week of the S&P 500 for 2015, but the love was not universally shared among all stocks.
News broke on Friday that Cisco is acquiring privately held London-based Acano for $700 million.
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has released some individual state data on jobs in the state. While Texas continues to add jobs, and while the unemployment rate is far better than the national average,…
Anthem is trying to convey the message that the problems of UnitedHealth Group are not its problem. At least that is what the company's guidance suggests.
Sprint announced Friday morning that it has signed a $1.2 billion deal for the sale and leaseback of certain leased devices to a newly formed entity named Mobile Leasing Solutions.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include DepoMed, Gap, Intel, IBM, Nimble Storage, Workday and UnitedHealth.
Nike is delivering everything that shareholders love to hear: raising the dividend, buying back more stock and even splitting its shares.
Atlanta Federal Reserve President and CEO Dennis Lockhart was speaking to the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta on Thursday.
If you are surprised about Intel announcing that it has hiked its dividend again, you haven't been reading 24/7 Wall St. long enough.
A Canadian company named Lucara Diamond announced on Wednesday that it had uncovered the world's second largest diamond ever found.
It has long been known that many retirees spend more, some much more, than they have budgeted for or expected. Now there is some fresh data that details some of the retirement spending habits.
We have word from UnitedHealth Group in an earnings warning that could be a serious blow to at least part of ACA/Obamacare.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported that manufacturing conditions in its regional district showed slight improvement in its monthly survey for November. Thursday’s report was the Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey, and the general…
The U.S. Labor Department has turned in yet another stellar weekly jobless claims report.
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Keurig Green Mountain, ON Semiconductor, Salesforce.com, Sunoco, Walt Disney and Wendy's.
