U.S. stocks were trading higher on Monday as bad-to-less-good economic news has come into play at a time when the markets and economists are trying to factor trade war and tariffs into their mix.…
It is not at all unusual for economists and market watchers to worry about trade tensions escalating. Where things break apart between the glass viewed as half-empty or half-full is if the trade tensions…
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released its Empire State Manufacturing report for the month of June. While this is just one region, it is viewed as being close to a real-time…
Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Monday after gains of about 0.4% for the Dow and S&P 500 last week. This summer Monday is not seeing any vast amounts of new news…
Some investors believe that the transportation stocks have to do well for the stock market to do well. After all, if people and goods are not being transported around the country and the globe…
Top stock stories for the week of June 14, 2019 from earnings, mergers, analyst calls and more.
After the markets came roaring back a week earlier, the end result if you only look at weekly stock index changes for the week of June 14, 2019 might have made you wonder if…
The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank's model now projects real GDP growth in the second quarter that looks better than prior forecasts but is still shy of the first quarter,
Merck is set to host its Investor Day on June 20. Investors will have a high bar of expectations because so much of Merck's story is known.
GE is still looking for ways to raise capital from inside the company. One possible means of raising cash may come from its years worth of playing venture capitalist and private equity manager.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Friday included Apple, Broadcom, Charter Communications, Comcast, CommScope, Consolidated Edison, Next Era Energy, Rockwell Automation and Transocean.
Five of the 30 Dow Jones industrials are down so far in 2019, and some more are literally just one bad day away from being down for the year.
Some investors believe that the transportation stocks have to do well for the stock market to do well. After all, if people and goods are not being transported around the country and the globe…
24/7 Wall St. has identified 10 technology stocks from the S&P 500 that would be considered cheap on forward earnings multiples, come with upside to the consensus price targets and offer solid dividend yields.
Even with indexes back within striking distance of their all-time highs. Some investors remain quite cautious and are looking for cheaper stocks with more predictable earnings, dividend yields and solid operations.
The Russell indexes are rebalanced each year, and the latest preliminary rebalance was announced recently. These changes create many inflows and outflows of shares from funds.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Thursday included Abbott Laboratories, CenterPoint Energy, Dominion Energy, Delphi Technologies, Dollar General, Lennar, Lululemon Athletica, Visa, Walt Disney and Zillow.
When investors and economists see that the Consumer Price Index barely rose in May, they probably want to shrug, even if prices for the shelter and food indexes increased.
State Street had to worry about the yield curve after all. The trust and custodial bank has warned that second-quarter net interest income will fall short of expectations.
Whether you were in favor of or against the Affordable Care Act, it is likely of little surprise that the cost of health care has continued to rise. What also has risen handily is…
