August 9, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday following the lead of Asian and European exchanges. The productivity report cooled investors’ enthusiasm, though, and afternoon trading saw equities slipping below the break-even…
With August comes the end of the bulk of second-quarter earnings, and it also opens windows for insiders to buy and sell stock again, and boy did we see a jump in…
Sometimes stocks reach valuations that are hard to justify, even if they are very well-known stocks that happen to be the market darlings of that time.
August 1, 2016: Markets opened nearly flat Monday following a mixed close in Asia which followed mixed economic data from Japan, China, Australia, Korea, and India. The energy sector was down more…
July 27, 2016: Markets opened higher again Wednesday ahead of the afternoon’s FOMC announcement on the Fed’s policy rate (unchanged). A slightly weaker dollar had little impact on oil prices, especially following…
Caterpillar’s dividend yield has been maintained, but there is little else either in the latest results or the outlook for investors to cheer.
Paul Ausick Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is scheduled to report earnings before markets open Tuesday morning.
Overall, one-third of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is reporting this week, and this has the potential to sustain the run that the Dow has made since the Brexit vote.
July 15, 2016: Markets opened higher again Friday but trickled down to spend most of session trading right around the break-even line. That’s roughly inline with the U.S. economic data that was…
July 12, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday with the S&P 500 index and the DJIA putting up new all-time intraday highs. Energy and basic materials were the leading sectors, up more…
July 8, 2016: Markets opened higher Friday following a soaring non-farm payrolls report. Early indications for falling equities prices were blown away by the report that 278,000 new jobs were created in…
China just surprised the markets by reporting an unexpected rise in capital inflows. It could signal the stabilization of the second largest economy in the world.
July 5, 2016: Markets opened lower Tuesday, following international markets that traded lower while U.S. markets were closed for the July 4th holiday. U.S. markets will be searching for clues to how…
July 1, 2016: Markets opened higher down slightly Friday before climbing to mid-morning highs only to trail lower for much of the day, before heading higher about an hour before the closing…
June 24, 2016: Markets opened Friday following the surprise U.K. decision to leave the European Union. The Brexit vote dominated the day’s currency, energy, commodities, and equity markets as traders and investors…
