thinkstockAugust 19, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following a down and then up session in Asia and a report that the U.S. July consumer price index rose just 0.1% on both…
thinkstockAugust 14, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Friday with the DJIA kicking off the day up slightly and the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite down slightly. Producer prices rose a little…
thinkstockAugust 12, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday after China’s central bank fiddled with the yuan exchange rate again overnight. Today’s June job openings and labor turnover survey (JOLTS) posted results similar…
thinkstockAugust 11, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday following a surprise 2% devaluation of the Chinese yuan. Any company that depends on China for any significant part of its business took a…
thinkstockAugust 10, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday with the DJIA marching to a triple digit gain early and continuing to inch higher through the close. Today’s driver was Warren Buffett’s deal…
Monday's announcement that Warren Buffett-led Berkshire-Hathaway had reached a deal to acquire Precision Castparts lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average by more than 230 points.
thinkstockAugust 3, 2015: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday on mixed economic news. Personal income and spending came in near estimates, but spending was low and May spending was revised downward. If…
thinkstockJuly 30, 2015: Markets opened lower on Thursday following a rather disappointing first reading of U.S. second-quarter GDP. Weakness in the Chinese equities market also played a role in the slow start.…
thinkstockJuly 23, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Thursday following a report that new claims for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level since 1973. This is good news about jobs and, perhaps,…
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported lower second-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Thursday morning.
Paul Ausick thinkstockJuly 22, 2015: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday and positive news on the housing market soon after the opening bell moderated the loss somewhat, but ultimately had no lasting effect on…
Caterpillar has released its monthly retail sales report, just one day ahead of the company’s scheduled second-quarter earnings report.
Paul Ausick Earnings season for the second quarter is in full swing, and 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the Dow Jones Industrial Average companies reporting their quarterly results…
thinkstockJuly 8, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday but that’s not even half the story. A technical issue shut down the New York Stock Exchange in the morning and trading did not…
thinkstockJuly 6, 2015: Markets opened lower on Monday following the Greek vote on Sunday to tell the the troika not only “no,” but “hell, no.” European equities markets closed lower and only…
