January 20, 2016: Markets opened lower on Wednesday, and at one point the DJIA traded off by 500 points from Tuesday’s close. The culprit, alas, was crude oil although it received help…
Independent research firm Argus believes that a huge opportunity for gains awaits Nokia after it completes the Alcatel-Lucent acquisition.
Apple’s shares have been beaten down for months, primarily due to concerns about stalling sales of the iPhone 6 family of smartphones. As some analysts upgrade their ratings on the stock due…
January 15, 2016: Markets opened lower on Friday and never for a moment even threatened the break-even line. Both retail sales and the Empire State manufacturing survey posted weak results this morning,…
24/7 Wall St. has decided to look at the Dow stocks with the greatest projected downside from the end of 2015 to the most bearish analyst price target from Thomson Reuters.
A bull market interrupted is how many investors likely feel at the start of 2016. These are the seven Dow stocks that will be needed to drive the Dow higher in 2016.
24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch research database and found three stocks that just might be the ticket for investors who have been jolted by the horrible start to the 2016…
January 11, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Monday even though Shanghai’s exchange closed down more than 5%. Oil prices started the day higher, but that didn’t last as commodities in general…
January 8, 2016: Markets opened higher on Friday following an unexpectedly large boost to the non-farm payroll numbers and a stronger Chinese yuan. By noon, though, the indexes had tumbled into the…
It is too soon to call the rocky start of 2016 an end to a bull market that would otherwise be about seven years long. But what lies ahead for Dow component…
January 4, 2016: Markets opened lower on Monday following a 7% dive in Chinese stocks overnight. A dispute between Iran and Saudi Arabia over the Saudi’s execution of a Shi’ite cleric has…
Technology should remain a sector to own this year, and these cash-rich sector leaders make good sense for growth portfolios looking for an income kicker.
Dogs of the Dow is a dividend strategy for investors to buy what are either "cheap" or "beaten up" Dow stocks. Unfortunately, 2015 was an awful year for the members of the…
December 29, 2015: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on strength in Europe and Asia in the energy and commodities markets. But the leading sector today was tech followed by healthcare and consumer…
Clearly insiders were not in the mood to sell shares this week, and with only two shortened trading weeks left for 2015, it will be interesting to see if the volume jumps…
