Automaker Volkswagen now has the worst reputation of any major company in the United States. E-retailer Amazon.com has the best reputation, and Apple moved into second place, beating rival Samsung, which had…
May 10, 2016: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on chatter that Japan may intervene in the foreign exchange markets if the yen continues to slide. But oil prices again appeared to dominate…
May 4, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday after a blizzard of lackluster economic data from all over the globe. Eurozone PMI services index readings were lower than expected and equity…
These three financial stocks that look good now. They combine solid fundamentals with outstanding technical patterns.
April 25, 2016: Markets opened lower Monday and never made it above the breakeven line during the entire day. It could be that Wednesday’s FOMC meeting announcement has investors and traders sitting…
April 20, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher again Wednesday after an oil field strike in Kuwait ended, pushing oil prices down. Asian markets closed mixed on the day. Equities recovered quickly though…
April 19, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher Tuesday on a day that was good for energy and basic materials stocks and not so good for tech and consumer discretionary stocks. Silver prices…
Goldman Sachs reported mixed first-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday.
Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the top Dow tech and financial companies reporting their quarterly results this week.
April 15, 2016: Markets opened essentially flat Friday after higher-than-expected economic data from China. The U.S. industrial production data came in below expectations. Energy, tech, and financials led the losers today. WTI…
April 14, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher Thursday following rather cool data on the consumer price index and fewer new claims for unemployment benefits than expected. Equities spent most of the rest…
Oxfam reports that 50 U.S. companies have $1.3 trillion offshore. It is hard to figure out why it matters to Oxfam, but the data are true nonetheless.
April 13, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Wednesday after data on Chinese exports showed a gain of nearly 12%, more than double the expected 5% gain. Then crude prices fell after…
April 11, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Monday on news that Italy is making progress on creating a “bad” bank to hold the bad loans made by other Italian banks. Energy…
Analysts are concerned that this earnings season could be the worst quarterly comparisons since the end of the recession. Goldman Sachs even worries now that good economic news is bad news is…
