thinkstockApril 24, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday but only the Nasdaq Composite was able to hold onto its opening gain for the whole day. Tech heavyweights Amazon.com, Google, and Microsoft reported…
Johnson & Johnson is at it again. The consumer products and health care products giant has raised its common stock dividend.
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockApril 16, 2015: Markets opened lower on Thursday before climbing above the break-even line in the mid-afternoon. Crude oil futures rose to another year-to-date high today and three hot IPOs buoyed investors…
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Chipotle Mexican Grill, CSX, GoPro, Intel, Nike, Staples, Starbucks and Wells Fargo.
The 30-year Treasury Bond yields only about 2.5% and, amazingly, more than half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks are yielding more than that.
Johnson & Johnson reported better-than-expected first-quarter fiscal 2015 results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
Paul Ausick thinkstockApril 13, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday but both the DJIA and the S&P 500 turned negative about noon as traders apparently decided to wait for the first of the week’s…
A new earnings season has just kicked off and 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the larger companies reporting their financial results in the week ahead.
thinkstockApril 9, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday and the three major indexes spent most of the day bouncing around the breakeven line. Equity prices turned higher with about an hour left…
thinkstockApril 7, 2015: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on little economic data and not much excitement in either European or Asian markets. The job openings and labor turnover survey (JOLTS) showed more…
thinkstockMarch 17, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday as investors prepare for Wednesday’s announcement from the Federal Reserve. While many observers expect Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen to adjust the wording of the…
thinkstockMarch 6, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday after news that the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% in February and the economy added 295,000 non-farm jobs after a downward revision of 18,000…
News finally broke late Wednesday that there was an official buyout of Pharmacyclics in the works by AbbVie for $21 billion.
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has made its quarterly filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission for its holdings as of December 31, 2014. For all practical purposes, this filing is…
thinkstockFebruary 17, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and finished the morning with a loss. Afternoon trading turned stocks higher on little economic news. Crude oil prices rose today after dipping more…
