As each new year arrives, 24/7 Wall St. looks at each of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components and assigns a forward value for the Dow based on a mixed methodology.…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, but climbed out of their hole early with a boost from the strong showing on consumer sentiment. In Asia, China posted retail sales and industrial…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. ADT Corp. (NYSE: ADT) added to the U.S. Focus List at Credit Suisse.…
courtesy of AppleIn its third annual ranking of the world’s most innovative companies, analysts at Booz & Co. created two lists: one based on dollars spent and the other based on asking…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results today. In…
Jon OggIs the so-called “Bernanke Put” really coming out of the market already? QE3 is still just beginning. And earnings season is now living up to the fears that many of us…
3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) this morning each posted higher profits than a year ago, but revenues missed consensus estimates. The St. Paul, Minn.-based conglomerate posted…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the S&P 500 and the DJIA slightly lower and the Nasdaq slightly higher. In Asia Japan’s trade deficit was wider than…
It was twenty-five years ago today that the 1987 stock market crash came. Fortunes were lost on that day, but fortunes were also made in the aftermath. The NYSE was said to…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning as the eurozone PMI numbers came in slightly better than expected, but still with a contractionary direction (more coverage here). China’s manufacturing…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is up Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.10%, the Nasdaq up 0.70% and the S&P 500 up 0.94%. Today’s winners include a…
Ceradyne Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDN) shares jumped in premarket trading after 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) announced that it plans to acquire the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based maker of ceramic products for about $860 million.…
Trey Thoelcke General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to hit what was almost a four-year high yesterday as shares crept above $22.00 for the first time since the panic selling of the recession took…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to do something rather unique today along with the Bernanke and QE3 led rally. The stock did not just reach a new 52-week high. GE hit…
