January 28, 2016: Markets opened higher on Thursday, apparently bolstered by the outstanding earnings report from social media giant Facebook. The euphoria did not last until noon, but equities did rise in…
January 27, 2016: Markets opened lower on Wednesday, but a brief morning sojourn into positive territory only lasted until the FOMC announcement in the early after. Traders saw their shadows and dived…
The beautiful thing for investors when they buy the top companies in casual athletic wear and footwear is that eventually the products, no matter how well they are actually made, wear out.…
January 21, 2016: Markets opened mixed on Thursday, and traded in the green for most of the day after ECB chief Mario Draghi said the bank would maintain its low interest rates…
January 19, 2016: Markets opened higher on Tuesday, but drifted lower during the morning session and finally dipped below the break-even for most of the afternoon until bouncing higher in the last…
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.
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…
Nike was the top-performing Dow component in 2015. The question is whether this company can have a repeat performance in 2016.
Chris Lange The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had a bad year in 2015. It dropped 2.23% to 17,425. The performance would have been worse if not for a handful of stocks representing some…
December 30, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following international markets that also traded lower today. Crude oil prices dipped following a Tuesday report that U.S. inventories increased last week, and then…
Baird has maintained Outperform ratings on three top companies that have reported outstanding numbers and had positive catalysts. All three could be solid additions to aggressive growth portfolios for 2016.
Argus reiterated Nike's Buy rating and raised its price target to $77.00, almost $5.00 higher than the consensus analyst price target.
Jon C. Ogg The top analyst calls for Monday include AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Nike, Cempra, Discovery Communications and HCI Group.
