thinkstockFebruary 4, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following a weaker than expected report from ADP on employment gains. Crude oil had lost a sharp gain by the time the opening bell…
Before markets opened Friday morning, MasterCard reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Cameron International, Dollar General, Genworth Financial, Groupon, SunPower, Visa and Yahoo.
Credit card processing giant Visa reported earnings above estimates, but more importantly it has announced a four-for-one stock split.
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockJanuary 26, 2015: Markets opened lower on Monday as markets were able to gin up little enthusiasm ahead of the forecast winter storm that is headed for the Northeast. Earnings reports of…
thinkstockJanuary 14, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday after the Commerce Department’s report on retail sales came in below expectations. The crude oil inventory report came in at an 80-year high, but…
thinkstockJanuary 9, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday after the government’s report on payrolls revealed good news (unemployment rate fell to 5.6%) and bad news (wages shrunk 0.2%). Oil traded lower today…
Credit card giant Visa is one of the most underfollowed yet one of the most important stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
thinkstockDecember 11, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following an upbeat report on retail sales from the U.S. Census Bureau. Only energy and basic materials sectors are trading lower today, with consumer…
24/7 Wall St. has seen some dramatic news for the start of December when it comes to higher dividends and large stock buyback announcements.
thinkstockDecember 4, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday after the federal government released a better-than-expected report on employment. Job gains rose to their highest level since 2012, and aggregate wages rose 0.9%,…
MasterCard has decided to chase rival Visa with a dividend hike and with a stock buyback plan as well.
thinkstockNovember 25, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday but the gains were small heading into the long weekend. The second reading on U.S. GDP was higher than expected, but that was not…
While the overall indicators for equities remain very bullish, the short-term indicators indicate that this past week's sluggish market action is due to an overall overbought condition.
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its public equity holdings as of September 30, 2014. Warren Buffett’s portfolio has recently undergone some radical changes on the surface, some of…
