Shares of MasterCard tumbled 8% in early trading Friday after the company reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened. The report did not offer guidance.
thinkstockJanuary 30, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday led by solid earnings reports from some heavy-hitters and a weakening of the Japanese yen. This morning’s advance estimate for fourth-quarter GDP growth was…
Visa is out with its fiscal first quarter earnings report. This is the most dominant stock of the Dow Jones Industrial Average now because of its $217.12 closing price. Because the Dow…
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockJanuary 28, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq trailing at the opening bell as shares in Apple sold off following last night’s earnings report. Today’s economic data was also…
thinkstockJanuary 27, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday and equities spent the day bouncing around the breakeven line. Tech stocks trailed behind, never quite rising above breakeven after the opening bell.…
thinkstockJanuary 24, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday and the tide of red ink flowed freely all day, with every sector trading lower. The DJIA closed down 1.96%, the S&P 500 closed…
ThinkstockThursday was another day that reminds investors just how sensitive the market can be in pullbacks after huge runs up. It was not the weekly jobless claims, but perhaps weak earnings and…
Jon Ogg in NYCThe stock markets were mixed most of the trading day on Friday. A gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average was masked because the gains were tied to only…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, January 13.
Visa is now the most important stock in the Dow Jones industrial Average. And it was the sixth best performing stock of the index in 2013, so 24/7 Wall St. has run…
thinkstockDecember 17, 2013: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday, but the DJIA couldn’t hold onto its early gains though it bounced once more into positive territory before settling on the down side. All…
thinkstockDecember 13, 2013: Markets opened higher on Friday morning but struggled to hold onto those gains throughout the day. It was very close, but the three major indexes did manage only a…
thinkstockDecember 11, 2013: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday morning on another day of relatively light trading and yet more profit-taking. The DJIA closed down 0.81%, the S&P 500 closed down 1.13%,…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a very strange index considering that it is “The Stock Market” when most people who are not traders discuss how stocks did on any given…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have released the conglomerate’s full stock holdings as of September 30, 2013. This 13F filing with the SEC shows…
