Visa and MasterCard Earnings Tell a Tale of a Better Consumer
The earnings reports were solid for both Visa and MasterCard and shares up both were up in Thursday morning trading.
The earnings reports were solid for both Visa and MasterCard and shares up both were up in Thursday morning trading.
thinkstockOctober 22, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday but stocks began to slide before noon and eventually the three major indexes look to finish with a loss. The shooting in Ottawa is…
thinkstockOctober 17, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday leapt out of the starting gate at the bell this morning and maintained a brisk pace throughout the day. Comments from central bankers in…
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades featured by 24/7 Wall St. for Thursday, October 16, 2014.
eBay reported mixed third-quarter 2014 results after the markets closed Wednesday.
After the market closed Wednesday, American Express reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings.
thinkstockOctober 13, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday, a holiday for all but the equity markets. There was no economic news of note, with reports of a railroad merger and a new…
Carl Icahn continues to press Apple to use its cash hoard to buy back its shares. But Apple's board could choose to buy a company that would eat up most of its…
Nine months ago activist investor Carl Icahn launched a drive to get eBay to split off the PayPal payments segment of the company.
The bull market may be five and a half years old, but stocks have been fighting each week to hit newer highs. These are the best- and worst-performing Dow stocks so far…
thinkstockSeptember 29, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday as concern related to the demonstrations in Hong Kong and a coming independence vote in Spain that would shave Catalonia off the map of…
thinkstockSeptember 26, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday following a solid reading on the second estimate of U.S. GDP for the second quarter. The consumer sentiment index was flat with the preliminary…
Not all Dow stocks are participating in this year's bull market. Eight of the 30 stocks were recently trading with negative total returns in 2014.
thinkstockSeptember 18, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following the announcement of a sharp drop in new claims for unemployment benefits last week, but a somewhat less upbeat report on new housing…
thinkstockSeptember 17, 2014: Markets opened slightly mixed on Wednesday and traded in a narrow range around the break-even line until the FOMC meeting announcement in mid-afternoon. The word that interest rates would…