top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include Caterpillar, Illumina, Nike, Seagate Technology, Twitter, Tyson Foods and Western Digital.
October 5, 2016: Markets opened higher Wednesday following a couple of down days. The U.S. international trade deficit widened (not so good news), but the ISM non-manufacturing sector survey showed solid job…
Of the companies that have lost brand value since the last Interbrand survey, some, like IBM, Xerox and Gillette, have been on steady downward trajectories.
For the first nine months of 2016, the best performing stock among the Dow 30 has been Caterpillar -- nearly six times better than the overall index increase.
Paul Ausick September 28, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher again Wednesday and both the S&P 500 and the DJIA dipped below the break-even line before a report from Reuters hit the wires, citing sources…
September 23, 2016: Markets opened lower Friday and spend most of the day trading lower until a slight bump pushed shares higher in the mid-afternoon. Only the real estate and telecom sectors…
September 21, 2016: Markets opened higher again Wednesday as following an unprecedented announcement from the Bank of Japan that it would institute an interest-rate control plan for its 10-year notes, keeping that…
These are the top 24/7 Wall St. blue chip upgrades, downgrades and initiations tracked for the week of September 9.
September 9, 2016: Markets opened lower again Friday following lukewarm trading sessions in Asia, another nuclear test in North Korea, and so-so economic data from Europe. Energy stocks rose on lower than…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday morning include Barrick Gold, Caterpillar, ConocoPhillips, PNC Financial, Tonix Pharmaceuticals and Spirit Realty.
September 1, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday but the major indexes had little luck holding onto the gains, meager as they were. Energy again was the poorest performing sector with financials not…
August 30, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher Tuesday but equities dipped below the break-even line early and stayed there the rest of the day. The only sector trading higher late in the…
The best performing Dow stock has been Caterpillar, which is up more than 21% this year, nearly four-times better than the index increase.
Paul Ausick August 24, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday and only the Nasdaq Composite made even a brief visit to positive territory during the day’s trading session. Healthcare and materials stocks led the losers…
August 23, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday mainly on the strength of the better-than-expected Census Bureau report on new home sales and a solid showing by European markets. Basic materials was the…
