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…
It almost seems too good to be true, but Caterpillar is still the best performing of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components so far in 2016.
Jon C. Ogg Caterpillar magically has been the best performing of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks so far in 2016. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see what makes this possible.
Jon C. Ogg August 9, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday following the lead of Asian and European exchanges. The productivity report cooled investors’ enthusiasm, though, and afternoon trading saw equities slipping below the break-even…
With August comes the end of the bulk of second-quarter earnings, and it also opens windows for insiders to buy and sell stock again, and boy did we see a jump in…
Sometimes stocks reach valuations that are hard to justify, even if they are very well-known stocks that happen to be the market darlings of that time.
August 1, 2016: Markets opened nearly flat Monday following a mixed close in Asia which followed mixed economic data from Japan, China, Australia, Korea, and India. The energy sector was down more…
