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…
July 27, 2016: Markets opened higher again Wednesday ahead of the afternoon’s FOMC announcement on the Fed’s policy rate (unchanged). A slightly weaker dollar had little impact on oil prices, especially following…
Caterpillar’s dividend yield has been maintained, but there is little else either in the latest results or the outlook for investors to cheer.
Paul Ausick Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is scheduled to report earnings before markets open Tuesday morning.
Overall, one-third of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is reporting this week, and this has the potential to sustain the run that the Dow has made since the Brexit vote.
July 15, 2016: Markets opened higher again Friday but trickled down to spend most of session trading right around the break-even line. That’s roughly inline with the U.S. economic data that was…
July 12, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday with the S&P 500 index and the DJIA putting up new all-time intraday highs. Energy and basic materials were the leading sectors, up more…
July 8, 2016: Markets opened higher Friday following a soaring non-farm payrolls report. Early indications for falling equities prices were blown away by the report that 278,000 new jobs were created in…
