May 19, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday for the third straight session. A stronger dollar followed the strong FOMC signal of an interest rate hike coming in June. Industrials were the hardest…
May 13, 2016: Markets opened slightly lower Friday as the dollar strengthened and oil prices dipped. By late afternoon every sector traded in the red for the day with financials, industrials, and…
May 10, 2016: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on chatter that Japan may intervene in the foreign exchange markets if the yen continues to slide. But oil prices again appeared to dominate…
May 9, 2016: Markets opened mixed on Monday as traders tried to judge the impact of the massive wildfire that has struck the Canadian oil sands region and the city of Fort…
May 5, 2016: Markets opened higher on Thursday primarily on strengthening crude oil prices despite a move higher by the dollar. Higher job cuts reported by Challenger combined with a rise in…
May 4, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday after a blizzard of lackluster economic data from all over the globe. Eurozone PMI services index readings were lower than expected and equity…
Old companies have led the Dow Jones Industrial Average higher in 2016, including Caterpillar, Exxon Mobil and Chevron.
April 27, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday and traded lower until the FOMC announcement in the mid-afternoon. The delay on raising rates and at least some observations that a June hike may…
Analysts are seeing signs that Caterpillar is beginning to improve, albeit slowly, and its valuations remain attractive.
Chris Lange The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday morning include Broadcom, Caterpillar, Sirius XM, Newmont, Palo Alto, Perrigo, Sarepta and Xerox.
April 25, 2016: Markets opened lower Monday and never made it above the breakeven line during the entire day. It could be that Wednesday’s FOMC meeting announcement has investors and traders sitting…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Monday morning include Baidu, Caterpillar, GE, Honeywell, Kimberly-Clark, Schlumberger and Southern Energy.
Caterpillar reported mixed first-quarter 2016 results before markets opened Friday morning.
Paul Ausick Ahead of its earnings report, Caterpillar announced on Thursday that year-over-year retail sales for the month of March fell 13% globally and 8% in North America.
Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of the top Dow Jones Industrial Average companies that are reporting their quarterly results this week.
