February 19, 2016: Markets opened lower on Friday after the consumer price index data showed that inflation rose more than analysts expected in January, rising to 1.4% on the all-times index for…
February 17, 2016: Markets opened higher on Wednesday, stoked by comments last night from Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren who said that the Fed could be patient before adding another rate hike.…
February 16, 2016: Markets opened higher on Tuesday and stocks traded higher all day after posting nice gains last Friday. In Europe, ECB president Mario Draghi continues to say the bank will…
February 10, 2016: Markets opened higher on Wednesday after Fed chair Janet Yellen released her prepared testimony for today’s appearance before Congress. She cited tighter global financial conditions, ut reaffirmed that the…
February 4, 2016: Markets opened mixed on Thursday following worse-than-expected reports on new claims for unemployment benefits, factory orders down nearly 3%, and a big jump in the number of job cuts…
February 3, 2016: Markets opened higher on Wednesday as a sinking greenback helped push up crude oil prices while downturns in Asia and Europe were mostly modest. Crude oil moved higher all…
January 28, 2016: Markets opened higher on Thursday, apparently bolstered by the outstanding earnings report from social media giant Facebook. The euphoria did not last until noon, but equities did rise in…
Caterpillar released its monthly sales figures, showing yet another drop, with demand from the ailing mining and minerals clients falling again in December.
Jon C. Ogg January 25, 2016: Markets opened lower on Friday and did not reach positive territory at any time during the day. Losses were modest though, remaining under 1% by and large. The FOMC…
Monday's top analyst calls include American Express, Caterpillar, Expedia, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Home Depot, PayPal, 3D Systems, Twitter and Whole Foods.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the Dow Jones Industrial Average companies (and others) that are reporting their quarterly results this week.
A bull market interrupted is how many investors likely feel at the start of 2016. These are the seven Dow stocks that will be needed to drive the Dow higher in 2016.
For the most part the outlook is not exactly clear for Caterpillar or DuPont going into 2016. Both Dow stocks came out on the negative side in 2015.
While analysts expect no real gains in commodity prices this year, many expect 2016 to be a bottom, so we could be at the very start of a global, long-term agriculture boom.
Dogs of the Dow is a dividend strategy for investors to buy what are either "cheap" or "beaten up" Dow stocks. Unfortunately, 2015 was an awful year for the members of the…
