April 13, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Wednesday after data on Chinese exports showed a gain of nearly 12%, more than double the expected 5% gain. Then crude prices fell after…
April 12, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Tuesday as traders ignored the new earnings season that “officially” got off to a bumpy start with Alcoa missing revenue expectations. Earnings expectations have…
Most stocks are very close to being fully valued, and if companies post poor first-quarter results, you can bet the sellers will be out in full force.
If the Dow Jones Industrial Average passes its previous record high of 18,292 set last April, these five stocks likely will be the reason.
April 4, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Monday following an expected decline in orders for new manufactured goods. Overseas, crude oil prices slipped and have continued to fall during the day.…
March 24, 2016: Markets opened lower again on for a third consecutive session Thursday as dollar-buying sank the markets for everything from gold to real estate. The day’s economic news was decidedly…
JPMorgan analysts have a large basket of 30 stocks that contain multinationals they are positive on. We screened the basket for some of the top dividend payers.
March 23, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday and came close to, but never actually traded above, the break-even line. St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said he would like to…
While Caterpillar of course does not sell oil directly, it does sell the machinery that drills for it, and capital for the natural gas industry as well.
Caterpillar has told the SEC that its first-quarter earnings and revenues will fall well short of current consensus estimates.
Paul Ausick March 16, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday as traders and investors waited to hear what the FOMC had to say about interest rates. The report on inflation that came out…
March 11, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Friday and held on to the early gains all day. Energy and financials stocks led the gainers and only 2 of 10 sectors posted…
March 8, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Tuesday, but unlike Monday equities never broke through to the positive side of the line. The best performing sector has been utilities followed by…
March 7, 2016: Markets opened lower on Monday on little new economic data. Asian markets closed mixed and European exchanges were following the same path. The energy and basic materials sectors led…
March 4, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher on Friday then promptly sank into the red following the employment situation report for February. As traders weighed the odds of another Fed interest rate…
