Two industrial bellwethers are putting up tech-like returns in 2026, and the catalyst is hiding in plain sight: power for the AI buildout. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) stock is up…
The industrial giant has gone on a tear. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) sits at $890.11 after a blowout Q1 2026 earnings report, up 25.88% in the past month and 190.94%…
Vandita Jadeja Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) to $915 from $430, while upgrading the stock to Equal Weight from Underweight. The dramatic shift, which effectively more…
David Moadel Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed as we get ready to finish off another wild week. What a difference a day makes: after a flat-to-down Wednesday, all the major indices exploded…
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is off to the races this morning, up 0.50% thanks to tailwinds from mega-cap earnings beats and a sharp pullback in oil prices, even as the Fed’s preferred…
The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) is down sharply to start the session, giving back yesterday’s record-setting gains. A Wall Street Journal report revealed that OpenAI fell short of its 2026 sales and user…
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) and Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) just printed earnings that frame the two heavy equipment giants in opposite cycle positions. Caterpillar rode a single-quarter record of $19.1…
Dividend growth investing rewards patience like few other strategies. The income stream compounds year after year, and the companies behind those dividends tend to be high-quality and structurally durable. With the Fed…
U.S. factories just posted their strongest quarter in years, and the gains aren’t limited to flashy AI chips. Federal Reserve data released this morning shows manufacturing production excluding high-tech industries rose at…
Rich Duprey Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction) has climbed from $294.02 to $794.25 over the past year. With the stock trading near its 52-week high and valuation multiples stretched, our model points to…
Vandita Jadeja Investors saw the S&P 500 deliver an impressive 81.3% total return during Donald Trump’s first term from 2017 to 2021, according to a U.S. Bank analysis. That ranked it fourth among all…
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT | CAT Price Prediction) is the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, with growing exposure to data center power generation through its large reciprocating engines. The company posted…
Trey Thoelcke Ford (NYSE: F) closed 2025 with a $10.70 billion impairment charge tied to Model e asset write-downs and EV program cancellations, crystallizing one of the most expensive pivots in automotive history. The…
While Wall Street fixated on artificial intelligence chips and soaring tech valuations, one blue-chip Dow name delivered returns that left Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) in the dust. Over the past…
Rich Duprey A 1.5% yield sounds unimpressive until you realize the dividend check doubles roughly every seven years. That is the premise behind the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG): skip the high-yield traps and…
