Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT | CAT Price Prediction) and Deere (NYSE: DE) both reported recent quarters that tell strikingly different stories. Caterpillar posted a record quarter on surging data center power demand. Deere…
Manufacturing value-added reached $2.95 trillion in Q3 2025, accelerating at 3.2% growth after months of cyclical weakness. For investors considering concentrated industrial exposure, Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VIS) offers a…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) has climbed 3.4% year-to-date through Wednesday, but three industrial and energy giants are leaving the broader index behind. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT | CAT Price Prediction), Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON),…
The industrial sector doesn’t make headlines like tech stocks do, but it’s the machinery behind infrastructure spending, defense budgets, and manufacturing cycles. When GDP growth accelerates or governments commit to multi-year infrastructure…
Graco just paid investors $0.295 per share on February 4, 2026, marking the company’s 27th consecutive year of quarterly dividend payments. This industrial equipment manufacturer has quietly built one of the more…
India’s infrastructure boom is creating opportunities for U.S. industrial companies with the scale and capabilities to serve the world’s most populous nation. With ambitious renewable energy targets and massive agricultural modernization, India…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading higher as we prepare to wrap up one of the worst trading weeks in some time. The song remains the same as the rotation out of…
The railroad industry is a logistics artery, but the companies supplying the equipment that moves freight are where the real money gets made. Locomotives, railcars, tank cars, and digital rail systems are…
Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT | CAT Price Prediction) manufactures heavy equipment that builds the world’s infrastructure. The company just paid $1.51 per share in January 2026, bringing its annual dividend to $6.04…
William Temple While investors chase high-profile AI chip makers and tech giants, a quieter transformation is unfolding across traditional industries. Companies in healthcare, retail, financial services, and logistics are deploying AI to optimize operations,…
The U.S. economy added just 50,000 jobs in December, marking the slowest labor market expansion in years and pushing unemployment to 4.4%. This cooling signals potential Federal Reserve flexibility on rates, creating…
Last April, President Donald Trump proclaimed Apr. 2 as Liberation Day and unveiled sweeping tariffs via an executive order. These included a 10% baseline duty on imports from nearly all countries effective…
Pre-Market Stock Futures: The futures are trading lower on Thursday after investors and traders tapped the brakes on the 2026 new year rally, as only the Nasdaq was able to grind out…
While artificial intelligence (AI) continues to dominate market headlines in 2025, many of the stocks most closely tied to the technology — the Magnificent 7 stocks of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG | GOOG Price…
Rich Duprey The Social Security Administration announced in October that beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026, following a 2.5% increase in 2025. While these adjustments help protect purchasing power for…
