thinkstockNovember 6, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Thursday but all three major indexes shortly sank into the red before turning positive by mid-morning. Natural gas, crude oil, and precious metals traded…
thinkstockNovember 3, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday as the blue chip indexes started the week sluggishly. Crude oil prices dropped below $80 a barrel again following news that Saudi Arabia…
October 2thinkstock9, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday with the blue chips higher and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lower. The Nasdaq traded lower all day and the other two indexes dropped below…
thinkstockOctober 28, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on the first day of the 2-day FOMC meeting which concludes on Wednesday with an announcement on interest rates. Economic data was generally positive…
thinkstockOctober 27, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday as traders hit back at Brazilian voters who re-elected Dilma Rousseff as the country’s leader. Also, over the weekend the European Central Bank revealed…
thinkstockOctober 23, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following on reports of better than expected manufacturing PMI readings from China, Japan, and the eurozone. Solid earnings reports from two big names on…
Caterpillar reported better-than-expected third-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning.
Paul Ausick Caterpillar is set to report its earnings Thursday before the market opens and declines on the top and bottom lines are expected.
Chris Lange thinkstockOctober 20, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday but the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite pushed into the green shortly after the opening bell. The DJIA stayed south of the…
thinkstockOctober 9, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday as crude oil prices continued to sink and the dollar strengthened. Every sector traded lower today even though new claims for unemployment benefits were…
thinkstockOctober 7, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and never even took a serious run at the break-even line. The JOLTS report on job openings posted a 13+-year high today, a good…
24/7 Wall St. wanted to look at the current trends to alert its readers what to be on the leery side of in this coming earnings season.
The bull market may be five and a half years old, but stocks have been fighting each week to hit newer highs. These are the best- and worst-performing Dow stocks so far…
The bull market may be five and a half years old, but stocks have been fighting each week to hit newer highs.
thinkstockSeptember 22, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday following an announcement from China’s Finance Minister that the country would would not add more stimulus to the economy. In Japan, an imminent rise…
