Barrons.comThis past weekend’s edition of Barron’s may be solely responsible for driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) to new highs on Monday. The Dow hit a new high of 16,746.81. The…
thinkstockMay 30, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Friday following reports that personal income in the U.S. rose more than expected, but spending was lower than expected. Chicago PMI rose sharply and the…
ThinkstockTypically when an index rebalances at the end of a month or the quarter, the 24/7 team looks for the top names that are expecting solid buying, so our readers can check…
thinkstockMay 23, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday and closed out a week that saw feeble trading volume, but decent weekly gains for the major indexes. The Nasdaq is headed for a…
thinkstockMay 20, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and spent the whole trading day in the red. There was no economic news of note today, but sour earnings from a number of…
ThinkstockA bad day for Wall Street’s only gotten worse in the afternoon, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) has led a precipitous market slide by shedding more than 160 points,…
Caterpillar has had a much better performance for its investors in 2014 than the pundits might have guessed. In fact, shares were up about 17.5% prior to Tuesday.
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockMay 16, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday and bounced around the break-even line until about 3 p.m., when the direction turned decidedly positive. The 10-year Treasury yield rose a couple of…
thinkstockMay 13, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday although it didn’t take the Nasdaq long to dive. The S&P 500 posted an all-time high this morning before pulling back, and there were…
This past week brought yet another swing taking the Dow Jones Industrial Average to within 30 points or so of an all-time record high. 24/7 Wall St, wanted to review the four…
Jon OggEvery year there is a general pre-summer saying from investors: Sell in May, and go away! The idea is to miss the summer doldrums and lack of investor interest. One small…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street for Friday, April 25, 2014. They include Accenture, Amazon, Bank of America, Broadcom and SunPower.
thinkstockApril 24 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following solid earnings reports last night from Apple and Facebook. Sentiment turned quickly, however, following reports that Russian troops were planning military exercises along…
Courtesy Caterpillar Inc.Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Thursday. For the quarter, the heavy equipment firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.61 on revenues…
Paul Ausick Caterpillar earnings are coming out on Thursday, and the expectations have to be far better than they were in quarters past. There are just a few problems to worry about.
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