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Only Four Dow Stocks Post January Gains
The 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average combined to post a loss of just over 4.5% in January. Only four of the blue chip stocks managed to post a gain…
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The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Thursday
thinkstockJanuary 30, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday led by solid earnings reports from some heavy-hitters and a weakening of the Japanese yen. This morning’s advance estimate for fourth-quarter GDP growth was…
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The 4 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Wednesday
thinkstockJanuary 29, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following Tuesday’s late policy rate hike by the Turkish government. The announcement that the Fed will again reduce its asset purchases added more volatility…
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The 5 Stocks That Dominated the Market on Monday
thinkstockJanuary 27, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday and equities spent the day bouncing around the breakeven line. Tech stocks trailed behind, never quite rising above breakeven after the opening bell.…
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Caterpillar Earnings Look Good Because Expectations Were So Low
Caterpillar reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Monday. It also reaffirmed its previous guidance for 2014 revenues.
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Caterpillar Dealer Sales Continue to Suffer: The Elusive Turnaround
Caterpillar continues to struggle in its sales of heavy equipment. About the only good news to come out of its its fourth-quarter sales trends report is that the rate of decline in…
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5 Stocks That Dominated The Market Wednesday
ThinkstockWednesday was yet another mixed day in the stock market, one where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the red and the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ were positive for most…
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5 Stocks That Ruled The Market Wednesday
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWednesday brought the week having all three days with a gain or a loss of triple-digits during the day in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Bank earnings were…
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The 2014 DJIA Bull and Bear Case: Boeing, Verizon, Coke, JPMorgan, Pfizer and More
Jon OggWe are now well past the end of 2013, and many strategists have mixed targets for the stock and bond markets in 2014. The last year brought gains of 26.5% in…
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The Bullish and Bearish Case for Caterpillar in 2014
Now that a stellar 2013 has come to an end, 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow. This leaves up for…
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The Worst Performing Stocks on the Dow in 2013
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 26% so far this year. While the index, which consists of stocks of 30 major U.S. companies, is a widely followed indicator of the…
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The 4 Stocks That Moved the Market on Tuesday
thinkstockDecember 24, 2013: Markets opened higher on a shortened Tuesday trading day. The Nasdaq bounced lower a few times in the first 90 minutes of trading, but soon enough sorted itself out.…
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The 4 Stocks That Moved the Market on Monday
thinkstockDecember 23, 2013: Markets opened higher on Monday and remained well above the flat line all day. More opportunistic buying among value seekers probably gets the credit for the index increases on…
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The 4 Stocks That Moved the Market on Friday
thinkstockDecember 20, 2013: Markets opened higher on Friday following the announcement that third-quarter GDP was up by 4.1%, much better than the previous reading of an increase of 3.6%. The tech sector…
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Caterpillar Sales Slide Simply Awful
ThinkstockWe can’t say we weren’t warned. When Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported third-quarter results in October, the company slashed its guidance for the second time this year. When the company released its…
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