December 24, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Thursday after thin trading and little movement in both Europe and Asia. The report on U.S. jobless claims was better than expected, but weakness in…
December 23, 2015: Markets opened higher for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, once again following rising prices for crude oil. The mood brightened even more following the big drawdown on U.S.…
December 22, 2015: Markets opened higher again on Tuesday following rising prices for crude oil on European markets and a better than expected report on consumer confidence in Germany. The final report…
Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Boeing, CVS, DuPont, Fitbit, LifeLock, Microsoft, NXP Semiconductors, Red Hat and Under Armour.
Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations includes Coach, DuPont, GoPro, Match, Puma Biotechnology, Square and Tesla Motors.
December 11, 2015: Markets opened lower for a fifth consecutive day on Friday, and unlike yesterday, stayed in negative territory all day. Also unlike yesterday every market sector traded lower today. Today’s…
After DuPont and Dow confirmed their merger of equals on Friday morning, investors reacted with incredible disappointment.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that chemicals giants DuPont and Dow Chemical may merge.
A number of America’s largest private companies are big enough in terms of revenue that had they been public they would have placed in the upper ranks of the Fortune 500. As…
November 24, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday following reports that a Turkish plane had shot down a Russian plane in Turkey’s airspace. The news did give traders a reason to bid…
November 6, 2015: Markets opened nearly flat again on Friday following a strong report on U.S. non-farm payrolls. The dollar picked up steam, while bonds and equities fell as the jobs picture…
The S&P 500 index added 8.3% in October, a welcome return to the upside following a dip in August that left the index down about 7.5% for the third quarter. The index…
IBM does have several of the hallmarks of a company that has too many divisions and is complicated beyond the necessity for holding a portfolio of lightly related divisions.
thinkstockOctober 6, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday following August’s higher-than-expected U.S. trade deficit of $48.3 billion. The Nasdaq Composite was weighed down again today by biotech weakness and little enthusiasm for…
thinkstockSeptember 28, 2015: Markets opened lower on Monday following a report that personal income rose just 0.3% in August, short of the expected 0.5% economists were looking for. Personal spending rose and personal…
