The 4 Stocks That Helped Lift the S&P Above 2,000
thinkstockAugust 25, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday, and the S&P pushed above the 2,000 mark for the first time ever about an hour after trading opened this morning. All market sectors…
thinkstockAugust 25, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday, and the S&P pushed above the 2,000 mark for the first time ever about an hour after trading opened this morning. All market sectors…
When Berkshire Hathaway released its latest changes to its public equity holdings, what stood out the most was just how large some of the stakes have gotten compared to the total Buffett…
thinkstockAugust 18, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday as tensions in Ukraine appear to have eased. A boost in homebuilder confidence probably helped a little, but equities were in favor today. Shortly…
thinkstockAugust 8, 2014: Markets opened higher Friday and all ten sectors were holding onto gains into the last half hour of trading. Consumer discretionary, energy, and utilities sectors performed best all day.…
ThinkstockWhile technology has been the top sector by far this year, the industrials as a whole have lagged the market dramatically. Most of Wall Street remains very positive about the balance of…
thinkstockAugust 1, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday after a weakish report on jobs pretty much guaranteed that the Fed will be in no hurry to raise interest rates. The bounce the…
thinkstockJuly 22, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday as geopolitical tensions appeared to have lessened somewhat and earnings reports were on the strong side. The consumer price index report  showed that inflation…
thinkstockJuly 15, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following good earnings reports from two of Wall Street’s biggest banks. Momentum stocks in biotech and social media were called out by Fed chair…
Tuesday morning reports from both J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs continued the string of positive earnings reports from Wall Street's biggest banks.
Goldman Sachs reported better-than-expected second-quarter results before markets opened Tuesday morning, despite a decline in institutional client services revenues.
thinkstockJuly 14, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday as every sector posted a gain for the day, led by telecoms up by more than 1%. There was no economic news of any…
Goldman Sachs traded higher ahead of Tuesday's earnings report. It turns out that one of the drivers may not just be solid results from Citigroup -- it could be the firm's outlook…
After backing out the $3.8 billion in charges for settling its dispute with the U.S. Department of Justice, Citigroup reported better-than-expected second-quarter results Monday morning.
ThinkstockThe week of July 14 to July 18 is going to mark the official launch of earnings season. Already we have seen Alcoa please the street and set a positive bias, but…
ThinkstockWells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) may be the favorite bank stock and largest holding of Warren Buffett, but the banking giant is going to kick off earnings season for the financial stocks…