thinkstockMay 15, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday and traded lower all day as the market headed for its second straight losing day. The 10-year Treasury note was in demand again today,…
thinkstockMay 12, 2014: Markets opened higher on Monday and rose quickly, remaining at or near all-time highs throughout the day. The DJIA put up a record high today and the S&P 500…
ThinkstockTechnicians are an interesting lot. After all, they use charts, inflows and other overbought or oversold indicators to see what the story is telling you. It is no secret that longer-term gains…
London-based financial information services company Markit is hoping to challenge larger competitors Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters by raising fresh capital via an IPO in the United States.
ThinkstockAmerican consumers have a higher opinion of Amazon.com than any other company. For the second year in a row, the online retailer held the top slot, beating out popular brands like Apple,…
April 22 20thinkstock14: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on strength in the healthcare sector following Valeant’s proposal to acquire Allergan for around $46 billion. Another sector that kept the markets on the…
Goldman Sachs is still a new Dow Jones Industrial Average component, and now the bulge bracket investment banking firm is out with its first-quarter earnings for 2014.
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockApril 11, 2014: Markets opened lower on Friday with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite breaking into positive territory late in the morning. Unfortunately neither index could hold the gain as…
thinkstockApril 7, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday and were on a downhill slide all day long. Momentum stocks again had a terrible day. At the close of trading today the DJIA…
ThinkstockVirtu Financial Inc. was supposed to be one of the top ten IPOs of 2014. Now it appears as though the high frequency trading shop, which almost never loses money on a…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. They include Apollo Education, Ford, GM, Alkermes and Cognizant Technology.
ThinkstockWednesday’s big announcement is that the Federal Reserve did not object to the capital plans for some 25 of the 30 banks under review which were participating in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis…
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner received the top grade in Glassdoor's new "Highest Rated CEOs 2014." The rating is based on employee answers to the question, "Do you approve of the way your…
thinkstockMarch 13, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday after China reported industrial production, fixed asset investment, and retail sales well below expectations. U.S. retail sales came in a bit better than expected…
ThinkstockShort sellers made big changes in their bets against the major money center banks and brokers. Only one was too small of a change to notice, but short sellers increased their bets…
