thinkstockSeptember 2, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the blue chips spending most of the day in the red. The energy and basic materials sectors took a beating today as crude…
ThinkstockHome Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) has reportedly become the next target of another cyberattack with credit and/or debit card information being stolen. The site KrebsOnSecurity showed that multiple banks were seeing evidence…
thinkstockAugust 20, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday after a weak overnight showing in international markets. All three major indexes got a bounce higher after the FOMC released minutes of its last…
thinkstockAugust 19, 2014: Markets opened higher again on Tuesday following a solid report on new home construction and tame inflation. The minutes of the latest Fed Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting will…
The Home Depot reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. It intends to repurchase $7 billion in common stock in 2014.
ThinkstockInvestors still have some key earnings reports to look forward to this week. Most companies have share their results, but this week will bring a key report from Dow Jones Industrial Average…
ThinkstockWe have entered the second half of August, a period of the year where there are fewer earnings and economic reports than normal. The long and short of it is that earnings…
thinkstockAugust 14, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday after a slightly worse-than-expected report on new claims for unemployment benefits. U.S. export prices were higher in July and natural gas prices rose about…
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.…
thinkstockJuly 10, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday after picking up some solid gains on Wednesday. Traders were nervous after a Portuguese bank said it was delaying a debt payment, but stocks…
All indexes are objects in motion, despite their static nature, and the S&P 500 is just like the rest. On the close of trading Friday, there will be the quarterly rebalancing for…
thinkstockJune 17, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday after a weakish report on single-family housing starts and a bigger increase in the consumer price index than economists had been expecting. Shortly before…
thinkstockJune 16, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday but quickly bounced to positive territory. The IMF cut its forecast for U.S. GDP growth this year and investors will be cautious for the…
thinkstockMay 29, 2014: Markets opened slightly higher on Monday but sank following an erroneous report on the ISM manufacturing index that was later corrected. But the correction remained below both April’s figure…
thinkstockMay 22, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Thursday but the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 soon pulled higher and traded up the rest of the day. The DJIA wobbled a bit before…
