24/7 Wall St. screened the Merrill Lynch research database and found five top all-American companies that may have a solid start to the third quarter because of the Independence Day holiday.
These five top companies are liquid, pay big dividends and look like safe havens as the market volatility continues to churn.
General Electric, JPMorgan, Merck, and Coca-Cola weighed on the Dow Thursday.
These four stocks may not be as safe as U.S. Treasury debt, but they still would make great additions to more conservative growth and income portfolios now.
In the fast-paced world of consumer products there is only a virtual handful of brands that capture massive market penetration and consumer purchasing. Here at 17 products that lead all others.
Paul Ausick Coca-Cola, Snap, Ultra Petroleum, and Altria Group all posted new 52-week lows Tuesday.
Pfizer, Merck, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola were the big losers Tuesday among the 30 Dow stocks.
LendingClub, Coca-Cola, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, and Bristol-Myers Squibb all posted new 52-week lows Wednesday.
Coca-Cola revenues were hit by refranchising, but income was strong and the company stuck with its previous guidance for full-year revenues and earnings.
Paul Ausick Coca-Cola is scheduled to release its first-quarter earnings report before the markets open on Tuesday.
Chris Lange 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of Exxon, Microsoft, Visa and the other Dow Jones industrial average companies scheduled to report their quarterly results this week.
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and other research calls from Tuesday include Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chesapeake Energy, Coca-Cola, Dropbox, GrubHub, Merck, National Oilwell Varco, Netflix and Twitter.
Here are seven companies that have 50 straight years or more of raising their dividends, as well as several runners-up.
IBM, Nike, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola led the Dow higher Wednesday after a poor start.
The Stifel view is that it is time for investors to take a more defensive posture, but that doesn’t mean selling everything and going to cash.
