ThinkstockBarring a collapse in corporate and consumer confidence, the current slow but steady economic growth should continue, with some strong evidence that smokestack America will lead the way. Not coincidentally, one area…
ThinkstockUnited Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) reported third-quarter results before markets opened Tuesday morning, and the results were just okay. Profit up 1.2%, earnings per share (EPS) better than the consensus estimate, while…
Jon OggThe S&P 500 Index is hitting all-time highs and we are now deep into earnings season. This week will mark the second week of the earnings floodgates being open. 24/7 Wall…
Jon OggOctober 19, 1987, does not seem that long ago to many middle-aged and older investors, but that is now amazingly 26 years ago. This was the single largest one-day stock market…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe bull market is alive and thriving now that Congress and the White House managed to cobble together a temporary agreement to end the government shutdown and the…
courtesy of General ElectricWhen we looked at conglomerate stocks earlier this year, one company stood out. Based on implied gains and dividend payouts, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) struck us as a…
Courtesy Boeing Co.Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is a very important company to the U.S. stock market. It is not just that Boeing is involved in our national defense and not just that…
courtesy of General ElectricConglomerates are often too much like the broad stock market for many investors, but other investors have a different take. Some investors flock to these giants for growth during economic…
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends. Becoming one of the 30 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average does not come with assurance that a company will pay a dividend, nor does it come with…
July 24, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following upbeat estimates for eurozone flash PMI readings. In Asia, China’s PMI came in lower than expected, leading to more worries about…
The DJIA and S&P 500 Index are in the midst of earnings season, and despite choppy earnings and sales figures the stock market just keeps rallying higher and higher. Friday’s mixed results…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, July 1, 2013. They include Apple, BlackBerry, 3M and Best Buy.
With 2013 at almost the halfway point, we find this a good time to review the top current stocks to buy at various firms around Wall Street. The Bank of America/Merrill Lynch…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting earnings between…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors and traders tried to make sense of more than 150 earnings reports that were released between last night’s closing bell and this morning’s…
