June 22, 2016: Markets opened higher for a third straight day Wednesday on wavering sentiment that Thursday’s Brexit vote will keep Britain in the European Union. That put some air under oil…
Should investors be concerned that five of the Dow Jones Industrial Average are trading above their fair value targets?
May 20, 2016: Markets opened higher Friday as the dollar started out strong and oil started out weak. The dollar eventually ended up with a small increase, but the June crude contract…
April 22, 2016: Markets opened mixed Friday with the blue chip index on the right side of the flat line while both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite started the day…
April 21, 2016: Markets opened about flat Thursday as investors and traders tried to balance remarks from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi (low rate will last longer), with falling crude oil…
March 15, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Tuesday as crude oil prices continued a slide begun on Monday and the Census Bureau’s report on retail sales in February was a bit…
February 12, 2016: Markets opened higher on Friday as both the financial and energy sectors attracted investors again after being sold off earlier in the week. Financial stocks added more than 3.5%…
Investors need to keep in mind that the downside target for the Dow Jones Industrial Average will sink lower if the market keeps drifting south.
24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview GE, Goldman Sachs and of some of the other Dow Jones Industrial Average companies reporting their quarterly results this week.
December 3, 2015: Markets opened slightly higher on Thursday but any inference that equities were in for a good day were soon crushed as stocks turned south and have traded lower for…
Thursday morning brought key downgrades from Merrill Lynch in shares of Unum Group and Travelers Companies.
Stocks had been indicated earlier after a massacre event took stocks lower on Wednesday. A disappointing ECB meeting without much new on quantitative easing then took the markets lower. The trend that…
thinkstockOctober 1, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday after the morning report the new claims for unemployment benefits were nearly in-line with expectations and that continuing claims have reached a 15 year…
thinkstockAugust 28, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday, and except for a brief visit above the break-even line, the blue chips traded lower all day. Crude oil settled at $45.22, up more…
thinkstockAugust 13, 2015: Markets opened slightly higher on Thursday following reassurances from the People’s Bank of China that it is nearly finished tinkering with the country’s currency and that the bank is…
