How Travelers Hammered Estimates
The Travelers Companies reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
The Travelers Companies reported better-than-expected second-quarter 2015 results before markets opened Tuesday morning.
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Bank of America, Google, Intel, Fairchild Semiconductor, Mobileye and National Oilwell Varco.
thinkstockJuly 9, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday and that’s when the major indexes posted their daily highs. New claims for unemployment benefits remain at close to the averages for full employment…
Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Apple, Envestnet, Pandora Media, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Spectra Energy and Travelers.
thinkstockJuly 1, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday on reports that Greece was prepared to accept the troika’s conditions in order to latch onto another round of bailout money. That turned out…
thinkstockJune 19, 2015: Markets opened mixed on Friday with biotechs boosting the Nasdaq Composite to the upside at the bell. That did not last long, however, and all three major indexes sank…
thinkstockJune 18, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday based on the FOMC’s decision to leave interest rates alone and generally good economic data reported early this morning. A weaker dollar also helped…
thinkstockJune 11, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday but the day’s events slowly narrowed the gain. The dollar traded higher today, putting pressure on commodities including energy shares. Pessimism over negotiations between…
thinkstockMay 11, 2015: Markets opened lower on Monday and only the Nasdaq Composite was able to spend any serious time above the break-even line during the day. Yields on 10-year Treasuries rose…
The very up and down stock market is poised to wind up the first-quarter earnings reports. That also means that insider activity will start to heat up.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Apple, Celladon, Newmont Mining, 3D Systems, Twitter and Walt Disney.
thinkstockApril 23, 2015: Markets opened lower on Thursday but turned higher after this morning’s report on new home sales. Even though sales were lower than expected the overall trend of new home…
thinkstockApril 21, 2015: Markets opened higher again on Tuesday but the cyclical stocks among the blue chips couldn’t hold onto the gains. Only the tech heavy Nasdaq Composite has traded above the…
thinkstockApril 17, 2015: Markets opened lower again on Friday following the monthly report showing that the consumer price index rose just 0.2% in March. The possibility of a Greek default on sovereign…
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Apple, CyberArk, EMC, Goldman Sachs, SanDisk, ULTA Beauty and Wayfair.