July 13, 2016: Markets opened higher again Wednesday but by noon only the DJIA was still trading with a gain. A weakish dollar trade lasted most of the day while oil started…
The fact that major health care mergers were announced at the same time that the Affordable Care Act began to take full effect is no coincidence.
July 7, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday, and in a reverse from Wednesday’s trading, traded lower by the end of the day’s session. The British pound posted another low against the dollar…
Users of some popular Affordable Care Act plans may face sticker shock in the coming year, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation released on Wednesday.
Trey Thoelcke June 8, 2016: Markets opened higher for a third straight day Wednesday boosted by rising crude oil prices and a falling dollar. An premarket jump in shares of LendingClub helped out until…
June 2, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday while investors waited to hear results from the OPEC meeting in Vienna. Alas, no change to the current policy sending oil prices lower for a…
June 1, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday and by mid-morning had reached a state of the wobbles around the break-even line that lasted for most of the rest of the day. The…
May 27, 2016: Markets opened higher again Friday and all three major indexes traded higher for the entire session. The second U.S. first-quarter GDP estimate out this morning was lower than expected…
Jefferies is out again this week with top value calls from some of the firm’s very best analysts, and we found four that could be solid additions to growth portfolios.
Leerink issued a report telegraphing that health insurance mergers might be more at risk and that one is more likely to close.
The insiders are back and they are buying and selling. Until the period for second-quarter earnings rolls around in July, the windows for insiders will be wide open.
May 3, 2016: Markets opened lower Tuesday following some overnight weakness in overseas markets resulting from weak data on trade from both China and Europe and a strengthening dollar. Energy prices were…
After a slow start to the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has perked up since March and now stands at just over 18,000, up 3.3% for the year to date. Of…
Paul Ausick April 20, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher again Wednesday after an oil field strike in Kuwait ended, pushing oil prices down. Asian markets closed mixed on the day. Equities recovered quickly though…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Wednesday morning include ArcelorMittal, Boeing, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Schlumberger, Yahoo and Vivint Solar.
