thinkstockMay 14, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday on strength in the tech sector. Consumer discretionary stocks have overcome some poor earnings reports to post a gain as well today. Shortly before…
thinkstockMay 4, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday after a relatively quiet night overseas. Both U.K. and Japanese equities markets were closed Monday for holidays. Other Asian and European markets closed higher…
thinkstockApril 29, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday and were never quite able to overcome the morning’s low GDP print. Crude oil prices rose sharply following the report on inventories, but pulled…
thinkstockApril 28, 2015: Markets opened slightly higher on Tuesday but were able to cross back into positive territory on early strength from the tech and healthcare sectors. Equities appear headed for a…
thinkstockApril 27, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday but there was little positive news to sustain the opening gains. Biotech stocks traded lower to drag the Nasdaq Composite lower. Heavyweight Apple reports…
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…
24/7 Wall St. wanted to review the five Dow stocks that are up the most so far this year. All five of the top performers have seen double-digit gains.
UnitedHealth Group reported better-than-expected first-quarter financial results Thursday before the markets opened.
Chris Lange A new report from Credit Suisse includes a list of rising star stocks that are catching on big with portfolio managers but are not overcrowded.
Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Apple, BP, Hewlett-Packard, Philip Morris, UnitedHealth and AT&T.
A new earnings season has just kicked off and 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of some of the larger companies reporting their financial results in the week ahead.
thinkstockMarch 31, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday as the dollar continued to show strength. The greenback pressured energy prices, and crude oil closed the day trading down about 2%. Economic news…
Catamaran, a provider of pharmacy benefit management services and technology solutions, announced Monday morning that it has agreed to merge with OptumRx.
Jon C. Ogg If there has been one group stocks that has delivered for investors this year it has been the managed care organizations (MCO) that are the top health care providers in the United…
thinkstockMarch 16, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday as the dollar traded slightly weaker against the euro early. That did not help crude oil prices, hough, which tumbled to a new 52-week…
