thinkstockDecember 17, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday as traders anticipated the FOMC meeting announcement scheduled for the afternoon. The tea leaf regarding how long the Fed would retain its existing funds…
thinkstockDecember 16, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday after Russia raised its lending rate to 17% in an effort to support the ruble and oil opened down more than 2%. But oil…
thinkstockDecember 4, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday and briefly poked above the break even line in the afternoon before turning south to head toward a lower close. The ECB’s decision to…
thinkstockDecember 3, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday after the morning report on non-farm payrolls from ADP came in lower than expected. The Fed released its monthly Beige Book in the afternoon,…
thinkstockNovember 19, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday following foreign markets that were trading no better than flat. The FOMC minutes were released in the afternoon and caused a brief spike in…
thinkstockNovember 18, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on early demand for energy stocks that dwindled as the day went on and crude prices fell below $75 a barrel. Healthcare and biotech…
thinkstockNovember 17, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday following the announcements of two blockbuster mergers, one in the oil patch and the other in the drug business. Crude oil drifted down again…
24/7 Wall St. wanted to capture the Dow stocks that have been the best performing of this past month and since the V-bottom.
thinkstockNovember 10, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Monday after China reported a larger-than-expected trade surplus and little other economic data came out. Equities traded in a very narrow band today and winners…
thinkstockNovember 7, 2014: Markets opened slightly lower on Friday following the report on non-farm payrolls that indicated lower-than-expected growth in employment, even though the unemployment rate fell to 5.8%. Wages grew just…
One thing that went away fast when the market was in free-fall mode as the quarter started was insider selling, and who can blame them?
thinkstockOctober 8, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday with virtually no economic data and little other news until the release of the last FOMC meeting minutes. That perked up the markets due…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday, October 7, 2014.
The bull market may be five and a half years old, but stocks have been fighting each week to hit newer highs. These are the best- and worst-performing Dow stocks so far…
Here is this past week's notable insider selling, including in shares of Cisco Systems and UnitedHealth Group.
