thinkstockJanuary 9, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday after the government’s report on payrolls revealed good news (unemployment rate fell to 5.6%) and bad news (wages shrunk 0.2%). Oil traded lower today…
Credit card giant Visa is one of the most underfollowed yet one of the most important stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
thinkstockDecember 11, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following an upbeat report on retail sales from the U.S. Census Bureau. Only energy and basic materials sectors are trading lower today, with consumer…
24/7 Wall St. has seen some dramatic news for the start of December when it comes to higher dividends and large stock buyback announcements.
thinkstockDecember 4, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday after the federal government released a better-than-expected report on employment. Job gains rose to their highest level since 2012, and aggregate wages rose 0.9%,…
MasterCard has decided to chase rival Visa with a dividend hike and with a stock buyback plan as well.
thinkstockNovember 25, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday but the gains were small heading into the long weekend. The second reading on U.S. GDP was higher than expected, but that was not…
While the overall indicators for equities remain very bullish, the short-term indicators indicate that this past week's sluggish market action is due to an overall overbought condition.
courtesy of WhiteHouse.govBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has released its public equity holdings as of September 30, 2014. Warren Buffett’s portfolio has recently undergone some radical changes on the surface, some of…
thinkstockNovember 14, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Friday following a jump in U.S. consumer sentiment coupled with better-than-expected reports on eurozone GDP. Even oil is performing better today, likely due to the…
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 5, 2014: Markets opened higher on Wednesday following Tuesday’s election results that will install Republicans in control of both the U.S. House and Senate. The ADP report did its part as…
Will merchants and their alternative to Apple Pay prevail in their effort to throw off the yoke of credit card companies and their hated swipe fees?
thinkstockOctober 31, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday following a sharp boost to the Bank of Japan’s quantitative easing program. The dollar got stronger against the yen, dropping gold and oil prices,…
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades featured by 24/7 Wall St. for Friday, October 31, 2014.
