Visa and MasterCard Earnings Tell a Tale of a Better Consumer
The earnings reports were solid for both Visa and MasterCard and shares up both were up in Thursday morning trading.
The earnings reports were solid for both Visa and MasterCard and shares up both were up in Thursday morning trading.
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades featured by 24/7 Wall St. for Thursday, October 30, 2014.
October 2thinkstock9, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday with the blue chips higher and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lower. The Nasdaq traded lower all day and the other two indexes dropped below…
thinkstockOctober 28, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday on the first day of the 2-day FOMC meeting which concludes on Wednesday with an announcement on interest rates. Economic data was generally positive…
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thinkstockOctober 23, 2014: Markets opened higher on Thursday following on reports of better than expected manufacturing PMI readings from China, Japan, and the eurozone. Solid earnings reports from two big names on…
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thinkstockOctober 21, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday likely on the strength of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) solid earnings results posted on Monday night. This mornings batch of earnings included two DJIA…
thinkstockOctober 9, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday as crude oil prices continued to sink and the dollar strengthened. Every sector traded lower today even though new claims for unemployment benefits were…
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thinkstockOctober 7, 2014: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and never even took a serious run at the break-even line. The JOLTS report on job openings posted a 13+-year high today, a good…
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thinkstockOctober 1, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday as manufacturing PMI numbers out of Europe were weaker than expected. That was just the beginning: the ISM manufacturing index came in weak and…
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