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Time to Buy 3 Industrials After Serious Earnings Weakness?

Posted: October 22, 2018 at 12:20 pm

Investors have known for years that equities and entire sectors can be quite volatile around each quarter's earnings reports. It turns out that the strength in the third-quarter earnings reporting ...
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What to Watch For in Caterpillar’s Q3 Report

Posted: October 22, 2018 at 12:10 pm

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is set to report its third-quarter financial results early on Tuesday before the markets open. Thomson Reuters has consensus estimates of $2.85 in earnings per share ...
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McDonald’s, Merck, Microsoft and More Dow Stocks Reporting This Week

Posted: October 21, 2018 at 10:25 am

This past week saw a handy recovery for the broad markets after suffering a 4% loss just two weeks ago. While the Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 recovered, the ...
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DowDuPont Cements Its Rank as Dow’s Poorest Performer

Posted: October 20, 2018 at 8:35 am

DowDuPont Inc. (NYSE: DWDP) saw its share price dive again last week, although it was not the week's biggest loser. That honor goes to IBM, which dropped more than 8% ...
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Why PPG Shares Are Sliding

Posted: October 9, 2018 at 1:20 pm

PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE: PPG) shares dropped on Tuesday after the company announced preliminary results for its third quarter. The expectations fell somewhat short, and inflation, as well as rising ...
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The Case for a General Electric Breakup Under New CEO Larry Culp

Posted: October 6, 2018 at 7:40 am

While firing an underperforming chief executive officer can help a company, sometimes the bad news is that more bad news is coming. This week's firing of John Flannery as CEO ...
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GE Ousts CEO Flannery, Writes Down $23 Billion in Goodwill

Posted: October 1, 2018 at 9:25 am

In a press release Monday morning, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) named lead director H. Lawrence Culp as CEO and board chair, replacing John Flannery, who has been CEO for ...
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DowDuPont Names Execs for Post-Breakup Firms

Posted: September 17, 2018 at 7:50 am

When Dow Chemical and DuPont announced their plans to merger late in 2015, part of the plan involved breaking up the merged firm, now known as DowDuPont Inc. (NYSE: DWDP), ...
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More Bad News Ahead for General Electric

Posted: September 14, 2018 at 1:15 pm

Many investors have operated under the hope and belief that the worst has been seen at General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). After all, its shares have been cut in half ...
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Caterpillar’s August Retail Sales Extend Growth Trajectory

Posted: September 14, 2018 at 11:55 am

Industrial giant Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported August retail sales Friday morning in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Total global machine retail sales rose 23% year ...
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Deere Tries to Dress Up a Weaker Outlook; No One Is Fooled

Posted: August 17, 2018 at 8:05 am

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported fiscal third-quarter 2018 results before markets opened Friday morning. The farm and heavy equipment maker posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.78 on ...
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DowDuPont Sees Light Headwinds Rising From Tariffs, Currency Rates

Posted: August 2, 2018 at 8:45 am

DowDuPont Inc. (NYSE: DWDP) reported second-quarter 2018 results Thursday before markets opened. The conglomerate posted adjusted operating earnings per share (EPS) of $1.37 on revenue of $24.2 billion. In the ...
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Why KBR Earnings Are So Great

Posted: July 30, 2018 at 11:40 am

When KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR) released its second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Monday, the company said that it had $0.34 in earnings per share (EPS) and $1.27 ...
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What Tariffs? Caterpillar Is Doing So Well It Is Raising Prices

Posted: July 30, 2018 at 8:40 am

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported second-quarter 2018 results before markets opened Monday. The heavy equipment firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.97 on revenues of $14.00 billion. ...
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Are Solid 3M Earnings Good Enough?

Posted: July 24, 2018 at 10:10 am

When 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) released its second-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday, the company said that it had $2.59 in earnings per share (EPS) and $8.39 ...
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