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Stocks opened a bit lower this morning, but almost immediately turned around without being able to break through the opening numbers. Revised third-quarter US GDP numbers were worse than expected,...
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To make the cut onto the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index includes at least 40 stocks and it is...
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Wasn’t it just last week that we were up eight days in a row on the DJIA? And now we have a sell-the-news reaction to the recent growth numbers. Maybe it is because we ran too far too fast...
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If you ever heard the old saying "Be careful what you wish for, you may get it!" it sure seems like we are there. It also makes you wonder if it is time to go back into Defensive...
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It’s yet another crummy day in the markets with roughly a 280 DJIA point drop before the closing bell went off. Bear Stearns added the most fuel at the end of the day, unemployment was...
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You know it’s a rough day in the market when even defensive stocks are weak or mixed. We are at least seeing a mixed bag from some of these. But the trend is a pretty easy one to...
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Hot, dry weather is now expected to reduce the US corn harvest and lift consumer prices for everything from breakfast cereal to pump prices at the local service station. Agricultural stocks from...
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The markets haven’t fallen apart after yesterday’s 360 point dive on the DJIA, but we are still trading a tad lower today. Now that Cisco Systems is showing you can’t just...
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With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief comparison of...
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Next week will still bring many key earnings. The difference is that while some of these may have wild swings, this list is unlikely to bring about any major market moving reports even if some of...
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We have many big events to watch for in the coming week at American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ),...
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The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following their European and Asian counterparts, none of which were the least concerned about a downgrade to Japanese debt or dire...
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Blame whatever you want. A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices and on and...
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The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after European leaders disagree on a fiscal response to the continent’s debt crisis(our coverage here). New US home sales were slightly...
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The 10-year Treasury hit yet another record low under 1.6% today and stocks are in the tank again due to poor economic data. Europe continues to face a meltdown and the hope is for a rate cut out...
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