Dow Jones Industrial Average

9 Dow Components Up by Double Digits

Posted: October 14, 2018 at 9:05 am

Last week was not a good one for equities. Even Friday's partial recovery left behind a loss of 4.2% for the Dow industrials, 4% for the S&P 500, and 3.2% ...
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Goldman Sachs, IBM, Amex and More Dow Stocks Reporting This Week

Posted: October 14, 2018 at 7:10 am

Earnings reporting season for the third quarter has gotten underway, and 24/7 Wall St. has put together a preview of the Dow Jones industrial average companies scheduled to report their ...
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DowDuPont Takes Over as Dow’s Poorest Performer

Posted: October 13, 2018 at 9:10 am

DowDuPont Inc. (NYSE: DWDP) saw its share price dive last week, along with just about every other equity on the market — or so it seemed. The company's shares dropped ...
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Apple Repeats as Top-Performing Dow Stock

Posted: October 13, 2018 at 8:35 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) turned in an encore performance as the Dow's best stock for the year to date. Even though the company's shares dropped nearly 1% last week, the ...
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Visa, Microsoft Lead the Dow Higher Friday

Posted: October 12, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 12, 2018: Markets opened higher Friday after a couple of sessions that saw a total of 5% shaved from the blue-chip index. The Dow opened up about 350 points ...
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Chevron, Exxon Hammer the Dow Thursday

Posted: October 11, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 11, 2018: Markets opened lower again Thursday and the three major indexes bounced around the break-even line for most of the day before turning solidly lower. Every sector traded ...
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Boeing, Microsoft Tank the Dow Wednesday

Posted: October 10, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 10, 2018: Markets opened lower Wednesday and, barring a miracle, will close much lower. Bond yields are getting a lot of the blame--why take a risk for a 3% ...
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How High Will The S&P 500 Rise Before the Next Big Bear Market?

Posted: October 10, 2018 at 10:10 am

It is no secret that there has been a major bull market like no investor has seen in the modern era. The problem is that the end of the bear ...
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DowDuPont, Caterpillar Weigh on the Dow Tuesday

Posted: October 9, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 9, 2018: Markets opened mixed Tuesday and equities seesawed around the break-even line for most of the day. Investors seem willing to wait until we begin hearing about Q3 ...
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Walgreens, Walmart Rescue the Dow Monday

Posted: October 8, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 8, 2018: Markets opened lower Monday and appeared to be in for a solid loss until around noon. A direction change has returned the Dow and the S&P 500 ...
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Apple Rises to Take Over as Top-Performing Dow Stock

Posted: October 6, 2018 at 8:45 am

After three weeks as an also-ran, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) returns as the Dow Jones industrial average's best-performing stock for the year to date. Even though the company's shares lost ...
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Goldman Sachs Tightens Grip as Dow’s Poorest Performer

Posted: October 6, 2018 at 8:40 am

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) saw its share price rise a bit last week, but the gain was not enough to lift the stock out of the Dow cellar. ...
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Apple, Caterpillar Plague the Dow Friday

Posted: October 5, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 5, 2018: Markets opened mixed Friday even though the September jobs report was reasonably good and the headline unemployment rate fell to a half-century low of 3.7%.  The 10-year ...
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Nike, Microsoft Sink the Dow Thursday

Posted: October 4, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 4, 2018: Markets opened lower Thursday after Wednesday's abrupt shift in bond sentiment. Yields jumped and investors ditched stocks to chase bonds. The 10-year note jumped to nearly 3.23% ...
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Boeing, Apple Prop Up the Dow Wednesday

Posted: October 3, 2018 at 4:01 pm

October 3, 2018: Markets opened higher Wednesday following the latest report on non-farm payroll growth. Then things turned south late in the afternoon. The Dow threatened the 27,000 level but ...
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