Stocks are flying back up the charts today after yesterday's late gains, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is reaching for record levels.
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April 9 - News
Now that earnings season is finally here, investors can focus on more of the important factors: earnings, revenue, margins -- all the fun stuff.
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April 9 - News
Despite trading lower for most of the morning, the markets made an about-face around 2 p.m. ET, and the three major indexes all closed higher.
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April 9 - News
That said, it's harder than ever to find great companies at good prices today.
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April 8 - Hedge Funds
"Dogs of the Dow" is the name given to one of the simplest dividend strategies for beating the market.
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April 7 - News
In 2013, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) has been the best-performing component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI).
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April 7 - News
A week full of economic data sent the markets lower.
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April 7 - News
Blue-chip stocks are broadly lower today after a disappointing government report showed that the labor market recovery may be in jeopardy.
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April 5 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) just took a much-needed step toward a healthier business: Chairman Ray Lane and two other directors stepped down from the board of directors...
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April 5 - News
On Wednesday, payroll-processing company ADP reported that private employers only added 158,000 new jobs in the month of March, whereas economists were expecting 200,000 hires...
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April 5 - News
Stocks edged higher today, as the market received a boost from a Japanese stimulus package, though investors received another jobs-related scare as initial unemployment claims...
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April 5 - News
The markets, in general, fought hard today, and all the major indexes managed to post a winning session.
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April 4 - News
Stocks clawed back some of yesterday's losses today, with the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) gaining 0.4...
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April 4 - News
Most companies might define a "moonshot" as something huge and transformative. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), for example, aims for improving something 10 times over its current capabilities...
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April 4 - News
Providing yet another reminder of how interconnected global markets are, U.S.
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April 4 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is flat following a mixed unemployment claims report. As of 1:25 p.m. EDT the Dow is up six points to 14,557.
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April 4 - News
After falling more than 100 points yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average took a go at rallying earlier in trading, jumping 72 points after the Japanese central bank announced...
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April 4 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) stock rose 67% in the first quarter 2013, making it the best-performing stock among the 86 large cap technology stocks tradingon major U.S.
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April 4 - News
If there was one company that did not provide any significant shareholder return even in spite of exceptional performance in the last few years, that is Microsoft.
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April 4 - News
The world's first mass-produced "portable" computer (a computer in the true sense, and not just a big calculator) was introduced to the tech public on this day in 1981.
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April 4 - News
Yesterday I suggested that if an investor believed in the old investing maxim "sell in May and go away," it meant the time was drawing near to think about exiting one's positions...
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April 4 - News
On Tuesday morning, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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April 4 - News
A nearly 60% rally so far this year hasn’t been of much help to long-term investors in Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) , with the stock still down over 50% from its levels...
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April 3 - News
Here's something you don't see everyday: Apple Inc.
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April 3 - News
Shares of PC giant Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) were under heavy pressure today, down by as much as 6%, following an analyst downgrade from Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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April 3 - News
Troubled PC giant Dell Inc.
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April 3 - News
As much as everyone thought that April showers might make the stock market swoon after an impressive first-quarter performance, it seems like May flowers are a month early.
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April 3 - News
Search giant Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)'s Chromebook push is less than three years young.
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April 3 - News
E-tail kingpin Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is working on a smartphone. This much we can already safely assume.
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April 3 - News
The index has hit a new intraday record high in its latest surge, and as of 2:15 p.m. EDT the Dow has advanced 95 points, or 0.6%.
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April 2 - News
Sometimes the right treatment for nervous jitters is a jolt of good news.
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April 2 - News
Three major firms recently announced that they would increase their annual shareholder distributions for the upcoming quarter.
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April 2 - News
There's a war going on out there. It's not the war for mobile between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google Inc.
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April 2 - News
With investors enjoying a rare three-day weekend thanks to Good Friday, and basking in a fresh all-time closing high for the S&P 500, I thought it important to take the time to...
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April 1 - News
The "Dogs of the Dow" dividend strategy is one of the simplest for beating the market.
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March 31 - News
As we ease our way into April, the first quarter of 2013 is in the books.
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March 31 - News
The Dow Jones Industrials finished off the first quarter in record fashion on Thursday, closing at another all-time high.
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March 30 - News
No two companies embody the shift of traditional computing to mobile form factors like Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) and QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) .
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March 30 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up after 2012 fourth-quarter GDP was revised upward. As of 1:20 p.m. EDT the Dow is up 33 points, or 0.23%, to 14,559.
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March 28 - News
Recently, it has been reported that BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMC) might be taken private by some private equity firms for more than $6 billion.
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March 28 - News
For the week ending March 15, 2013, Wall Street Analysts raised their bullishness for a number of technology companies listed on the S&P 500.
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March 27 - News
No other sector has experienced the rate of churn in dominant companies as the technology sector.
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March 27 - News
Who would have thought that Dell Inc.
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March 27 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has made substantial gains following some mixed economic reports. As of 1:15 p.m. EDT the Dow is up 83 points, or 0.58%, to 14,531.
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March 26 - News
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL), a bellwether of the tech industry, recently disappointed investors with third quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates on both the top ...
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March 26 - News
Though corporate changeovers are rare in the stock market, they are not impossible.
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March 26 - News
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPad.
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March 26 - News
Although I am unaware of the Galactic Republic having a Kenobi Skywalker Industrial Average, wouldn't it be cool if you could invest like a Jedi? Well, here's a couple of Jedi...
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March 25 - News
TechCrunch reported Wednesday that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was planning to sell a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD for $99 sometime this year.
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March 25 - News
