Have you ever had a bad day that was completely turned around because you were surrounding by a happy group of friends or co-workers? I know I have, and chances are you've experienced...
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July 22 - News
This year the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been a steady climber, reaching new all-time closing and intraday trading highs.
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July 22 - News
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." Those were the words of Neil Armstrong, upon taking humanity's first step onto an extraterrestrial celestial body...
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July 22 - News
The value of the Dow Jones Industrials as a market benchmark comes largely from the fact that the Dow isn't just an index of industrial stocks.
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July 22 - News
With earnings season now in full swing, let's look at which of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's components are set to report earnings this week and what investors will probably...
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July 22 - News
Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, and in the absence of some of the massive disasters that the company has ...
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July 22 - News
I predicted that Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG) would close higher on the week.
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July 21 - News
On July 21, 2002, WorldCom declared what was at the time the largest bankruptcy in American history, with $107 billion in recorded assets.
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July 21 - News
The company popularly known as E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) is a shortened form of "E.I.
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July 19 - News
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report on Monday, and its stock has climbed to the $100-per-share mark in approaching all-time...
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July 19 - News
The S&P 500 , and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average, both gained 0.50% today, and both established new record (nominal) highs in the process.
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July 19 - News
Earnings season has gone just about exactly the way bullish investors would have expected so far.
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July 19 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and as usual, investors are divided in their opinions about whether the tech...
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July 18 - News
As we move deeper into earnings season and investors seem to be focusing more on results and less on what the Federal Reserve may or may not do in the coming months, the major...
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July 18 - News
Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has been riding a rollercoaster over the last year.
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July 17 - News
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and the telecom giant has managed to put together the No.
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July 17 - News
Unfortunately, Wall Street doesn't ever seem to be able to tune out the static constantly being emitted from the Federal Reserve.
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July 17 - News
Following the best week for U.S.
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July 17 - News
The Department of Justice has been running a lawsuit against some of Silicon Valley's most famous faces since 2009.
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July 16 - News
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and with its report coming on the heels of similar announcements from many of ...
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July 16 - News
The major U.S. markets are moderately lower this afternoon. As of 12:50 p.m.
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July 16 - News
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) at a new record high, cautious investors are starting to pay attention to valuation more closely than ever on ...
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July 16 - News
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and as a huge health-care conglomerate with a strong presence in consumer health-care...
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July 16 - News
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and the soft-drink giant is a prime example of how the slowdown in the global ...
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July 15 - News
Today is a bit of a lull in the middle of earnings season, and shares of major U.S. indexes are rising slightly before the earnings fireworks begin tonight. At 3:15 p.m.
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July 15 - News
On the surface, investors don't have a lot to cheer for today, as China's second-quarter GDP growth fell to 7.5% from 7.7% in Q1 2013 and retail sales numbers only increased by...
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July 15 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is slightly higher following some mixed reports on the economy.
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July 15 - News
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) took one much-needed step in the right direction today.
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July 15 - News
William The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), founder of the aerospace company that still bears his name, was not an aircraft buff from the beginning -- but he came pretty close.
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July 15 - News
Despite a weaker-than-expected rise in retail sales numbers and a report indicating that GDP growth in China is continuing to slow, the markets are modestly higher this afternoon...
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July 15 - News
Not a trading day passes when some stocks experience some kind of significant event.
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July 15 - News
Despite a few big losers this past week, which we'll get to in a moment, the major indexes all performed really well during the past five trading sessions, and the Dow Jones Industrial...
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July 15 - News
While individual stocks typically move on company-specific news, when the major indexes make big moves, it's usually due to macro events or economic data reports that give investors...
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July 15 - News
I predicted that Noodles & Co (NASDAQ:NDLS) would close lower on the week.
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July 15 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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July 14 - News
Even as regulators begin to bear down on too-big-to-fail institutions, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) and Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC), two of the largest U.S.
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July 12 - News
The price of a barrel of oil reached an all-time trading high of $147.27 on July 11, 2008.
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July 12 - News
Now that things are settled, the Dow Jones Industrial Average can get back to business. Soaring this morning after Mr.
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July 12 - News
Whether Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are backing off tapering plans or not, investors took his speech yesterday evening as a bullish sign for stocks.
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July 11 - News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is scheduled to release its quarterly earnings report tomorrow, and there's a lot riding on what the big bank says about its future.
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July 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is making big gains following some mixed reports on the economy. As of 1:20 p.m.
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July 11 - News
Although investors were confused by the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes yesterday, they understood the chairman loud and clear when he spoke at a press conference yesterday ...
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July 11 - News
As investors awaited the release of the Federal Reserve's June meeting minutes, tensions were high, and many hoped to gain some clarity about what the central bank was planning...
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July 11 - News
Shares of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shrugged off a weak first quarter of 2013 to rally in the second quarter.
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July 10 - News
This afternoon at 2 p.m. EDT, the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting minutes are scheduled to be released.
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July 10 - News
It's been a rocky start today for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI), as the index has tumbled after a four-day rally.
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July 10 - News
