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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 23, 2012: Markets Follow Earnings Lower (BTU, BHI, P, YHOO, MNST, CE, WDC, TXN, MMM, ARMH, AKS, COH, HOG, RSH, UPS, UTX, XRX, AMGN, BRCM, FB, JNPR, NFLX, T, BA, GLW, DAL, LLY, EMC, GD, LCC, DD, BSDM)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results today. In Europe,...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 22, 2012: Market Staggers to Gain (EQR, SNDK, KMP, WEN, CVC, EW, CAT, FCX, HAS, BTU, STI, VFC, CE, WD, TXN, YHOO, MMM, AKS, COH, DD, HOG, RSH, UPS, UTS, XRX, SVU, OSG, AMD)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the S&P 500 and the DJIA slightly lower and the Nasdaq slightly higher. In Asia Japan’s trade deficit was wider than had been...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 19, 2012: Markets Dominated by Sellers Today (VZ, NVDA, GOOG, NOK, SNDK, MCD, COF, CMG, MSFT, RVBD, BHI, HON, KSU, SLB, EW, CAT, FCX, HAS, BTU, STI, VF, AMD, MRVL, AONE)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, but the blame goes to some poor earnings report from U.S. firms rather than to international news. European markets were down slightly...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 18, 2012: Markets Open Low, Close Lower (AAPL, DUK, COP, POT, HOG, AXP, EBAY, NE, SCSS, STLD, BSX, DO, MS, NVR, PM, LUV, SVU, UNP, VZ, AMD, COF, CMG, MSFT, RVBD, BHI, HON, KSU, SLB, GOOG, CLWR, S, NOK)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth number in...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 17, 2012: Markets Don’t Move Much Today (C, CSCO, TWX, RYL, ADTN, BAC, CSX, IBM, INTC, URI, ABT, BK, BLK, CHKP, CMA, HAL, KCG, PEP, USB, AXP, EBAY, NE, STLD, BSX, DO, MS, NVR, PM, LUV, SVU, UNP, VZ, CYMI, APOL, FTNT)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning, and never really got untracked all day. Spanish 10-year bond yields fell 28 basis points to around 5.51%, while Spain again demurred on...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 16, 2012: Markets Up on Consumer Confidence, Homebuilders (S, RVBD, WPI, HAL, KR, PKG, WDFC, FRX, GS, JNJ, MAT, PNC, KO, UNH, GWW, WWW, C, INTC, IBM, CSX, URI, ABT, BK, BLK, CHKP, CMA, HAL, KCG, PEP, USB, CLWR, RATE, NOK, MSFT)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a report that economic sentiment in Germany came in better than expected (more coverage here) and that U.K. inflation was lower...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 15, 2012: Markets Hold onto Gains (C, KO, ORCL, RIO, SNDK, HAS, GCI, INTC, IBM, PKG, WDFC, FRX, GS, MAT, OMC, PNC, UNH, GWW, WWW, CLWR, S, CYCC, YONG)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning, aided by a better-than-expected report on U.S. retail sales and a smaller-than-expected rise in the Empire State manufacturing survey...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 12, 2012: Markets Remain Indifferent (S, STX, WDC, GE, WMT, DLTR, JBHT, JPM, WFC, C, GCI, WDAY, SHOS, SHLD, BZH, TZOO, AMD)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning, and after a brief stay in positive territory, shares went negative and remained no better than flat for most of the day. In Asia,...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 11, 2012: Markets Fail to Hold Morning Gains (COST, ZNGA, PCS, EA, HST, ADTN, RT, SWY, DRWI, WGO, SCHW, JBHT, WFC, ICPT, KYTH, SSTK, RLGY, CLWR, S, ANR, THC, DLTR)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning on traders initial reaction to a sharp drop in the weekly report on new claims for unemployment (more coverage here). In Asia, South...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 10, 2012: Markets Slide Again (HD, QCOM, DLTR, ARMH, JCI, AA, YUM, COST, HELE, HST, RT, SWY, WGO, OCZ, AUG, TRLG, SIRI)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened about flat this morning following rather lackluster trading in Asia and Europe. There was little economic data out today, although both France and Italy...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 9, 2012: Markets Slide Continues as Earnings Season Kicks Off (AAPL, JNJ, LAZ, NFLX, RSH, AA, YUM, COST, HELE, HST, VRNG, GOOG, ANR, BSDM, EW)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a lowered forecast on global economic growth from the International Monetary Fund (more coverage here). In Asia, Japanese...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 8, 2012: Markets Open Lower, Can’t Overcome Expected Weak Earnings (ALU, LNKD, BBBY, HMC, BLK, DNN, AA, YUM, VRNG, REGI, GDOT, WMT, AXP, TPCG)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning as banks and bond markets were closed in the U.S. The World Bank cut its forecast for Chinese economic growth in 2012 to 7.7% and its...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 5, 2012: Markets Slide after Early Gains (HPQ, HD, COG, FDO, BRCD, STZ, AA, YUM, COST, SWY, ZNGA, FSLR, CTIC, GRPN)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following the Department of Labor’s report that headline unemployment in the U.S. fell to 7.8%, the lowest reading since January 2009...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 4, 2012: Markets Hold onto Morning Gains (PCS, S, TWX, EBAY, ADTN, MAR, ISCA, STZ, AA, VRNG, GOOG, JKS, NUVA, GNK)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning, reaching a peak after the first half-hour of trading following an inline report on new jobless claims (more coverage here) and no...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell -- October 3, 2012: Markets Just Bump Along (MOS, CSCO, MHP, KORS, WPRT, FDO, MON, RPM, MAR, ISCA, HPQ, SRPT, VRNG, GOOG, LEAP, PCS)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following a refusal by Spain’s prime minister to seek an immediate bailout and low readings on eurozone PMI (more coverage...
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