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September 6, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday following the three-day Labor Day holiday, and after a morning dip below the break-even line for both the S&P 500 and DJIA, equities traded above...
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September 2, 2016: Markets opened higher Friday following a weaker-than-expected gain in non-farm payrolls and an unchanged unemployment rate of 4.9%. Ahead of the holiday weekend only the healthcare...
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September 1, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday but the major indexes had little luck holding onto the gains, meager as they were. Energy again was the poorest performing sector with financials not...
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August 31, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday even though the ADP employment report was better than expected. Every sector started the day’s trading in the red and all 10 are on track to finish...
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August 30, 2016: Markets opened slightly higher Tuesday but equities dipped below the break-even line early and stayed there the rest of the day. The only sector trading higher late in the day was...
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August 29, 2016: Markets opened higher Monday following the report that personal spending met expectations for a gain of 0.3% while inflation turned a 1.6% reading for July. Equity markets were mixed...
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The best performing Dow stock has been Caterpillar, which is up more than 21% this year, nearly four-times better than the index increase.
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Walt Disney is one of just five Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks to post a share price decline for the year to date.
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August 26, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday and went higher following Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s speech in Jackson Hole. The Fed chief intimated that sentiment for another increase in the...
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August 25, 2016: Markets opened lower again Thursday but traded higher for most of the day until the before dipping below the break-even line by early afternoon. Healthcare and energy stocks led the...
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August 24, 2016: Markets opened lower Wednesday and only the Nasdaq Composite made even a brief visit to positive territory during the day’s trading session. Healthcare and materials stocks led the...
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August 23, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday mainly on the strength of the better-than-expected Census Bureau report on new home sales and a solid showing by European markets. Basic materials was...
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24/7 Wall St. wanted to see what were the top holdings with the highest dividend yields in Warren Buffett's equity portfolio. It turns out that the highest stock yields absolutely blow away the...
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August 22, 2016: Markets opened lower again Monday as investors remain cautious ahead of the Fed’s Jackson Hole conference beginning Thursday. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak on...
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August 19, 2016: Markets opened lower Friday as European markets drifted lower and Asian markets closed mixed though very close to the break-even line. No economic data was published today and the...
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