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August 18, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday after the Labor Department reported that weekly claims for jobless benefits came in lower than expected. The energy sector was the day’s leading...
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August 17, 2016: Markets opened slightly lower Wednesday following a slide in European markets. Utility stocks were the leading sector while consumer discretionary stocks weighed most heavily. WTI...
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One Federal Reserve president, who is not an FOMC voting member, has indicated that one rate hike in 2016 might be appropriate as the economic fundamentals remain strong enough.
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Caterpillar magically has been the best performing of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks so far in 2016. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see what makes this possible.
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August is supposed to be one of the months that is not so good for stocks. Just don’t tell that to the U.S. markets, with the week of August 12 all seeing new all-time highs! Friday’s results...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit yet another all-time high on Thursday, August 11, 2016. What is amazing is that the rising tide did not actually lift all ships. There were over 20 companies...
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24/7 Wall St. has identified that it would take the performance of just seven of these 30 Dow stocks to get the index to 20,000.
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August 9, 2016: Markets opened higher again Tuesday following the lead of Asian and European exchanges. The productivity report cooled investors’ enthusiasm, though, and afternoon trading saw...
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August 8, 2016: Markets opened higher Monday but turned south shortly after the opening bell and remained in the red for the rest of the day. The dollar gained strength this afternoon and crude oil...
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How does Wal-Mart's acquisition of Jet.com help it put a bigger dent in Amazon.com's hegemony in e-commerce?
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August 5, 2016: Markets opened higher Friday following the report of 255,000 new U.S. jobs added in July. The financial and tech sectors led the gainers today, the former likely on improved chances...
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August 4, 2016: Markets opened higher Thursday following an announcement that the Bank of England will lower its policy rate from 0.5% to 0.25% and begin buying U.K. corporate bonds as well as the...
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Chevron may be shopping Asian assets worth up to $5 billion as the company tries to raise cash in the current, seemingly endless period of low crude oil prices.
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The market is not cheap. Yet it is also nowhere close to historic highs that might bring panic levels. It is quite possible that the market is just in a new no-man's land where valuations might not...
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August 3, 2016: Markets opened slightly lower Wednesday after the ADP employment report came in better than expected. Asian markets closed their sessions mostly lower, and the dollar traded higher...
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