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April 4, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Monday following an expected decline in orders for new manufactured goods. Overseas, crude oil prices slipped and have continued to fall during the day....
After much waiting, the broad markets and the Dow Jones Industrial Average in particular have made it back to positive territory.
These are the top five analyst upgrades for Dow stocks in the week ending April 1, 2016. Also included is a huge thumbs up for none other than Warren Buffett.
As it has been doing for most of the year, Verizon Communications is leading the Dow 30 higher, up by almost 17% year to date.
Over the past five trading sessions, Boeing's stock has dropped about 3.9%, with the biggest part of the dip coming since last Wednesday.
ThinkstockApril 1, 2016: Markets opened lower on Friday following the monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate ticked up to 5% and job growth was slightly...
March 31, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Thursday but only the Nasdaq Composite was able to hold on for a modest gain on the day. The only sector to trade higher for the day was utilities and...
March 30, 2016: Markets opened higher on Wednesday as equity traders remain buoyant after Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s remarks on Tuesday. The tech and consumer discretionary sectors led the...
March 29, 2016: Markets opened lower on Tuesday and it took a speech by Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen to kickstart the buying. Her remarks were widely interpreted as dovish on interest rate hikes, and...
March 28, 2016: Markets opened higher on Monday after the three-day weekend and an early morning report on personal spending. The PCE index excluding food and energy rose 0.1% which was less than...
It has taken about three months for the Dow to get back to positive. The push was in fact made by the Dogs of the Dow, but it was stalled for some time by many of the financial companies in the index.
For the year to date, shares in Goldman Sachs trade down about 15% and are the worst performers among the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Avenue.
While the Dow Jones Industrial Average is barely up for the year, Verizon Communications has seen its shares rise almost 16%, the best among the 30 stocks that comprise the index.
March 24, 2016: Markets opened lower again on for a third consecutive session Thursday as dollar-buying sank the markets for everything from gold to real estate. The day’s economic news was...
March 23, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Wednesday and came close to, but never actually traded above, the break-even line. St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said he would like to see policy...