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A bull market interrupted is how many investors likely feel at the start of 2016. These are the seven Dow stocks that will be needed to drive the Dow higher in 2016.
January 12, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Tuesday but dipped into negative territory at around midday before turning positive again. Selling in the energy, telecom, and utilities sectors...
January 11, 2016: Markets opened higher again on Monday even though Shanghai’s exchange closed down more than 5%. Oil prices started the day higher, but that didn’t last as commodities in general...
If you want to own stocks no matter what, ones with serious long-term prospects and dividends, the class of defensive stocks is where investors will want to hide out.
The first week of 2016 was harsh for the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Only Wal-Mart has posted a gain over the first five trading days.
So far this year, the second biggest loser among the Dow stocks is Boeing, down more than 10% in the past week.
JPMorgan's share price is down more than any other Dow Jones Industrial Average component so far this year.
January 8, 2016: Markets opened higher on Friday following an unexpectedly large boost to the non-farm payroll numbers and a stronger Chinese yuan. By noon, though, the indexes had tumbled into the...
Analyzing the stock market in 2016 and 2015 is becoming harder and harder. The end game, regardless of how you view the market in general, is that this just isn’t your granddaddy’s stock market....
24/7 Wall St. has put together a list of the nine worst Dow stocks in the first four trading days of 2016. They were all down by 7% or more.
For the most part the outlook is not exactly clear for Caterpillar or DuPont going into 2016. Both Dow stocks came out on the negative side in 2015.
Walt Disney has been a top-performing Dow stock for years, and it seems like this company can do no wrong, the way that it left 2015.
Strong fundamentals, earnings and a solid balance sheet made Home Depot a top performer in 2015. But will this performance carry over to 2016?
Now that Satya Nadella has taken over, Microsoft is far different from in the days of Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates.
January 7, 2016: Markets opened lower again on Thursday following the second trading halt this week on China’s stock exchanges. The impact of the Chinese action fell hard on crude oil and sent the...