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A 1,000-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average may appear like a great deal, but based on historical standards, it is not much. That would be only 6.5%. The outside forces that move the...
Jon OggStocks were crushed Monday, with the Dow closing down 326 points to 15,732.80 and with the S&P 500 down 40 points to 1,741.89. A very weak Institute for Supply Management report on...
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 140 points after a dismal ISM manufacturing report on Monday. It is now down more than 1,000 points from its high.
The 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average combined to post a loss of just over 4.5% in January. Only four of the blue chip stocks managed to post a gain for the month, and they did so...
Jon OggIf the January Barometer is any guide, stocks could be in for a rough 2014. The 2013 gain of over 29% in the S&P 500 and the gain of over 26% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average may have...
The Quantitative Strategies team at Jefferies closely monitors the index changes. 24/7 Wall St. screened the Jefferies list of stocks that will see major position adds for the rebalance. Some of them...
The stock market was pounded on Friday, making for a very bad week and a rough start for January. Still, not all is lost. A few stocks managed to avoid the carnage. Despite a drop of 318 points in...
ThinkstockThursday was another day that reminds investors just how sensitive the market can be in pullbacks after huge runs up. It was not the weekly jobless claims, but perhaps weak earnings and...
ThinkstockWednesday was yet another mixed day in the stock market, one where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the red and the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ were positive for most of the day....
Jon OggThe stock market took a hit from sellers mid-day, but fortunately the markets recovered enough that only the Dow was in the red at the closing bell. Stocks were even mixed on a day after the...
24/7 Wall St. sees that 15 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial (DJIA) stocks have pulled back 5.0% or more from their 52-week highs. Sometimes, bargain stocks just do not feel like bargains.
Jon Ogg in NYCThe stock markets were mixed most of the trading day on Friday. A gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average was masked because the gains were tied to only two of the thirty DJIA stocks....
Jon OggA tame inflation report and a business as usual report on weekly jobless claims failed to generate any continued buzz in stocks. Even the Philly Fed being positive for eight months in a row...
Jon OggIt is fairly hard to argue that the stock market is in a bubble if you been through real bubbles before, but it is still fair to question valuations at this time. The gains seen in November...
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia Commons24/7 Wall St. is rather focused on, and perhaps a bit concerned about, how the Dow Jones Industrial Average can manage to post big gains in 2014. After all, the...