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Earnings Expectations For The Week Of May 5: Disney, Pfizer, Tesla And More
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:46pm | 1225Read More...Highlights on the earnings front this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Disney, Keurig Green Mountain, Pfizer and Whole Foods Market, which are expected to post year-over-year earnings gains. Analysts expect Tesla Motors to say its earnings declined, and for Groupon and SolarCity to...
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Market Wrap For April 10: Wednesday's Rally Completely Forgotten
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 4:33pm | 2616Read More...U.S. stocks tumbled as investors and traders showed no intention of allowing Wednesday's bull charge to continue. The Nasdaq index continues to under-perform and notched its worst one day performance since 2011. The decline in the Nasdaq index continues to be fueled by biotech and momentum...
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Market Wrap For April 9: Investors Breathe Sigh Of Relief Over Rate Worries
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 4:35pm | 2359Read More...U.S. stocks rose sharply after minutes from the Federal Reserve eased concerns over when the central bank would raise interest rates. The decision to let go of the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold for raising interest rates was finalized in early March. Additionally, the Fed's minutes...
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Market Wrap For April 8: Markets Bounce Higher As Earnings Season Begins
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 4:54pm | 2569Read More...U.S. stocks rose as major indices finished the day just barely in the green as the Dow was up as much as 50 points and lower by 65 points before settling the day gaining 10 points. The Nasdaq bounced back sharply from its worst three-day performance since 2011 as investors went bargain hunting...
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Market Wrap For April 7: Bears In Complete Control As Markets Get Hammered Yet Again
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 4:41pm | 1842Read More...U.S. stocks declined for the third straight day in another trading session in which Internet, social media, biotechnology and momentum stocks sold off. The Dow suffered another triple-digit point loss while the three major indices each saw declines greater than one percent. The timing of the...
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Market Wrap For April 4: Dow Suffers Triple Digit Point Loss, Nasdaq Continues To Underperform
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 4:44pm | 2444Read More...U.S. stocks ended the week on a sour note as investors continue to sell many momentum names. Not helping the bull case was the much anticipated Jobs report number which failed to "wow" the market, coming in relatively in-line with expectations. The Dow suffered a triple digit point loss and...
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Market Wrap For March 25: Markets Snap Two-Day Losing Steak On Confidence Data
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 4:24pm | 1840Read More...U.S. stocks rebounded from a two-day losing streak as investors found plenty of positives in consumer confidence data which hit a six-year high in March. According to the Fed's Philadelphia chief Charles Plosser the Fed sees its bond purchasing program ending in October or November with rate...
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Market Wrap For March 20: Investors Showing No Post-Fed Decision Hangover
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 4:44pm | 1946Read More...U.S. stocks recovered most of Wednesday's losses after Fed Chief Janet Yellen spooked the markets a bit by hinting a rate hike could occur as soon as six months after the central bank terminates its quantitative-easing program. Investors found positives in several economic reports released...
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Market Wrap For March 19: Yellen Hints of Higher Rates & Sooner Than Expected End To Taper
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 6:03pm | 2470Read More...The Fed announced that it will increase its tapering by a further $10 billion in addition to dropping the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold which has been the target rate to hike the Fund Funds rate. Thirteen of 16 Fed officials expect the Fed Funds rate to rise by the end of 2015. The...
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Market Wrap For March 13: Bears Come Out Of Hibernation As Dow Suffers Largest Daily Loss Since February 3
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 4:52pm | 2311Read More...U.S. stocks fell as worries piled up over China's economy and further tension in Ukraine. China's combined industrial output growth slowed to 8.6 percent on year in January and February, below a forecast for a 9.5 percent rise and a previous reading of 9.7 percent. The New York Times reported...
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Target Blew It And Here's How
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 12:21pm | 640Read More...If you think the biggest retail hack in U.S. history happened because Target (NYSE: TGT) didn’t have a strong enough security system, you are wrong. Target’s security system, provided by computer security firm, FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE), worked just fine, according to a recent report by Bloomberg...
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Market Wrap For March 7: Markets Cap Off Positive Week With Small Gains
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 5:31pm | 2369Read More...U.S. stocks were mixed as investors continue to follow the standoff in Ukraine and digested February's jobs report which indicated that harsh winter weather could be the culprit behind weakness seen in recent economic data reports. The S&P 500 trading at new all time highs at 1,883.57 but...
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Top Trending Tickers On StockTwits For March 7
Friday, March 7, 2014 - 11:20am | 664Read More...Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com QIHOO 360: Strong earnings and guidance, home page visits a concern Last night, QIHOO 360 (NYSE: QIHU) reported its fourth quarter results. The company announced an EPS of $0.70, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43. Revenue of $...
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Market Wrap For February 25: Markets End The Day Relatively Flat
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 5:38pm | 2952Read More...U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors found a decline in consumer confidence as reason enough to keep stocks from moving higher. The S&P 500 retreated from its record all time high set yesterday but took a run above the 1,850 level in the late morning. The all time high for the index is...
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Market Wrap For February 11: Yellen Re-assures Markets & Wakes Up The Sleeping Bulls
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 5:47pm | 3158Read More...U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve's new Chief Janet Yellen reassured investors that she is the right person for the job. In her congressional testimony, Yellen promised to stay the course in regards to the Federal Open Market Committee's approach to monetary policy. Yellen also...
















