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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...

Investors appeared to be nervous going in to yesterday's close, a sentiment which continued at today's open. With little encouraging data coming out of the holiday shopping figures, investors and traders nervously await Friday's Labor Department November jobgs report which could help determine...

The earnings crunch rolls on. This week's highlights include quarterly reports from the two biggest companies by market capitalization, Apple and Exxon Mobil, which are expect to post declining earnings. Per-share earnings from General Motors are expected to be the same as a year ago, and...

This weekend in Barron's online: the case for a Great Stagnation, as well as the prospects for Kohl's, Furmanite, Walgreen and more. Cover Story "Slowing to a Crawl" by Jonathan R. Laing. The United States may be headed for decades of slow growth, says Barron's in this week's cover story. The...

In a move described as the largest in nearly a decade, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Alcoa (NYSE: AA), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) would be dropped from the Dow Industrials at the close of trading September 20. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Nike (...

A new Oppenheimer research report focuses on the information technology (IT) services industry, with its positive earnings and increasing domestic and global demand. The report also cited positive and rising alphas as a reason for its optimism. The analysts' top IT services picks include Alliance...

MasterCard (NYSE: MA), which announced the retirement of its chief marketing officer last week, is scheduled to report its second-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, July 31, before the markets open. Net income and revenue have risen for three straight quarters, and investors will be looking for that...

Using smartphones to buy stuff is a growing phenomenon, according to Business Insider, based on its new BI Intelligence report. As a result, the whole notion of digital wallets is becoming reality sooner than many thought. Related: Apple's New Patent Might Suggest Mobile Payment Focus The...

Visa (NYSE: V) released its fiscal third-quarter earnings results after the closing bell on Wednesday. The company reported earnings per share and revenue that was above Wall Street analysts' consensus estimates. In late trade, Visa shares were last up around 2 percent to $190.66. Related:...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Reports are due from the likes of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), which are expected to say their earnings were lower than a year ago. On the other hand, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Ford (...

Making payments with cash and checks may never completely go out of style, but the rapid changes in electronic money transfer, point-of-purchase payments and the like are making it easier than ever to pay for purchases. Now analysts at UBS (NYSE: UBS) have recommended three stocks in the sector...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual Barron's 500 ranking, a look at some bargain stocks from that list, the prospects for Linn Energy and Atlas Air, and alternatives to REITs. Cover Story "The Barron's 500" by Jacqueline Doherty. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have struggled of late, but it...

First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...

It’s Friday! Let’s put on the day’s trades, cover our week’s hedges, and then step back for a moment. A new report by SaveUp.com revealed some new findings that show a shocking trend in the nation’s consumer debt especially as it relates to Generation Y. If you aren’t good with all of these...