Caterpillar Inc.

Despite the global economic uncertainty, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), a leading industrial firm, is being eyed as a promising investment. Analysts are forecasting a potential 22% rally in the company’s stock. What Happened: With geopolitical tensions and high inflation causing market...

Shares of Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) are trading lower by as much as 4.8% during Friday's trading session, a reaction that opens up a vast disconnect between the company's second quarter 2023 earnings results and the current valuation. This name enjoys an underlying ...

Like spring weather, the stock market can be fickle. After yesterday’s blustery headwinds of coronavirus worry, this morning is pointing to a calmer day as stocks look to recover some ground. It seems like some end-of-quarter rebalancing activity may be behind some of the volatility, but...

Commodity prices have historically run in cycles that often play out in a certain market’s own world—crude oil may rally, for example, while corn tumbles—each for separate reasons. But what happens if a bunch of commodities join the party at the same time? That’s called a...

With inauguration in the rear-view mirror, Wall Street returns today to the business at hand: A long list of earnings reports and the latest word on unemployment claims. We’ll get to earnings below. First off, weekly initial jobless claims offered a little good news and some bad. On the...

What a week—Election Day, Fed Day, and now Payrolls Day.  But as Election Day turned into Election Week without a clear presidential winner, the stock market has been rallying on the idea that a divided Congress could mean fewer restrictions on companies than if a “blue wave...

After stumbling to start the week, it looks like Wall Street is trying to get back on its feet this morning. Major indices—which recovered some of their losses in the last hour yesterday—made up more ground in pre-market trading despite fading stimulus hopes and more shutdowns due to...

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) notified 120 workers at its Victoria, Texas, facility that they will no longer have a job effective, November 1. Company officials said "market conditions" are the reason for the layoffs. "Caterpillar notified a portion of its Victoria, Texas, workforce that it is...

"Not nearly frightened enough," is Aragorn's addendum to Frodo's "Yes" to that question in the first installment of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings series, when the two are fleeing a group of zombie-magic kings. That scene came to mind when I read a rather...

Although it’s now fall, apparently hope springs eternal on Wall Street.  Investors seem to be taking heart this morning amid increased optimism on the trade front. Bloomberg reported that China has given waivers to several companies to buy at least two million tons of U.S. soybeans...

Global equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.'s(NYSE: CAT) second quarter earnings disappointed analysts. The company cited a combination of tariffs, weaker sales in China and slower growth in the Permian Basin for the declines. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company reported a 5.1 percent...

  Heavy-duty equipment maker tops estimates largely due to one-time tax gain, but the mining business does show better growth. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) saw first quarter 2019 net income top analysts' estimates as resurgent demand for coal and iron ore drove up results in the...

Strong company guidance and a number of big earnings beats helped push the S&P 500 Index to an all-time high close yesterday, but today might see a slight headwind from Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) after the aircraft maker’s earnings came up short. Boeing missed third-party estimates, pulled its...

Reviewing Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)'s third-quarter results, Stifel said the company reported another solid quarter, with results exceeding expectations across all metrics. The manufacturer has successfully navigated challenging conditions over the past four-plus years, said analyst...

President Barack Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget is designed to cut the deficit by $600 billion over 10 years, after factoring in the negation of cuts already enacted under the sequester according to The Associated Press. Depending on the framework of the final budget, some businesses...