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Markets Mostly Higher As Earnings Season Continues To Impress
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 4:55pm | 2953U.S. stocks were mostly higher as investors and traders continue to weigh in on earnings from large-cap companies like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and momentum high-flyers like Chipotle Mexican Grill and Intuitive Surgical. Despite geopolitical concerns, the S&P 500 managed to close at a...
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Market Wrap For June 17: Markets Higher Ahead Of Fed Decision
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 4:30pm | 1799U.S. stocks were slightly higher following encouraging economic May data coming in a day before the Federal Reserve concludes its two day meeting regarding its monetary policy. It is possible the Federal Reserve will announce on Wednesday that it is lowering its monthly asset purchases to $35...
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Market Wrap For June 16: M&A Frenzy Keep Indices In Positive Territory
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 4:33pm | 1781U.S. stocks closed the day slightly higher as a mergers and acquisition heavy trading session eased fears over escalating violence in Iraq. The New York Federal Reserve's Empire State index for June showed that business conditions in June rose from May. In fact, June's reading proved...
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Market Wrap For June 10: Stocks Showed Little Change On Light Volume
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 4:41pm | 2151U.S. stocks were mostly unchanged on a catalyst-light day characterized by low volume. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) has a three-month daily average volume of over 101 million only traded hands 47.8 million times on Tuesday. With little economic or market moving catalysts due in the...
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Yum! Brands Earnings Preview: A Delicious Treat Or Indigestion?
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 1:39pm | 873Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) will report its first quarter results on Tuesday after the closing bell. Analysts are expecting the fast-food chain operator to earn $0.85 per share on revenue of $2.80 billion. The last time Yum! Brands reported its earnings was on February 3 when the company earned $0.70...
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Market Wrap For March 14: Ukraine Tension Drag Markets Lower
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 5:17pm | 2348U.S. stocks declined as concerns escalated over Ukraine, two days before its citizens will vote in a referendum to split from Ukraine and become part of Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is gearing up to “invade eastern Ukraine” as a six hour talk between U.S. Secretary of State John...
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#PreMarket Primer: Tuesday, February 25: Mt. Gox Disappears, Bitcoin Down 20%
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 8:01am | 873After reaching five-year highs, natural gas retreated more than 10 percent Monday while the major U.S. markets were up sharply. Monday, the Dow gained about 104 points to close at 16,207.14. The S&P was up 0.6 percent, or about 11 points to close at 1,847.61, and the NASDAQ was down 0.7...
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What Companies Stand To Benefit From The Super Bowl?
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 12:42pm | 62Some 110 million Americans are expected to tune into Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday, allowing Fox to command $4 million for each 30 seconds of ad time. Here are some of the key companies hoping to benefit from their investment in the big game. Here are companies to watch as they earn pre-game awards.
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Weekly Highlights: No iCar From Apple, Sony Teases Cloud-Based Cable Service And More
Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 12:43pm | 240The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show kicked off the second week of January, but some of the biggest stories had nothing to do with the show. For example, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) acquired a one-man startup called SnappyLabs. At the same time, Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry speculated...
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What's Next for the Ford SYNC AppLink?
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 5:29pm | 1067Ford (NYSE: F) and Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) teamed up this week to allow customers to order a pizza, using the Ford SYNC AppLink. The two companies came together after Ford decided it was time for AppLink to enter the purchase category of apps. "We're always looking at ways to kind of...
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Market Wrap For December 20: Markets Gain On GDP Data
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 5:44pm | 1875Major indices received a boost in Friday's trading activity following a better than expected third quarter GDP. The surprising economic data is yet another key data that may suggests that the economy is healthy enough and could handle the Fed's recent decision to taper its bond buying program....
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These Four NCAA Tournament Sponsors Might Make Your Portfolio Some Serious Money
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:58pm | 598Spring is here and that means Easter bunnies, hidden eggs, flowers blossoming and spring cleaning. It also means that legions of people who didn’t watch one NCAA basketball game all season are about to become college hoops experts. Yes, for a few weeks, basketball takes center stage during the...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 15
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 6:54am | 1457The earnings crunch gets underway this week, with big names in the financial, technology, consumer goods and other sectors on tap to share their most recent quarterly results. Among those expected to post the biggest year-over-year gains in earnings are Abbott Labs (NYSE: ABT), BlackRock (NYSE: BLK...
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Three Alternatives to McDonald's
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 4:46pm | 588McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) surprised investors Wednesday morning with its announcement that its same-store sales were weak in July. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all looked like they might close lower, but only the Nasdaq did. All because same-store sales at the golden arches fell 0.1 percent...
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Papa John's, US Airways and Other Top Performers in May
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 7:12am | 974Here is a quick look at some of the top-performing service sector stocks in May. These companies all have a market cap of more than $500 million and their share prices are all more than 15% higher than 30 days ago. AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) shares are trading more than 45% higher year to date...