Infrastructure Spending

Analysts at Bank of America parted ways with their bullish stance on Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE: CX), a Mexico-based company that mostly works in the production, distribution, marketing and sale of cement and other products. The firm's Carlos Peyrelongue downgraded Cemex's stock rating from Buy to...

Shares of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) hit a new all-time high of $114 Tuesday after the company reported what CNBC's Jim Cramer described as the "most serious beat and raise" of any company this quarter. Caterpillar earned $1.49 per share in the second quarter on revenue of $11.331 billion, which...

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets turned bullish on United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) Monday due to an improvement in the rental market and the company's large cash generation. Seth Weber upgraded United Rentals' stock from Sector Perform to Outperform with a price target boosted from $128 to...

President Trump's call for a $1 trillion infrastructure spending project may have stalled given the ongoing political turmoil in Washington. Nevertheless, the spending plan remains "music in the ears" of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Statista noted. The civil engineer...

President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 Federal Budget has allocated $2.6 billion for a border wall on the southern border. But is there better use for this money? According to Statista, the same $2.6 billion could support 131,255 veteran caregivers for one year at a cost of $19,809 per year....

Despite being struck with a major defeat in healthcare, President Donald Trump remains dedicated toward overseeing a major infrastructure initiative as soon as this year. As such, investors are looking to capitalize on companies that will benefit from what could be an injection of $1 trillion in...

Details of President Donald Trump's infrastructure plan are expected to be released this year, which makes the topic an area of great interest to investors. Jacqueline Hinman, the CEO of CH2M, an engineering and consulting firm, was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Friday to offer her expert...

Samuel Allen is the CEO of Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) and was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Alley" segment on Thursday to talk about President Donald Trump's infrastructure plan and tax cuts. Infrastructure Plan The White House is now expected to release details of its $1 trillion infrastructure...

Richard LeFrak is the co-chair and advisor to President Donald Trump's infrastructure council. On Friday he was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment to talk about the need for infrastructure work to be done and why he admires Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)'s CEO Elon Musk. LeFrak, a billionaire and New...

President Donald Trump's infrastructure investment has a reported $1 trillion price tag attached. Needless to say, this is a huge endeavor, and Congressman John Delaney has an interesting plan for how the government can foot the bill. Delaney (D–Maryland) also holds the title of being the...

At least 188,000 California residents have been evacuated from the Oroville area due to concerns about the integrity of the country’s tallest dam. The latest potential national infrastructure emergency has Americans anxious for President Donald Trump to begin his $1 trillion, 10-year...

Bloomberg's list of top-ranked economists offered their outlooks for 2017. Top-Ranked Analyst: Christophe Barraud Christophe Barraud, the chief economist at Market Securities, is Bloomberg's highest ranked overall economist. Barraud expects the U.S. economy to grow 2.5 percent to 3 percent in 2017...