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US stock futures point to a lower open on Wall St Wednesday, weighed down by further debt woes in Europe. Futures had staged a slight bounce from overnight lows, but are now heading back down to those levels. The principal focus has Read more…
Jim Trippon: A couple of weeks ago, leading tech stock Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) did what many thought it might never do: agree to pay a dividend. The stock, which has traded at over $600 a share, has heard many of its shareholders as well as institutional investors urge Apple’s management to begin paying Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: I have a confession to make. I believe Apple stock (NASDAQ:AAPL) is going to be world’s first trillion-dollar company yet I want to short the snot out of it. Read more…
US stock futures point to a higher open on Wall St Monday despite a lack of resolution in the Greek debt talks. Negotiations hit a wall over the weekend as private creditors said they could not improve their offer, but optimism as returned today. With a Read more…
US stocks are opening slightly lower on Friday, digesting a slew of corporate earnings and focusing an eye on the debt talks in Greece. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) missed EPS last night by $1 and the stock is trading sharply lower, although off last night’s lows. The market, Read more…
US stock futures again point to a higher open on Wall St Wednesday, with bank earnings back in focus. Yesterday the market opened from the long holiday weekend nearly 1% higher, but, as has been the norm in 2012, the market was not able to get any upside Read more…US stock futures point to a lower open on Wall St Friday after disappointing earnings results from JP Morgan (NYSEArca:JPM). The banks had a strong run into the report, but JPM could not deliver as revenue fell 18% from the year ago period. JPM stock is off almost 4% this morning, dragging Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open on Wall Street Thursday following Wednesday’s final hour reversal. The market is tracking declines in European markets, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropping 1%. Bulls will look to protect key retracement levels and hold onto gains from the Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past week featured yet another wild ride for equities as a number of factors combined to jolt markets up and down. The euro-zone saw heightened fears of default early in the week, as major indexes abroad lost more than 4% to open trading. Late in the week, one of the top Read more…
US stock futures point to a lower open Tuesday after a powerful bounce yesterday. In the world of IBD that action constituted a follow-through day and we are now in a “confirmed uptrend”. What does this mean? It means the market has a new “fledgling rally”. This type of rally doesn’t always lead to a major bull run, but none have Read more…
Jon D. Markman: Without any more help from the U.S. Federal Reserve, U.S. stocks are on their own – and they’re in for a rocky ride. Read more…
Sy Harding: Corporate profit margins are near record highs, usually a cautionary situation by itself. And Wall Street is forecasting still higher S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) earnings ahead. Read more…
Jon D. Markman: The biggest news of the week for me was the fantastic earnings report from railroad Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC), which pushed the Dow Jones Transportation Average Read more…
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