The Financial Times is out with its U.S. econo-stat of the day and it's rather interesting: "vehicle purchases by consumers alone accounted for 30% of all GDP growth in the last two quarters. Motor ...
U.S. stock futures are slightly higher this morning. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 17 points to 12,553.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 3.40 points to 1,326.00. Nasdaq 100 ...
EquitiesAsian markets traded mixed on Thursday. The Nikkei inched up .1% to 8563, and the Kospi rose .3% to 1814. In China, markets slid after the HSBC PMI report dropped to 48.7 from 49.3, confirming...
Major Indexes continued sideways today as investors paused for Europe and “Faceplant” US markets finished mixed and flat again today as investors continued to wait for news out of ...
We're inching ever closer to an official "market correction." The S&P 500 is down almost 10% from its recent peak, which means we'll soon hear that phrase bandied about in the financial media. ...
Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects VeriFone Systems Inc (NYSE: PAY) to post its Q2 earnings at $0.61 per share on revenue of $471.82 million. PAY ...
US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting weekly jobless claims data. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 36 points to 12,502.00 and S&P 500 index futures...
The Facebook (FB) IPO drama has been fascinating and entertaining if you’re comfortable being a Luddite like me and fully confess an inability to “get it” when reading bullish ...
During uncertain economic times, true value becomes the consumer's guiding mantra. Getting your money's worth on whatever it's spent on is the definition of true value in this sense. Whether it's a ...
As the market moved steadily higher throughout the fourth quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, insider buying slowed to a crawl and eventually ground to a halt. That's just how insiders ...