U.S. Stocks Down; Dow Sheds 60 Points
U.S. stocks opened the day slightly lower, the first day of trading for the new year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 60 points, -0.4%, at 16,512. The S&P 500 is down 8 points, -0.5%, at...
View ArticleFord Shares Down On Missed Forecasts
Ford Motor Co. noted a 2% increase in U.S. automobile sales for the month of December to 218,058 units. This is up from 214,222 vehicles one year ago. Analysts were anticipating a boost of 3-5%. The...
View ArticleU.S. Stocks Varied Following Up/Down Economic Data
U.S. stocks are fluctuating following reports related to the service-sector, where the numbers were worse than expected, and then factory orders, where the numbers were better than expected. The Dow...
View ArticleJ.P. Morgan Shares Harmed By Madoff Settlement
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. shared are being drug down today on reports of a large settlement connected to the Madoff fraud case. J.P. Morgan reportedly will pay $1.7 billion in charges coming from its...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Twitter Leading Tech Action Today
Microsoft Corp. is in the spotlight today after that announcement that Ford Motor Co.’s Alan Mulally stated that he would not become Microsoft’s newest CEO. Mulally informed the Associated Press that...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Retail Holiday Sales -6.6%
Barnes & Noble Inc. revealed today that its retail holiday sales, including both stores and BN.com, dropped -6.6% down to $1.1 billion. The data includes a -5.5% decrease in equivalent sales, along...
View ArticleTarget Reveals Larger Data Breach, Reduces Forecast
Target Corp. announced today that even more customer information was stolen than originally thought in the data breach occurring in the latter part of 2013. The compromised data includes names,...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley To Reveal Data This Week
Plenty of well-known companies are going to be in the financial spotlight this week, with reports coming from American Express, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and more. Other data releases of interest...
View ArticleGoogle Up On Nest Acquisition; Banks Highlighted
Shares of Google Inc. are up more than 1% today following the company’s announcement that it will be purchasing Nest, a manufacturer of Internet linked thermostats. Bank stocks are also the focus today...
View ArticleMayfair Options Review
Mayfair Options is somewhat of a newcomer to the world of binary options, but has already been making quite the good impression on traders. Mayfair Options offers an easy to use and well-designed...
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