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Barron's Recap: Outlook For The Year Ahead
Sunday, December 14, 2014 - 6:52pm | 859This weekend in Barron's online: the bullish outlook for 2015, as well as the prospects for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, FMC and more. Cover Story "Outlook 2015: Stick With the Bull" by Vito J. Racanelli. Top strategists from Wall Street anticipate a rally of 10 percent in the S...
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Dow's Losing Streak Now Stands At 6 Days, S&P 500 And Nasdaq Slightly Positive
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 5:07pm | 2915U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday as the Dow Jones index traded lower by 206 points before recouping most of these losses. However, the index closed the day in negative territory for the sixth straight day, despite encouraging U.S. labor data being reported. Speaking to Bloomberg, St. Louis...
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Mixed Economic Data, Ebola Scares Rattle Markets
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 - 5:02pm | 1696U.S. stocks declined sharply as investors digest reports of a confirmed case of Ebola in the United States. In addition, economic data released on Wednesday was mixed, at best. Construction spending fell during August while ISM manufacturing came in weaker than expected. Bulls are hoping that...
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Dow Sets New Intraday High; Citigroup Impresses With Earnings
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 4:44pm | 2632U.S. stocks rose as earning season unofficially kicked off with Citigroup reporting better than expected earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial average set new intra-day records, hitting an all time high of 17,088.43 as investors appear to be comfortable with holding blue chips instead of...
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Consumer Confidence And Housing Data Take A Back-Seat To Markets
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 - 4:36pm | 2263U.S. stocks declined as the recent round of violence in Iraq may have escalated following reports that Syrian warplanes conducted raids in western Iraq, killing at least 50 people. The CBOE Volatility Index, also referred to as the "fear index", rose more than ten percent, trading...
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Bulls Take A Break As Dow's Winning Streak Ends At 7 Days
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 4:40pm | 2213U.S. stocks were slightly lower as positive housing data proved to be not enough to boost the Dow's winning streak to eight days. The National Association of Realtors reported that previously-owned home sale posted strong growth in May compared to April. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry...
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Market Wrap For May 23: Markets Marginally Higher; S&P 500 Closes Above 1,900
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 4:39pm | 1787U.S. stocks were little moved with the news-flow light, as would be expected prior to a long-weekend. In fact, Thursday's trading session proved to be the second lowest volume day of 2014. The S&P 500 closed above 1,900 and came within striking distance of matching its intraday all time...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of October 31
Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 11:31am | 1163Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 1
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 10:02am | 1197Quarterly reports of note scheduled for this week include those from Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE: ADM), General Motors (NYSE: GM), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), all of which are expected to post earnings growth, as well as Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...