In the past, favorable news from the housing sector has generally sent the entire stock market higher, so positive news from home improvement retailer The Home Depot, Inc.
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May 21 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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May 21 - News
On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 21 - News
If you look through some explanations of why the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) failed to set a new record today, you'll find a common theme: Investors...
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May 21 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m.
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May 21 - News
There were no U.S. economic releases today. The market is awaiting Wednesday's release of the notes from the May 1 Federal Open Market Committee meeting.
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May 20 - News
An A&W root beer stand opened in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 1927.
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May 20 - News
This morning's movements in the Dow Jones Industrials look eerily familiar to those who have been watching the day-to-day movements of the average in recent months.
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May 20 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) fell sharply shortly after the market opened, losing 39 points.
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May 20 - News
Having propelled the stock market to record after record, investors have gotten used to seeing every small bit of news as reason for a big market move.
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May 20 - News
Even as several European markets are making new highs today, U.S.
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May 20 - News
On Friday, shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rose 2.32%. When the closing bell rang, the stock price had climbed to $34.87 and set a new 52-week high.
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May 20 - News
I predicted that Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) would close higher on the week.
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May 20 - News
Given that the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) recently crossed the 15,000-point threshold for the first time in history, it should come as no surprise that...
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May 19 - News
Another week, another record close for stock markets.
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May 19 - News
The "Dogs of the Dow" strategy is one of the simplest for beating the market.
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May 19 - News
For the fourth week in a row, all three of the major U.S. stock indexes have risen.
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May 19 - News
The first Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Store opened to the public at 10 in the morning on May 19, 2001.
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May 19 - News
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) went public on May 18, 2012. It was the largest IPO, by first-day market cap, of all time.
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May 18 - News
Consumers play a vital role in the U.S. economy.
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May 17 - News
Stocks treaded water most of the day before dipping late in the session on remarks from the Fed about cutting its stimulus program.
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May 17 - News
On a day when the markets received some poor economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 42 points, or 0.28%, and now rests at 15,233.
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May 17 - News
Yesterday, I suggested that Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) was poised for an earnings-powered jump.
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May 16 - News
A small company called Geophysical Science was incorporated in New Jersey on May 16, 1930 to create instruments for the oil and gas industry.
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May 16 - News
Although homebuilder confidence is rising in May, the number of housing starts in April fell to a five-month low.
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May 16 - News
As earnings season draws to a close, the few late-reporting companies have the potential to make big impressions among news-starved investors.
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May 16 - News
With more than 90% of the S&P 500 companies having already reported earnings, and 67% of those companies having beaten estimates, we can almost certainly mark this season down...
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May 16 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average started off slow on a poor eurozone GDP report today but finished strong on continuing optimism again, ending the day up 60 points, or 0.4%.
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May 16 - News
Today's news from the financial markets was mixed regarding the U.S. economic outlook, with rising confidence levels from homebuilders inching closer to outright optimism.
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May 15 - News
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK)'s global chief investment strategist has bad news for utilities investors.
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May 15 - News
Yesterday was a great one across the board for stocks and indexes. But today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is struggling to hold on to the gains.
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May 15 - News
Conflicting economic data once again has U.S. stock markets searching for direction.
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May 15 - News
The markets are all green again today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues its push into record highs.
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May 15 - News
It's a topsy-turvy world for investors right now. Despite downbeat economic news out of both Europe and the United States, blue-chip stocks are extending their rally.
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May 15 - News
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is set to report third-quarter earnings after tonight's closing bell.
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May 15 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up following some mixed reports on the economy. As of 1:20 p.m. EDT the Dow is up 55 points, or 0.36%, to 15,270.
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May 15 - News
On May 15, 1951, young car salesman Brady Denton became the 1 millionth unique shareholder of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).
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May 15 - News
As of 12:45 p.m. EDT the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.53%, putting it just five points shy of 15,300.
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May 15 - News
May 15, 1911 brought a seismic shift to the relationship between the United States and its largest corporations. That day, the U.S.
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May 15 - News
LONDON -- Stock index futures at 7 a.m.
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May 15 - News
The leveraged-buyout industry (also known as private equity) gained a particular notoriety during the 2012 presidential campaign.
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May 14 - News
The battle for took a new turn at the end of last week when -- manager of the Longleaf Funds and , one of Carl Icahn's vehicles -- sent a letter to the Dell Inc.
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May 14 - News
Tomorrow, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 14 - News
U.S. stocks settled at another record high -- by the skin of their teeth -- as the S&P 500 gained seven hundredths of a point.
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May 14 - News
For years, investors have relied on cheap money to fund high stock prices.
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May 14 - News
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) are two of the world's largest telecom operators by almost any measure.
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May 13 - News
As rumors spread that the Federal Reserve is planning to slow is quantitative easing program, investors are becoming more fearful that the days of free money will soon come to...
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May 13 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) hit its first all-time record high since 2007 on March 5.
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May 13 - News
Overall, the market is seeing red today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) is down 36 points as of 11 a.m. EDT, with little momentum to push it higher.
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May 13 - News