Week Ahead Market Report: August 4, 2014

The US markets are higher in early afternoon trading, with the Dow up 0.18%, the S&P higher by 0.44% and the Nasdaq up 0.49%. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Groupon (GRPN) up 7.5%, Bank of America (BAC) higher by 0.23%, Apple (AAPL) down 0.47%, and Facebook (FB) up 1.87%.