Week Ahead Market Report: August 18, 2014

The US markets are higher in early afternoon trading, with the Dow up 1.02%, the S&P higher by 0.81% and the Nasdaq up 0.91%. Some of the most actively traded stocks include Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) up 1.45%, Bank of America (BAC) higher by 1.4%, Dollar General (DG) up 10.36%, and Apple (AAPL) up 1.27%.