Market News
Euro Hits Nine-Year Low Ahead Of Central Bank Decision Next Week
IBTimes - 14 Jan 2015 04:31
The euro hit a nine-year low against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday on investor fears that the European Central Bank will announce an aggressive stimulus plan next week in an effort to jump-start the lagging eurozone economy...
BlackBerry Shares Shoot Up 30% On Reports Of Samsung Acquisition
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 23:18
Wednesday was the best day for BlackBerry since December 23, 2003 and the third best one day gain since the company went public in 1999.
Wednesday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Healthcare
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 21:43
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Wednesday, shares of Utilities companies are outperforming other sectors, not showing much of a loss. Within that group, FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) and PG&E (NYSE: PCG) are two...
Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunges More Than 200 Points After Crude Oil Inventories Surge To 80-Year High
IBTimes - 14 Jan 2015 21:31
U.S. stocks dropped Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling more than 200 points, after crude oil inventories surged to an 80-year high. The global markets were also weighed down on an earnings miss fro...
Copper Concerns, Growth Worries Drag S&P Under 2,000
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 21:31
U.S. equities are seeing red in midday trading Wednesday, with the Dow down triple digits and the S&P dipping under 2,000 points for the first time in 2015 on the confluence of disappointing December retail sales, a lowe...
'Crude' Dismantling of The Commodities Supercycle
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 21:27
It has barely been a few weeks into the new trading year and the Brent front month oil futures contract is already down by over 11% on its opening level for 2 January. Together with the WTI and OPEC basket of crude oil, ...
Pfizer Popular Amongst Latest 13F Filers
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 21:11
At Holdings Channel, we have reviewed the latest batch of the 20 most recent 13F filings for the 12/31/2014 reporting period, and noticed that Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) was held by 10 of these funds. When hedge fund manager...
L Brands' December Surge Confirms A Bright Future
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 20:42
L Brands recently reported 5% growth in its December revenues to $2.20 billion. The company's comparable store sales improved 4% during the month, while analysts had expected the growth to be around 3.5%. Overall, the re...
Symantec Acquires Boeing's Cybersecurity Unit in a Bid to Boost Big Data Capabilities
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 20:40
Symantec has indicated that it hopes to utilize Narus for big data analytics to prevent, detect and remediate cyberattacks. Symantec's massive global threat intelligence network collects information from millions of Nort...
Dr. Pepper Snapple Follows Coca-Cola Into The At-Home Carbonation Market
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 20:38
Unlike Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, Dr. Pepper doesn't posses as much control over shipments to ensure optimum store and shelf placement, somewhat hampering its reach and availability. As most of the beverage purchases are imp...
Despite Accelerating ASP Decline, Qualcomm's 3G/4G Business To Grow In 2015
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 20:36
While Qualcomm believes that the QTL revenue growth many be muted to some extent in fiscal 2015, it claims that the growth in global 3G/4G device demand remains strong, which along with new emerging opportunities is expe...
Coffee Day Enterprises giving final touches to listing plans
livemint.com - 14 Jan 2015 20:20
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Morgan Stanley are likely to be appointed as lead bankers for the IPO
Government Bond Yields Turn Negative
Wall Street Journal - 14 Jan 2015 20:18
Investors are paying some to keep their money for years, turning the debt world on its head and underscoring the deepening gloom over global growth.
Forex Probe Finds New Signs of Potential Wrongdoing
Wall Street Journal - 14 Jan 2015 19:45
Investigations into attempted manipulation of the vast currencies markets have uncovered new signs of potential wrongdoing, sparking a fresh round of firings by Wall Street banks and snaring new financial institutions.
Pivotal 1st Quarter Price Levels
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 19:03
After just two days of stock market trading, it looks as though this will be another volatile week to start off the New Year. Though most of the major averages did close the day lower, they did settle above the worst lev...
15 Great Stocks For 2015
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 19:01
Trying to outguess the market can make a fool of anyone. Instead of trying to move in and out of the market, a better strategy is to buy quality stocks that you can ideally hold for the longer term. With that in mind, we...
Fundamentals And Relative Strength Make Builders A Buy
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 19:01
Housing and real estate stocks are starting to show some nice relative strength. Don’t take my word for it, the market is telling you. A quick look at the “new high list” will show you the sector with the highest p...
Daily Dividend Report: SJR, KALU, PG, QCOM, IP, MSA, UNF
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 18:50
Shaw Communications (SJR) approved an 8% increase in the equivalent annual dividend rate to $1.185 on Shaw's Class B Non-Voting Participating Shares. The new rates are effective with the monthly dividend paid on March 30...
Wednesday's ETF with Unusual Volume: COPX
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 18:37
The Copper Miners ETF (COPX) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 119,000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 31,000. Shares of COPX were off about 8.6% on the ...
Wednesday's ETF Movers: XBI, IYG
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 18:36
In trading on Wednesday, the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 0.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Ziopharm Oncology (ZIOP), up about 55%...
ISS Gives New Support To Family Dollar's $8.5 Billion Merger With Dollar Tree
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 18:35
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Service (ISS) continues to recommend that shareholders vote in favor of Dollar Tree's proposed $8.5 billion takeover of discount retail competitor Family Dollar Stores.
Wednesday Sector Laggards: Metals & Mining, Non-Precious Metals & Non-Metallic Mining Stocks
Forbes - 14 Jan 2015 18:35
In trading on Wednesday, metals & mining shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 3.7%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Uranium Energy (UEC), down about 10.7% and shares of Teck Resources (TCK...