The S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered their biggest declines in five weeks as investors grew worried about the prospect of a near term tapering of the Fed’s stimulus plan. Dismal earnings numbers added to the gloom and dragged benchmarks into the red. Consumer staples were the only gainer among the S&P 500 industry groups, while healthcare stocks incurred major […]
Technology stocks drove the Nasdaq to a 13-year high, but the Dow and S&P 500 dropped into the red on Black Friday. Both the Dow & S&P 500 had opened higher and the latter touched an intra-day high before they both closed in negative territory during a short trading session. Technology emerged as the biggest gainers among the S&P 500 […]
Better-than-expected earnings from Hewlett-Packard along with a couple of encouraging domestic reports guided benchmarks higher on Wednesday. Initial claims numbers and the Michigan consumer sentiment report boosted investor confidence. Meanwhile, manufacturing activity in Chicago declined in November from the previous month but came in above market expectations. The technology sector was the biggest gainer among the S&P 500 industry groups […]
The Dow and S&P 500 finished Thursday’s trading on new highs following Janet Yellen’s comments during her Senate confirmation hearing. Yellen suggested that the Federal Reserve’s soft monetary policy could continue until the economy shows signs of significant strength. A couple of economic reports were released yesterday. Initial claims slipped, declining for the fifth time in a row. Among the […]
Wednesday, December 31, 1969 – IDeaS partners with Brand Karma and ReviewPro to integrate social media data into IDeaS RMS
IDeaS Revenue Solutions, the leading provider of pricing and revenue management software, services and consulting to the hospitality industry, today announced the industry’s first tool for analyzing how social media ratings and sentiment should impact hotel room pricing. Developed with […]
Bloomberg TVKatie Jacobs Stanton, Twitter’s head of international.Twitter’s IPO is ready to price, and, predictably, many pundits are going on about how stupid investors are to buy the stock.
Twitter is losing money, these pundits observe.It’s a social network, like the disastrous Facebook.Twitter hasn’t proven anything yet.Twitter investors are so deluded and ridiculous, these pundits roar, that they’ve already agreed to […]
Looking for stocks with strong momentum with more potential upside to price in? We created a list with that sentiment in mind.The 8 stocks listed below have met all of the following criteria:– Rallying above their 20, 50, and 200 day moving averages.The market has sent many stock prices soaring in the past couple months, so we wanted to make […]
