Although biotech stocks as a whole handily outpaced the S&P 500 returns last year, there’s no guarantee that investors will be similarly rewarded this year. To get insight into whether biotech stocks can continue climbing, we asked three top Motley Fool contributors to give us their opinion. Read on to learn what they think.: Bringing a new drug to market […]
VIDEO UPDATE: 30m session looking at the long term market charts, top 5 movers on the day, three minutes speed run through Bespoke 50 list, viewer charts, and some ticker education.Thursday was much the opposite of Wednesday; yesterday the market was up thru mid afternoon then suffered significant selling late. Today indexes were down thru mid afternoon and then buyers […]
By: Martin BlancPublished: Jan 29, 2015 at 1:12 pm EST
Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) released its fourth-quarter (4QFY14) financial performance before the market opened on Thursday. Raytheon reported a beat on earning per share (EPS), but missed profit forecast estimates; following the news, the stock is down by 5.7% as of 12:45 PM EST.The company reported revenue of $6.14 billion, showing an […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch tonight’s Market Report on Ticker.tvWednesday’s action was not very encouraging. Markets gapped up at the open and stayed in a small range until 2 PM, and then a heavy bout of selling kicked in. Again in bull markets we don’t want to see up opens and down closes. It looked like the market had wanted to turn […]
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Why United Parcel Service (UPS) Stock Is Trading Down By 10%
UPS stock is trading down by around 10% on Friday, following the release of expectations of disappointing fourth-quarter financial results
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By: Martin BlancPublished: Jan 23, 2015 at 10:57 am EST
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) released its preliminary fourth-quarter financial results before the market opened on Friday. The company warned investors of […]
Shares of brokerage firm – E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC – Analyst Report) rose 4.24% in after hours trade following the release of its impressive fourth-quarter 2014 results on Jan 22, after the market closed. Driven by strong trading activity, E*TRADE delivered a positive earnings surprise of 13% in the quarter, marking the fourth straight quarter of earnings beat.Earnings per share […]
Originally published January 23, 2015 at 5:55 AM | Page modified January 24, 2015 at 2:28 AMNEW YORK —
A batch of mixed earnings reports Friday helped push the stock market to its first day of losses this week.Shares of tissue and diaper maker Kimberly-Clark dropped after the company’s earnings fell short of expectations and it gave a disappointing outlook. Package-delivery […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Watch the market report here!Despite more or less doing what was rumored yesterday, the actions by the European Central Bank this morning set indexes on fire. This has been a consistent pattern for years now. One day it will not have the same effect but until that day comes traders will react in knee jerk reaction. The S&P […]
Yes biotech has outperformed the S&P for years now, and yes some stocks in the group may be stretched. I also respect the market enough not to wax Pollyannish here. There will speed bumps along the way, but this powerful trend is up and it shows no signs of slowing down.Could $IBB pullback to to 280-290 and still end the […]
Share on StockTwitsEmbedThings have for sure gotten tougher in the markets despite the free money, low interest rate environment.The 10 year yield in the USA is below 1.80 percent. You can buy that, not me. I would rather have cash and a few bitcoins below $200.Despite the boom in biotech and private investing, the overall ‘tape’ has changed. I could […]
