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The earnings crunch is underway. Highlights this week include scheduled quarterly reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, Netflix and Starbucks, which are all expected to post earnings growth, as well as from Ford, McDonald's and Microsoft, for which earnings declines are forecast. Here is a...

U.S. stocks tumbled as investors and traders showed no intention of allowing Wednesday's bull charge to continue. The Nasdaq index continues to under-perform and notched its worst one day performance since 2011. The decline in the Nasdaq index continues to be fueled by biotech and momentum...

U.S. stocks recovered and posted strong gains as concerns over a military conflict involving Russia and Ukraine dissipated overnight. The Dow posted a triple digit point gain, recording its best day of the year. The S&P 500 surged to new all time highs of 1,876.23 while the Nasdaq hit new...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) -- which has been facing increased competition from mining equipment makers in China and India -- is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter full-year 2013 results on Monday, before the markets open. While the housing and wider economic recovery are...

Investors and traders were in clear selling mode today ahead of a very busy week of earnings. The Dow suffered a triple digit point loss while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered losses of more than one percent. There were no key economic data releases today. Related: Earnings Expectations For...

A recent article on Benzinga reported on how scandals can be rewarding for investors. Often times, companies having problems that do not affect the core business model or essential operations will recover. That happened in recent years with BP, Caterpillar, and Wal-Mart, among others. The...

With the Dow Jones Industrials posting year-to-date gains over 26 percent investors and analysts are expecting markets to see a strong finish in 2013. Nevertheless, there have been a number of market clunkers that have had the misfortune of woefully underperforming to this point in the year....

Major indices barely budged Thursday following yesterday's monster rally after the Fed announced it will begin tapering. Overall volume was below average which is typical in the final trading days of the year. Next week will be shortened as investors break for Christmas and a week later for new...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up about 20 percent year to date, and the S&P 500 has gained even more in that time. Even as the markets continue to challenge new highs, investors and analysts are positioning themselves for the end of the year and for 2014. According to Wall Street...

The Nasdaq index traded above 4,000 for the first time since 2000. The other major indices were flat for the day as markets couldn't hold on to early gains that were boosted by an international accord with Iran. Economic news was rather light and there were no comments from a Fed chairperson that...

Investors and traders welcomed news of lower than expected inflation. The U.S. Labor Department monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for October fell 0.10 percent, compared to an estimated flat reading. Year over year, the index is up 1.00 percent, in line with expectations. The Fed's target...

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), which continues to rely heavily on the markets in China, is scheduled to report its third-quarter 2013 results Wednesday, October 23, before the markets open. About a third of Caterpillar's revenue and approximately half of its profit come from China...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

This weekend in Barron's online: the looming economic calamity if entitlement spending is not reined in, as well as the prospects for AMC Networks, Prem Watsa and more. Cover Story "What, Me Worry?" by Gene Epstein. Unless Washington stops dithering, says this week's cover story in Barron's, the...