Stocks showing ‘remarkable resilience,’ one of Wall Street’s biggest bulls sees blockbuster earnings driving gains

One of the market’s biggest bulls is urging investors to concentrate on fundamentals instead of the noise associated with geopolitical risks. Oppenheimer’s John Stoltzfus notes stocks are showing “remarkable resilience” in an environment that bodes well for gains. “Stocks have gotten through this period in relatively good shape considering we’ve had two separate 10 percent […]

8 Long-Term Uptrend Stocks to Buy

In the early stages of an uptrend, it’s hard to tell just how far a stock will rally. Sometimes these trends are short-lived and “only” give us a 10% return. Other times though, these trends are good for several years and return 100% or more. Telling the difference in the beginning is tough and too […]

4 Cheap Stocks With Growth Potential

A solid start to earnings season helped push share prices higher earlier this week, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index crept toward 17 times forward earnings estimates. A handful of shares remain deeply discounted, however. A recent search for stocks selling for around half or less of the index’s valuation turned up just over […]

Stocks end lower but eke out weekly gains

U.S. stocks extended losses in late trade to end lower on Friday, as weakness in technology and consumer staples shares offset the latest batch of corporate earnings, which largely continued to beat expectations. The selling pressure intensified as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit a more-than-four-year high. The main benchmarks still posted modest […]

Stocks close lower as Apple falls, rates rise

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after a major Asian chipmaker delivered a disappointing forecast which dragged the technology sector lower. Investors also fretted over rising interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 83.18 points lower at 24,664.86, with Apple among the worst-performing stocks in the index. The S&P 500 declined 0.6 percent to 2,693.13 […]

Asian markets slip as technology stocks decline

Negativity on Wall Street flowed through to Asian markets on Friday, with regional stock indexes tracking moderately lower in early trade amid declines in the technology sector. The Nikkei 225 slipped 0.17 percent as semiconductor companies traded lower while financials and utilities rose. South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index edged down by 0.3 percent and Australia’s […]