Economic News

Eagle Eye Opener: U.S. Stocks Open Down Due to Economic Reports and Draghi Comments; Greenlight Capital Sues Apple for Hoarding Cash; Amway Notches Record Results

U.S. stocks fell this morning, after a two-day advance in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as investors...

Eagle Daily Investor: U.S. Stocks Dip on European Worries; Investors Should Note Lower-than-Expected Orders to U.S. Factories; Potash Upstart Hurts Pricing Power of Big Rivals

U.S. stocks fell this morning, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index declining from a five-year high, as...

Daily Data Flow: Jobs Data Boosts Dow Past 14,000; Auto Sales Strong in January; Euro Beats Dollar and Yen

Manufacturing and jobs data released today pushed U.S. stocks upward, allowing the Dow to jump 148.14 points, 1.1%,...

Eagle Eye Opener: Student Loan Woes Soar; California’s Economy Improves; S&P 500 Posts Best January in 15 Years

The TransUnion credit reporting agency announced the total amount of student loans outstanding is $900 billion and roughly...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Economy Shrinks; Fed Continues Stimulus;Dollar Hits Low against Euro

From October through December 2012, the U.S. economy experienced its first shrinking since the end of the recession....

Daily Data Flow: Dow Hits Five-Year High; Consumer Confidence Down; Amazon Going Strong

Rising U.S. stocks allowed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to gain 73.03 points, 0.5%, to climb to 13,954.96,...

Eagle Eye Opener: Corporate Earnings Reports Abound; Global Market Mixed; Toyota Finishes First in 2012 Car Sales

Investors who wait to make decisions based off of hard economic data are preparing to embrace numerical nirvana...

Daily Data Flow: Apple Distracts from S&P; Jobs Numbers Improving; Yen Slumps

Apple (AAPL), in the midst of its worst slump in four years, overshadowed forecast-beating earnings elsewhere in the...

Daily Data Flow: Debt Vote Raises Stocks; Remodeling’s Rise; Euro Crisis Impacts Forecasts

Technology stocks' earnings beat their forecasts, and lawmakers temporarily suspended the federal debt limit. As a result, U.S....

Eagle Eye Opener: GOP Extends U.S. Borrowing Until May; Housing Market Rises; Jobs Will be Growing Concern by Year’s End

nvestors watched bemused as House Republicans approved a measure to extend U.S. borrowing authority until May 19.