The market is poised for another positive day as investors react to revised GDP numbers which show that the economy grew faster than previously thought at the end of last year. According to the Commerce Department, the economy grew at 3.1% during the fourth quarter, which is higher than analysts had been expecting to see. Going into today's report analysts had been expecting to see revised GDP output of 3.0%. Last month ...

JMFSP62GSPYJ Video game retailer GameStop (GME) is trading sharply higher today after the company posted strong numbers for its fourth quarter. GameStop had a very respectable 10% jump in sales, spurred by strong demand for hit titles such as Activision (ATVI)'s Call of Duty Black Ops. Going into this morning's earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see GameStop post earnings of $1.55 per share, but actual earnings came in slightly higher at ...

It was a positive day for the stock market, and despite global turmoil the overall markets all managed to post gains on the day. The DOW closed the session up 0.56%, the NASDAQ was up 0.54% and the S&P closed the day up 0.3%. Along with an overall up market, we also saw a couple big name stocks hit new 52 week highs during the day. Here are a couple of notable ...

Lost of stocks hitting new 52 week highs today with the DOW being up 0.4%, and the NASDAQ up 0.7%. Here are a couple of the stocks that traded up to new highs today: Motorola (MOT) currently up 1.4% and hit new 52 week high of $9.05, currently trading at $9.01. Qualcomm (QCOM) currently up 1.0% to $49.94 and hit 52 week high of $49.98. Procter & Gamble (PG) hit a new 52 week ...

Some big names picked up broker upgrades today. Here are a few of the companies that received upgrades: Microsoft (MSFT) : Microsoft was upgraded today by EVA Dimensions, LLC to Buy from Overweight. MSFT stock closed the trading session at $29.85, down 0.9%. Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) : Baker Hughes was upgraded by Citigroup to Hold from Sell. BHI stock finished the trading session down 1.3% at $47.32. Electronic Arts (ERTS) : Electronic ...

A few more big names are going to get their chance to impress Wall Street when they report earnings tomorrow. Here are a few of the names that will be reporting tomorrow: Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) : Bristol Myers will be reporting its first quarter results tomorrow. The company is expected to report earnings of $0.51 per share, verses $0.41 during the same period last year. The stock closed the day up ...

The earnings season continues to move along, and a couple big stocks are going to be reporting their earnings tomorrow. Here are a few of the stocks that are going to report earnings tomorrow: DuPont (DD) : DuPont is going to be reporting its first quarter numbers tomorrow. Analysts have forecast earnings of $1.06, verses $0.54 during the same period last year. The company will be announcing earnings before the market ...

Strong first quarter earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) have helped pushed the market higher to start off the week. Shares of Caterpillar are up 4.5% on the day to $71.91, up $3.13 following better than expected results this morning before the market opened. Analysts were forecasting $0.39 per share, and the company easily outpaced those estimates with a reported $0.50 per share. Revenues were a bit shy of analyst estimates, but the stock ...

Some big name stocks set new 52 week highs today. Here are some of the stocks that were able to set new highs to head into the weekend: Microsoft (MSFT) : Tech giant Microsoft set a new 52 week high today, trading up to $31.58 before closing the trading session down 1.4% on the day to $30.96, down $0.43. The company posted better than expected fiscal Q3 earnings last night following ...

Shares of Xerox (XRX) are soaring today, and set a new 52 week high today after posting better than expected first quarter numbers. Going into this mornings earnings report, analysts were forecasting $0.15 per share, verses $0.05 during the same period last year. Actual earnings came in well above estimates, at $0.18 per share excluding special items. Revenues were up by 33% during the quarter to $4.7 billion. Analysts had forecast revenues of ...