3M stock is soaring Tuesday after the industrial conglomerate beat expectations for its fourth quarter and provided a positive outlook. Here's what to know.
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) is one of several blue chips announcing earnings results this week.
U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 200 points on Tuesday.
The US indices all had a bit of a move overnight, as Trump tweeted that he is going to impose 25% tariffs on both Canada and Mexico February 1st. At this point, the market watch algos panic sell, but it appears that the humans stabilized things.
Procter & Gamble (PG 0.39%) is the largest household and personal products company by market cap in the U.S. It has dozens of brands spanning several daily-use categories, including family care, home products, hair and grooming needs, oral hygiene, baby care, feminine products, skin care, and more.
2024 was an excellent year for the major stock market indexes. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.78%) had just a 12.9% return, compared to 23.3% for the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.00%) and 28.6% for the Nasdaq Composite.
While DOW benefits from investment in high-return projects and cost actions, weak end-market demand and declining estimates cast a pall on its prospects.
The US indices were all slightly positive, but at the end of the day, you must remember that Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and therefore there was a limited amount of trading volume and working hours in the futures markets. However, it looks like we are still very
Warren Buffett primarily buys large-cap stocks for Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio. That makes sense because Berkshire has so much money to deploy that smaller companies simply don't move the needle enough for the giant conglomerate.
U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 300 points on Friday.
The US indices that I follow here at FX Empire all look as if they are trying to rise in the early part of the session on Friday, to continue the overall uptrend that we have seen in the United States.
The Dogs of the Dow strategy doesn't always work. Often, it can lead investors to a laggard poised to lag behind for yet another year.