The Dow Jones Equity All REIT index grew 0.59% during the recent week, while the MSCI US REIT index increased 0.71%. The healthcare REIT index was the sole Dow Jones US real estate sector property index to close the recent week in the red, down 1.57%. Cannabis-oriented Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. was the top-performing REIT stock above a $200 million market capitalization for the recent week, with a share-price gain of 14.01%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened at its first all-time high of the year on Friday as shares of health care giant UnitedHealth Group (UNH) soared.
Dow hits record high on UnitedHealth surge, but weak internals and cautious sentiment signal limited upside for US stocks today.
Buffett held more than 1 million UnitedHealth shares between 2006 and 2009, though he dumped his entire stake in 2010 as investors dropped their shares in health insurers.
8am: Dow likely to rally as Nasdaq eases The Dow Jones is expected to open sharply higher when trading gets underway this morning, as investors eye talks between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Dow futures were 0.7% higher an hour and a half before the market opens, with those for the S&P 500 up a more muted 0.2%.
Data on consumer sentiment and retail sales are due later this morning
Bullion prices jump after a media report that gold bars face U.S. tariffs
Verizon is the only Dow stock currently meeting the 'dogcatcher' ideal: annual dividends from $1K invested exceed its share price and are supported by free cash flow. Analyst forecasts suggest top Dow dividend stocks could deliver 14.93% to 41.48% net gains by August 2026, with an average estimated gain of 23.33%. Most Dow stocks remain overpriced relative to their dividends, but market pullbacks or dividend increases could bring more into fair-value territory for income investors.
US stock futures ticked higher early Wednesday as investors digested fresh trade war signals and awaited a flurry of key earnings reports. Dow Jones futures rose 0.3%, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures both up around 0.2%.
Segment profits of group that publishes The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Barron's rose 10%
The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow), and Nasdaq Composite are all stock market indexes used to measure the performance of various aspects of the U.S. stock market.
The Non-Farm Payroll announcement came out much worse than expected, and the revision numbers weren't good either. Because of this, the stock market in New York was hit hard.