The last 15 junes, the dow has been positive only five times. As for today, stocks clawed higher in final hour of trade to turn around and end the week on a positive note. The dow gained nearly six points, the nasdaq rose by 19 again and s p tacked on almost four. For the week, the dow and s p were down slightly while the nasdaq continued its climb higher. The quarter is the story to itself with three averages looks like they will end higher but as with the market, some areas have stood out more than others and as dominic chu explains now, a Little Research goes a long way. Reporter the Second Quarter is shaping up to be a descent one for the stock market. While the broader s p 500 is up nearly 5 since the end of march, Industry Groups like biotechnology, tobacco and computers posted higher returns. If you took time and lucky enough to invest in these types of stocks, you would be having a great quarter. Many experts believe that doing some homework and picking specific parts of the ma
The last 15 junes, the dow has been positive only five times. As for today, stocks clawed higher in final hour of trade to turn around and end the week on a positive note. The dow gained nearly six points, the nasdaq rose by 19 again and s p tacked on almost four. For the week, the dow and s p were down slightly while the nasdaq continued its climb higher. The quarter is the story to itself with three averages looks like they will end higher but as with the market, some areas have stood out more than others and as dominic chu explains now, a Little Research goes a long way. Reporter the Second Quarter is shaping up to be a descent one for the stock market. While the broader s p 500 is up nearly 5 since the end of march, Industry Groups like biotechnology, tobacco and computers posted higher returns. If you took time and lucky enough to invest in these types of stocks, you would be having a great quarter. Many experts believe that doing some homework and picking specific parts of the ma
As for today, stocks clawed higher in final hour of trade to turn around and end the week on a positive note. The dow gained nearly six points, the nasdaq rose by 19 again and s p tacked on almost four. For the week, the dow and s p were down slightly while the nasdaq continued its climb higher. The quarter is the story to itself with three averages looks like they will end higher but as with the market, some areas have stood out more than others and as dominic chu explains now, a Little Research goes a long way. Reporter the Second Quarter is shaping up to be a descent one for the stock market. While the broader s p 500 is up nearly 5 since the end of march, Industry Groups like biotechnology, tobacco and computers posted higher returns. If you took time and lucky enough to invest in these types of stocks, you would be having a great quarter. Many experts believe that doing some homework and picking specific parts of the market will pay off for investors. This year, we think its about
Economic outlook grow. The two biggest drivers, strength in germany and france. Things are up slightly this morning in european trading. But there has been some interesting calls on this. And well talk more about what jim cramer had to say about europe a little bit later in the show too. An update from our colleagues in london in a few minutes. Jimmy saying europe is back. And thats a big story for u. S. Stocks. Corporate news, the former jpmorgan trader known as the london whale and regulators reached an agreement to avoid criminal prosecution. But two are expected to be charged as soon as today. The s. E. C. Is said to be in settlement talks with jpmorgan over disclosures of the trading losses. Number of activist investors in the news today. Lets start with carl icahn. Hes taking a large position in apple and says the stock could be worth as much as 700 a share. If ceo tim cook pushed for a larger stock buyback. In the tweet yesterday, icahn announced he has spoken to the apple boss,
It is both a military mess and a political mess. Embattled iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki made his first Public Comments since the u. S. Air strike, saying he will not step down. He says he plans to file a legal complaint against the new president for a clear constitutional violation. Troop movement overnight in baghdad had people wondering, is a coup under way . Is he starting one or preventing one . This is video of fierce fighting on the ground in iraq yesterday. Helped by u. S. Bombing raids, the Kurdish Forces overtook isis. Well have a live report from erbil, the capital in a few minutes. Scott has our top stories. Kinder morgan consolidating assets in a 44 billion, bringing all of the companys publicly traded units under a Single Corporation, rather than the current Master Limited partnership structure. Buzzfeed is expected to announce a new cash injection today that could value the company at about 850 million. The New York Times reports the online media startup just close