Wednesday, December 4, 2024New all-time closing highs came to the Dow, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq once again today. The Dow grew by an impressive +308 points, or +0.69% on the session, the S&P 500 was +36 points, +0.61%, while the Nasdaq gained a whopping +254 points on the day, +1.30%. The small-cap Russell 2000 hiked up +11 points, +0.46%. Services, Factory Orders and Beige BookWe had a busy morning with economic data today — not only with the lower-than-expected private-sector payroll data from ADP (ADP) ahe ...

Wednesday, December 4, 2024Pre-market futures have remained in the green following a key inflation report this morning ahead of the open. The Dow leads the way, +170 points — which has plenty to do with double-digit gains from Salesforce (CRM) yesterday afternoon — while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, fresh off another all-time closing high Tuesday, are up +18 points and +145 points, respectively.ADP Reaches 146K: Smaller than Expected; Manufacturing -26KThis morning, Jobs Week continues with the release of mo ...

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Pre-market futures are flat as a pancake at this hour, with none of the major indexes either up or down 0.1% currently. We’re still a day away from early morning jobs data, which starts tomorrow with private-sector payrolls for November from Automatic Data Processing ((ADP) . Ahead of today’s open, we’re essentially devoid of market-moving news.JOLTS to Kick Off Jobs Week, 10am ETThe big news of today will like be the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), which has tracked the labor market in term ...

It’s the final Jobs Week of 2024 this week, and as such holds particular importance for the Fed, who will decide on forward monetary policy based partly on the health of the U.S. labor market. Last month, we saw a huge gap between private-sector payrolls from ADP ((ADP) coming in at +233K new jobs filled, and the U.S. government’s Employment Situation report only brought in +12K positions. We’ll see if revisions pull these numbers closer together.Tuesday brings us the latest JOLTS report for October, which ...

It has been about a month since the last earnings report for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) . Shares have added about 6.1% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is ADP due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts. ADP's Q1 Earnings Beat EstimatesAutomati ...

Experts share insights and resources to help employers navigate HR trends and priorities in the year aheadROSELAND, N.J., Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- From developments in generative artificial intelligence (AI), skill-building and employee well-being to laws and regulations surrounding AI and pay transparency, the global world of work will continue to transform in 2025. To help employers navigate shifting priorities, ADP today unveiled the key HR trends employers should have on their radar and the resourc ...

Joseph Jones, professor at The University of Southern Mississippi, has over fifteen years of experience studying the market. He focuses on portfolio construction from a dividend growth investor's perspective. The insights expressed in his research are solely his own; they do not represent the views or financial interests of his employer.Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the nex ...

As is the case with life, there are no guarantees in dividend investing. The dividend payer of today could cut or suspend its dividend tomorrow - or even go bankrupt. For my money, owning a well-diversified portfolio of provenHi, my name is Kody. Aside from my articles here on Seeking Alpha, I am also a regular contributor to TipRanks, Sure Dividend, and The Dividend Kings and iREIT+Hoya Capital. I have been investing since September 2017 and interested in dividend investing since about 2009.Since July 2018 ...

These companies have delivered 50 or more years of dividend increases. Many companies have either had to stop increasing their dividends or, worse yet, cut or suspend their payouts because of financial troubles over the years. That makes those with unbroken streaks of growing their payouts all the more impressive. A tiny percentage of public companies have multidecade streaks of increasing their dividends. A little more than 50 companies have delivered 50 or more years of dividend growth. Dubbed Dividend Ki ...