Among the three key U.S. equity gauges, the Dow Jones underperformed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq in 2024. The Dow Jones-based exchange-traded fund SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) has added 13.1% over the past year, falling behind the S&P 500 (up 23.7%) and the Nasdaq Composite (up 30.1%) (as of Jan. 9, 2025). This year, too, the Dow Jones has been trailing (up 0.2%) the S&P 500 (up 0.6%) and the Nasdaq (up 0.9%) (as of Jan. 9, 2025).The Dow Jones has lagged behind its peers because the Fed has be ...

OneSpaWorld Holdings Limited (OSW) provided an update on its business and financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2024. The update highlights the strength of the company’s operating platform and the solid execution of its team in managing a complex business model. The company stated that the results are preliminary and subject to final closing.OSW's Q4 Preliminary ResultsIn the fiscal fourth quarter, the company anticipates total revenues in the range of $211-$216 million compared with the prior ...

FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq: LRCX) today announced that its innovative dry photoresist (dry resist) technology has been qualified for direct-print 28nm pitch back end of line (BEOL) logic at 2nm and below by imec, a leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. An advanced patterning technique introduced by Lam, dry resist enhances the resolution, productivity and yield of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, a pivotal ...

Staffing and consulting company RCM Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCMT ) had a run of vigorous growth during the COVID-19 crisis, fell back in late 2022 and the first half of 2023, then began bouncing back inRobert F. Abbott has been investing his family’s accounts since 1995, and in 2010 added options, mainly covered calls and collars with long stocks. He is a freelance writer, and his projects include a website that provides information for new and intermediate-level mutual fund investors. A resident of Air ...

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Eli Lilly and Company TodayLLYEli Lilly and Company$797.17 -2.73 (-0.34%) 52-Week Range$612.70▼$972.53Dividend Yield0.75%P/E Ratio86.18Price Target$1,002.22Add to WatchlistEli Lilly & Co. NYSE: LLY is a major global pharmaceutical company in the medical sector. The company made headlines with its dominant GLP-1 drug, Tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes and Zepbound for obesity. While there are many potential contenders in clinical trials, the current GLP-1 market is a duopoly that Eli Lilly d ...

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Investment strategy: searching and locating money with a radar. getty These five stocks may deliver big dividend raises. I'm talking potential payout hikes starting at 20%. It's possible that one of these firms doubles their dividend because, heck, they did that one year ago! How do I know? Gaudy dividend growth numbers are especially attractive because they often lead to big price gains. I call this dynamic the "dividend magnet." The "magnet" effect is pretty straightforward: When a company not only grows ...

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Fourth quarter 2024 financial results will be released no later than 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Management will review these results on a conference call beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET. The call-in numbers are as follows: BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global health company The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) will release its fourth quarter 2024 financial results on Thursday, January 30, 2025, and will host a conference call the same day. Live Call (888) 566-1889 (Domestic) (773) 799-3989 (Internationa ...