The primary motivation for selling those particular stocks was that all had their earnings estimates reduced by some Wall Street analysts.
As we enter August, the earnings outlook for the S&P 500 Index continues to deteriorate for this year and next.
Here's a snapshot of the eight economic indicators watched by Goldman Sachs' rock star economist, Jim O'Neill.
The "OK" jobs report could sooon help snap a cautionary markets signal and confirm an uptrend for all three major U.S. stock indices.
The time to buy emerging market stocks is when they are unloved - as they certainly are today, says investment manager Charles Sizemore.
General Motors remains an unpopular investment -- at least for a $30 billion household name. Yet one Covestor manager explains why he's in it for the long haul.
The Volatility and Tactical Opportunity portfolio aims to benefit from the up and down swings of market volatility
Traders are now betting on whether or not Facebook's stock will slide to $15 by December. Here are the three of the biggest concerns:
Google may have the answer to one of the Fed's biggest policy-setting challenges: Accessing fresh economic data.
Nobody wants to believe it, and investors innumerable have long been whipsawed by rogue pundits proclaiming that "it's different this time."