It was a broadly positive, but not spotless, outlook, and investors in companies like Early cycle oil markets are seeing an encouraging “start of a recovery.” It’s marginally positive for Dover Corp, but definitely positive for GE.

There are plenty of reasons for investors to be happy with the bank’s performance — for example, the charge-off ratio sank to a historic low, expenses are down, and although they’re not quite where they need to be, the bank’s return on equity and return on assets are starting to look more respectable. However, there’s one piece of information from the bank’s earnings report you should pay close attention to.

Dividend investors rely on the income that their investments produce, and many have turned to the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF as an easy way to invest in a diversified portfolio of high-yielding dividend stocks. Over the course of time, the Vanguard ETF has managed not only to deliver on its promise of paying healthy levels of dividend income, but also to increase its dividends over time.

Downtrend no more! Silver ended a three-year slide in 2016, with physical silver increasing by roughly 15% from where it began the year. Nonetheless, ending the year at $15.90 per ounce is still a far cry from the $48.28 per ounce closing high struck in April 2011.

Whether higher rates are good or bad for a particular bank depends on a balancing act. Image source: iStock/Thinkstock.

Friday is the day the bank earnings start to roll in. Based on the fact that everyone is bullish on the banks, I sure hope these folks beat, raise and guide much higher.

Following a Reuters report early in the day that ClubCorp is in the early stages of selling itself, ClubCorp effectively confirmed the news in a press release saying it is “reviewing strategic alternatives.” ClubCorp has formed a strategic review committee to tackle the task, and has enlisted Jefferies and Wells Fargo Securities as financial advisors during the process.

The recent surge in global financial, telecom and energy stocks after Trump’s election is coming to an end. Here are a few promising sectors if mean reversion comes into play.

If Donald Trump’s fiscal stimulus plans are enacted, demand for air travel should increase, boosting airline shares, says Deutsche Bank’s airline analyst. A veteran airline industry analyst said Trump administration plans for fiscal stimulus will likely lead to higher demand for air travel.

The S&P 500 was up 0.3%, the Dow gained 0.25% to 19,935, and the Nasdaq added 0.5%, trading at an intraday high of 5,559. The Dow has struggled to breach 20,000 in recent days after coming close to the milestone on Friday.

London’s FTSE 100 recorded its longest-ever winning streak and a new record high on Tuesday as miners rallied. London’s FTSE 100 notched its longest run of gains in its 33-year history on Tuesday, to close up 0.60% at a new record of 7,280, while the domestic FTSE 250 index inched toward its own previous record high.

Before I move on from reviewing 2016, I want to take a look at which models performed best during the year and how those top performers look as 2017 begins. The top performing model last year was made of stocks trading below book value that had high F-scores and high Altman Z-scores.

The main story of the market recently is that while the Nasdaq is hitting new all-time highs the other major indices have been churning and making little progress. This is caused by a narrowing of market leadership.

European stocks traded lower Tuesday but a renewed fall in the British pound helped lifted the U.K. benchmark to another all-time. European stocks traded lower Tuesday but a renewed fall in the British pound helped lifted the U.K. benchmark to another all-time.