ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 03/21/20

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Today's massive selloff is spreading to all areas of the market and industrials are no exception. More news on: General Electric Company, Danaher Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., Stocks on the move, News on ETFs, Read more ...

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Another month in the books; another step towards financial freedom. Actually, speaking of dividend growth, February was the perfect sort of month to remind me why I love dividend growth investing so much. Admittedly, my net worth decreased in a meaningful way as the market sold off in the fi...

GLENVIEW, Ill., March 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ITW (NYSE: ITW) today announced it will postpone its annual Investor Day, originally scheduled for Friday, March 13, 2020. Due to recently enacted travel restrictions at a number of participating firms, a significant percentage of attendees...

Until recently, markets have been making new all-time highs. However, the market has been on a losing streak this past week due to fears of the spread of Coronavirus outside China and its impact on the world economy. The S&P 500 has lost nearly 7.5% from its peak. Time and again, it has ...

It takes a lot to knock well-respected, high-quality stocks down to attractive valuations, and this ugly market selloff is doing just that for many stocks, including Lincoln Electric ( LECO ). Make no mistake, current conditions are pretty challenging for this leading welding company, and wh...

It's interesting to compare the performance of multi-industry industrial stocks Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) over the last few years. The two used to be pretty much correlated but the divergence since the spring of 2019 has been remarkable. Both companies have suffe...