Today we were likely saved by bargain hunting after the DJIA was down some 200 points right after the open, yet we barely closed down 30 points after having a ... Read Full Story »
Dell (DELL-NASDAQ) posted earnings today, sort of. The stock traded up 0.7% to $23.01 in regular trading for the day, despite the fact that no one was looking for much ... Read Full Story »
Some very large companies made today's 52-week low list.Constellation Brands (STZ) The large distiller said 2008 earnings would be poor, and poor enough to send the stock down 15% today ... Read Full Story »
Toyota (TM) sales in the US rose 12% to 187,330, maintaining a pace the US car companies simply can't match.Sales of the core Toyota brand rose 13% to 164,812. Lexus ... Read Full Story »
Thursday - March 1st, 2007 The Stock Market has been up and down worse than that on and off-again 11th grade girlfriend you had with a temperament to match. ... Read Full Story »
From The Stock MastersIs there hope America? Today Ford said its U.S. auto sales fell 13.5% in February and DaimlerChrysler posted a 7.7% decline. Meanwhile, Honda said its U.S. sales ... Read Full Story »
On today's STOP TRADING on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he wished it was worse to shakeout more of the weaker longs to create a better bounce and rally. There was ... Read Full Story »
General Motors (GM-NYSE) shares just launched on the FEB auto numbers. It was assumed of a drop, yet the total US sales rise was listed as 3.4% to 311,763 cars ... Read Full Story »
On today's WALL STREET CONFIDENTIAL on TheStreet.com, Jim Cramer discussed the Yen-carry trade and the weakness. He noted how the yen carry-trade has been around forever, where traders borrow at ... Read Full Story »
Ford just released -13% year over year auto sales but the good news is that truck sales were only down 8.8% of that and the RETAIL sales were only down ... Read Full Story »
DaimlerChrysler AG (DCX-NYSE/ADR) has reported total group sales of 191,810 passenger vehicles in the U.S. for February 2007, an 8 percent decrease compared to February 2006. Chrysler Group, consisting of ... Read Full Story »
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe have been very critical of companies taking charges and asking investors to ignore them. However, the charge Small Cap Watch List and ... Read Full Story »
Bt William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatIt just goes to show - given a mild enough winter even stable utilities can fall short. Case in point: Small Cap Watch ... Read Full Story »
From Ticker SenseAs shown by the red dots that represent where the ETF was trading 5 days ago, markets have come in quite a bit. Most of the global ETFs ... Read Full Story »
From Ticker SenseWell after seven days of weakness, the market has now put in a 5% correction (on an intra-day basis). Will this be enough, as has been the case ... Read Full Story »