Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1% to 10,337. The Hang Seng was up 1% to 22,531. PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) rose. The Shanghai Composite was up by 1.5% to ... Read Full Story »
Wall St.'s forecasts for Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) were much, much too low. EPS for the September quarter was $1.82. Most analysts had the number pegged closer to $1.74. In the same ... Read Full Story »
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) just reported its quarterly earnings. On a non-GAAP basis, the chip giant's earnings were $0.42 EPS and revenues were down 15% at $2.88 billion. Thomson ... Read Full Story »
CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF) rallied over 4% to a yearly high of $95.06 after Agrium Inc. announced that it had extened its offer to acquire CF Industries holding ... Read Full Story »
We have provided some basic details on Tuesday's earnings reports from DJIA components Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), DuPont or EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (NYSE: DD), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), ... Read Full Story »
The CBOE Volatility Index, or the VIX, has become almost a useless barometer in the current environment. With the VIX's nickname being called "The Fear Index," this is probably no ... Read Full Story »
The prior data out of the National Association of Home Builders had been improving for three consecutive months. New data for October came out today showing that the index slipped. ... Read Full Story »
Ideation Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: IDI) gave us a volume spike alert over at VSInvestor.com, and it is very unusual to see a special purpose acquisition company suddenly have exponential trading ... Read Full Story »
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has cut prices on products from food to book downloads to toys. It offers $4 prescriptions at its in-store pharmacies. Does the world's largest retailer make any money ... Read Full Story »
Nuveen has been the largest player in single-state municipal bond closed-end and open-end bond funds for years and years. If you look in Barron's each week under closed-end mutual funds ... Read Full Story »
Claymore Securities is launching a new exchange-traded fund for investors to get one more method exposure to the Chinese stock market. The new ETF is the Claymore/AlphaShares China All-Cap ETF ... Read Full Story »
SPACupdate.com has provided 24/7 Wall Street with some exclusive coverage on key issues coming up in the realm of special purpose acquisition companies. 2020 ChinaCap Acquirco (NASDAQ: TTY; NASDAQ: EDS) ... Read Full Story »
Updated throughout the day Updated 3.34 PM EST: Consensus figures for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) earnings may be significantly too high (Barron's) Updated 1.14 PM EST: The whisper number for Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) is ... Read Full Story »
These are this morning's top day trader alert stocks with more detailed data on price, volume, and further analysis with links to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Allion Healthcare, Inc. ... Read Full Story »
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) has finally figured a way to cure its affiliate lawsuits. The wireless operator is acquiring iPCS, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPCS) in a merger valued at approximately ... Read Full Story »