Quantcast

Monthly Archives: January 2011

Today’s Best Market Rumors 1.4.2010 Obama To Get Staff, BP M&A

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 9:00 am

Updated throughout the day. Facebook may lay off half of its staff (WSJ) BP plc (NYSE: BP) may get a buyout offer from Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) (Daily Mail) ...
Read Full Story »

Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ATPG, BANR, DRYS, XING, XOMA)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 8:52 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG), ...
Read Full Story »

DryShips New Oil Pacts Add to Revenue Projections (DRYS, PBR)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 8:37 am

DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) is seeing a rise this morning on two separate announcements regarding contracts for its offshore drilling contract initiatives.  The drybulk and off-shore contract drilling services outfit ...
Read Full Story »

Warren Buffett Kicks Off 2011 Bond Sales in $1.5B Offering (BRK-A, BRK-B)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 8:26 am

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) was the first of the large corporate bond issues for 2011.  Yesterday brought the pricing of a 3-traunch bond issue from its Berkshire Hathaway ...
Read Full Story »

Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AMGN, OFC, EXPE, KEM, MOS, POT, SVU, TROW, UHS, WFMI, WYNN, ALTR, ATML, NVDA, SNDK, TXN)

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 8:08 am

After about two weeks of being quiet and dark, Wall Street research departments are back after the holidays.  These are some of this Tuesday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations ...
Read Full Story »

A Microsoft TV Box To Compete With Google And Apple

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 6:06 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a TV set-top box at the International Consumer Electronics Show, according to a number of media reports. It will compete with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google ...
Read Full Story »

American Optimism About Economy Springs Higher

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 5:44 am

Americans believe, by a wide margin, that the economy will be better in 2011 than it was in 2010. As a matter of fact, "Twice as many Americans think the ...
Read Full Story »

BP plc May Be Back In Play

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 5:13 am

BP plc (NYSE: BP) may be back in play. That is, at least, what a report from The Daily Mail says. The FT points out that claims against the UK-based ...
Read Full Story »

The Fifteen Most Hated American Companies Of 2010

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 4:43 am

Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed many of these to choose the 15 most hated companies in America. We examined each ...
Read Full Story »

Media Digest (1/4/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 4, 2011 at 3:59 am

December retail sales may the last rise in several months. (Reuters) The US will ease some restrictions on deepwater drilling. (Reuters) Oil reached a 27-month peak. (Reuters) Blu-ray could accelerate ...
Read Full Story »

Consumer Bankruptcies Soar, The Recovery Expands

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 5:20 pm

A note to those who have taken all the positive financial and economic data released recently to offer proof the recession is over--consumer bankruptcies soared last year.   U.S. consumer ...
Read Full Story »

The Best Conglomerate Stock for 2011 (MMM, GE, HON, UTX, BRK-B)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 2:23 pm

We have already issued many sector calls for 2011 with our outlooks and we have even given a 2011 DJIA target of 13,042 based upon the same methodology that got ...
Read Full Story »

Apple Now Worth Over $300 Billion (AAPL, XOM, MSFT)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hitting new all-time highs yet again on the first trading day of 2011.  What is more interesting is that its $329.76 price currently generates a ...
Read Full Story »

Best Airline Stock for 2011 (DAL, UAL, AMR, LUV, AAI, LCC, JBLU, ALK)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 11:32 am

The year just passed has been a good one for US air carriers. For the first time in several years, virtually every carrier earned a profit and airline stocks posted ...
Read Full Story »

The Least Attractive DJIA Stocks for 2011 (CAT, CVX, XOM, HD, IBM, VZ, T)

Posted: January 3, 2011 at 11:20 am

It's already 2011 and we have our outlook pieces for the year for sectors and indexes.  While most of our pieces are examining upside going into what is expected to ...
Read Full Story »