It was surprising not see many silver and gold companies try to come public in initial public offerings during the great moves seen in the shiny metals. We now have ... Read Full Story »
Is California's debt rating safe? Or is in the same boat as Greece? That depends upon whom you ask. Meredith Whitney would probably say it is not safe. Standard & ... Read Full Story »
When can one adequately call a top in a company like Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX)? The answer is simultaneously "never" and "any time." When momentum investing (and day trading) works, ... Read Full Story »
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev told an economic conference last month that he had ordered the government to reduce its controlling interests in some of the country's biggest companies. He wants ... Read Full Story »
The mania of stock splits is not quite as fast and furious as it was earlier in June on the split calendar, but we are still seeing some key ... Read Full Story »
It was back in mid-May that we issued a call to arms for Americans to look into refinancing their mortgages if they missed the boat in 2010. At the time, ... Read Full Story »
The US Department of Energy has announced that it will offer a loan guarantee for $105 million to expand an Iowa plant that makes ethanol from the cellulosic waste ... Read Full Story »
Party City Holdings is a company you have probably run by if you have ever had to buy party favors. This was taken private back in 2005 and it is ... Read Full Story »
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX), APAC Customer Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: ... Read Full Story »
Twitter has, by most estimates, 225 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ... Read Full Story »
Updated throughout the day. Treasury has begun to examine alternatives to default after August 2. (Reuters) Blackstone (NYSE: BSX) will raise $16 billion for its new buy-out fund (Reuters) Apple ... Read Full Story »
The month of June looks to have been pretty good for some U.S. retailers. Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST), Macy's Inc. (NYSE: M), Limited Brands Inc. (NYSE: LTD), Target Corp. ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Reiterated Buy and raised target to ... Read Full Story »
Last April, Harvey Neiman of Neiman Funds Management, said in an interview that market volatility was going to be the theme for 2011. Rather than trying to predict what would ... Read Full Story »
Skullcandy is a company many investors and many adults may have never heard of. That may change as the company has now updated the SEC paperwork for an IPO. The ... Read Full Story »