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Monthly Archives: November 2011

Cisco Earnings Shows More Redemption (CSCO)

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading higher after its earnings report.  The leader in networking technologies and communications equipment reported earnings of $0.33 EPS net but the analyst equivalent ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (DWA, HRB, PCLN, RAD, WAG, ADSK, GM, AONE, IL, NILE, HNR, NP, ENER, PRTS, ORLY, AMSC, NOR, C, BZH)

Pre-market signals were weak today, and once trading opened, the signals got stronger. The DJIA has traded down more than -200 points for most of the day, with financial and ...
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Target Prices for Auto Sector Stocks (GM, F, HTZ, CAR, ZIP, AN, KMX, CRMT, ORLY, AZO, PBY)

About three weeks ago, we looked at target prices and implied share price gains in a number of auto sector stocks. The quarterly earnings season had just begun, and hopes ...
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360-Degree Cisco Earnings Preview: Peers Await (CSCO, JNPR, ALU, RVBD, BRCD)

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings after the close of trading and Wall Street is expecting a better report than what it had heard from the ...
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The Most Valuable Movie Franchises Of All-Time

The movie industry grosses billions of dollars per year in box office sales. The amount of money invested on the top movie franchises is mind-boggling, but the largest films have ...
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Nvidia’s Speedy Chips Won’t Break Apple’s Grip on Tablet Market (NVDA, ARMH, INTC, AAPL, TXN, QCOM, GOOG)

How much computing power does a person need in a mobile device? Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) is betting that the answer is, “All you can get.” The company has announced ...
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OPEC Oil Outlook Forecasts Big Demand Increase

There is no shortage of prognostication on the world’s oil supply out to somewhere around 2035. The major public forecasts come from the US Energy Information Administration, the International Energy ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (AAPL, ADBE, GM, ROVI, SODA, PANL)

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE), General ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (11/9/2011) Italy Crisis, GM Earnings, Adobe Jobs

NYT: G.M. Profit Falls on Rising Costs http://nyti.ms/s8Io25 Reuters: Macy's posts higher net, raises full-year outlook http://reut.rs/szLlTP Zerohedge: Worldwide Markets Collapse Following Italian Bond Margin Hike http://tinyurl.com/bouy2o4 BBC: Adobe job ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/9/2011) Goldman Sells China Stake, Carlyle Real Estate Fund

Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) may sell its piece of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for as much as $1.54 billion (Reuters) Carlyle Group has ...
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New Foreclosures Smash Albuquerque, Boston, Sarasota, And Cincinnati

Foreclosures which had been delayed by the robo-signing scandal and bankrutpcy overflow in some courts have hit some housing markets with a vengeance. It is yet another examples that the crisis is ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALSK, ADSK, AVP, NILE, CAAS, DWA, EQR, HRB, PCLN, RAD, ROVI, SPPI, TGH, WAG, WPO)

These are some of Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ALSK) Cut to Underperform at BofA/ML. Autodesk Inc. ...
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European ADRs Follow Italy Much Lower, Wrecking U.S. Market Gains (E, LUX, TI, ALU, MT, BHP, STD, IRE, CS, UBS, DB, FTE, PHG, ERIC, NOK, NBG, SI, EWI)

Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy.  The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/9/2011) Adobe Layoffs, Christine Lagarde’s Warning

Greek and Italian prime ministers resign.The sovereign debt crisis in Europe became more confused as an unprecedented event occurred. The heads of two major national governments resigned within days of ...
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Job Openings Jump in September, Number Still Low

The Labor Department reported that there were 3.4 million open jobs nationwide in September. Most analysis of the number said that this was great progress over the 3.1 million level ...
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