Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to kick off first-quarter earnings trends today, and this will mark the start of earnings season. Investors and traders have for years tried to ... Read Full Story »
The major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning and continued drifting lower all day. The Chicago PMI report got the day started on the wrong foot, showing a ... Read Full Story »
Stocks opened firmly higher this morning and the DJIA rose by more than 130 points in the first hour of trading. The dollar gained strength against the euro putting more ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) Started as Equal Weight at Barclays. Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ... Read Full Story »
They're Here! Next week will launch the corporate earnings season for the third quarter. The media is going to tell you that this is the most important earnings season in ... Read Full Story »
Aluminum prices climbed by more than 10% from January through April this year, to rise above $1.22/pound before losing all it had gained and returning to about $1.10/pound. At today's ... Read Full Story »
Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. This Friday brings gold and silver, corn prices on the rise, and even a positive read ... Read Full Story »
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) was the first component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to report earnings. Last night's report was actually above estimates on earnings even if revenues were ... Read Full Story »
Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) managed to beat earnings estimates from continuing operations, if you can imagine. The aluminum giant, and first of the DJIA 30 components to report earnings, reported ... Read Full Story »
These are some of the top analyst calls seen with upgrades and downgrades in Wall Street research notes this Tuesday morning: Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Raised to Buy ... Read Full Story »
The secondaries are coming! The secondaries are coming! Actually, that should be that the secondary offering wave is still coming on strong. Early last week we gave a deep review ... Read Full Story »
As we have pointed out over and over, it appears that buyback announcements are on the decline in a serious way as far as "new buyback plans" being announced. Ultimately ... Read Full Story »