You have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report that new claims for unemployment benefits had fallen by 37,000 to a level not seen since 2008 (more coverage here). ... Read Full Story »
The stock market is up Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.47%, the Nasdaq up 0.48% and the S&P 500 up 0.43%. Today's winners include a shoe company ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher following a spate of moderately good news on U.S. employment. The ADP report showed job gains (more coverage here), and the report on new claims ... Read Full Story »
“Cash Burn Rate,” used to value companies with little or no revenues, was a popular term in the dot-com era. The burn rate is the amount of cash that is ... Read Full Story »
Stock markets. Equity markets opened sharply higher this morning before falling into negative territory before the ISM and factory order reports were released. The ISM index came in lower than expected, ... Read Full Story »
Goldman Sachs has noted that an analyst named Brad Cragin has left the firm, and his former targets and ratings in specialty apparel names are no longer in effect. These ... Read Full Story »
Archer-Daniels Midland (ADM) $0.71 vs. $0.59 est.Asset Acceptance Corp. (AACC) -$0.05 EPS vs -$0.05 est.Beazer (BZH) cutting 1/4 workers and suspends dividend; sees new order down 50%.Church & Dwight (CHD) ... Read Full Story »