Many REITs are in trouble. That is becoming the understatement of the year. The REITs doing better in today’s environment are the ones whose projects are already built and those that were fully leased. …
Oil is trading sharply higher this morning, partly because of oil pipeline and delivery disruptions. Platts reported that crude oil flows through the BTC pipeline have dropped from about 800,000 b/d to 250,000-280,000 b/d.…
Henry Paulson’s bank bailout bill never had a chance of making it through Congress unencumbered. The only question was how may boat anchors the House and Senate would attach. The sinking of the proposal…
Morgan Stanley (MS) said what everyone already knows. It cut earnings estimates for Apple (AAPL) and several other hardware stocks. This holiday season will be a bitter one, even for those children who have…
3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) is one of the few tech stocks to report earnings after today’s close. The troubled maker of routing and communication equipment is expected to post $0.06 EPS on $337.12 million…
A good thing happens, but a bad thing happens. The current market works that way. All the arrows never point in the same direction. As word of the government’s bank bailout spread, crude oil…
With its stock down more than 90% from the highs it reached in 2003,Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD) is looking for something to restorethe company to same-store sales growth and long-term profitability. The answer? Small…
Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN) shares rose this morning after they had been cored to the bone. Despite its sector woes in telecom equipment and fiber optics, Barron’s called the stock a bargain this weekend…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has decided to jump in on the stock buyback bandwagon. Its new share buyback program is for $8 billion in common stock. At current prices, this would represent over 165…
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has decided to jump on the stock buyback bandwagon this morning. The footwear and sports apparel and equipment maker has just announced it would repurchase up to $5 billion in…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is announcing another monster share buyback plan. This one gives it the authorization to repurchase as much as $40 billion worth of stock. Its last buyback plan has been completed. …
Standard & Poor’s has just made what appears to be its first new "AAA" corporate credit rating in years. The winner is none other than Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Its short-term and commercial paper…
In a sign that the people with the closest view of housing expect market conditions to remain weak for a long time, Lowe’s (LOW) is expected to announce this week that it is curbing…
These are not all of the research calls affecting shares of stock, but these are some we have our eyes on this Monday: Alliance Bernstein (AB) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Arkansas Best (ABFS)…
The $700 billion financial system bailout has so far stabilized the financial markets. That part is hard to debate. The long term effects, the path, and the implications are, of course, up for debate. …