American Technology Research has issued a research report going into earnings season called "Our Best Dozen Fundamental Picks." AmTech believes investors already expect a disaster but that the current business climate isn’t as bad…
At the coroner’s inquest about the dead deal for Microsoft (MSFT) to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) it became clear the Redmond got the best of it. For reasons which investors are not likely to fathom,…
There is an interesting report from research team over at American Technology Research called "Our Best Dozen Fundamental Picks" as earnings season is upon us. The research firm noted that investors already expect a…
The research team over at American Technology Research has issued a report called "Our Best Dozen Fundamental Picks" going into earnings season. The research firm notes that investors are already prepared for a disaster…
As we are entering earnings season, we are also starting to get "confession season" where companies begin issuing updates ahead of their formal earnings. Some of these will make some obvious sense, and others…
According to The Wall Street Journal, "Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group closed a $9 billion investment in Morgan Stanley that gives MUFG a 21% interest. Under revised terms, MUFG has acquired $7.8 billion of convertible…
The long-rumored Time Warner (TWX) deal to merge AOL into Yahoo! (YHOO) is nearly done, according to Time Warner insiders. The deal should be difficult to do, but TWX CEO Jeff Bewkes may feel…
These are some of the many research upgrades we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open: Ann Taylor (ANN) Raised to Neutral at Goldman…
These are some of the top pre-market downgrades we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open: Allstate (ALL) Cut to Sell from Hold at S&P Equity Research Diamond…
In a perhaps late research call in the oilpatch, Goldman Sachs has downgraded the exploration & production sector to Neutral from attractive and downgraded the oil services sector to Neutral from Attractive. Interestingly enough.…
A big up day in the market, say 4% or 5%, is not a rally, at least not any more. The DJIA has proved that it can move 1,000 points from bottom to top…
The UK government is about to become the de facto largest shareholder in two of the country’s largest banks, HBOS and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Given the number of times that England…
The great fraud perpetrated by the criminal manipulators at the top of the US financial system was that almost every American could move up a level in the US caste system, an entity whose…
Sony Corp. (SNE) has elected not to mark down the price of its PlayStation 3 system for the holidays. The most basic version of the console, which was released in November 2006, is currently…
The turnaround at Starbucks (SBUX) has been tough since Howard Schultz returned as CEO in January. The stock is down nearly 50% year-to-date as the company returns it focus to coffee, rearranges it scheduling…