The Stock Market Last Week–Biggest Losers
S&P 500 WEEK: BOTTOM 10 (28 JAN-03 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 03Feb11 Close Price 28Jan11 PACCAR Inc PCAR -7.9 50.50 54.82 Genworth Financial Inc GNW -7.4 12.83 13.85 GameStop Corp.…
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S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (28 JAN -03 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 03Feb11 Close Price 28Jan11 Market Cap($Mil) MEMC Electronic Materials Inc WFR 21.9 13.41 11.00 3049.8 Electronic Arts Inc.…
Next Week’s Must See Earnings Previews (NYX, TEVA, OPEN, KO, CSCO, WFMI, JASO, PEP, PM, S, KFT)
Earnings season is actually close to winding down for the December quarter. We still have many late reports coming out for the December quarter and year-end. We have identified 11 of the top earnings…
2011 Stock Buybacks on Fire, Over $34 Billion (PFE, UNP, GME, ERTS, GD, TUP, MHS, VZ, UNM, MO, AZN, SYMC, YUM, DGX, COH, TIF, INTC)
The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question. Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and many simply offset dilution…
GameStop’s Stock Buybacks Shouldn’t Please Shareholders (GME, ERTS, GOOG, MSFT)
Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) today authorized a boost of $500 million in its share buyback program, replacing a $300 million authorization made in September 2010, and about half of which remains. The…
Boeing’s Challenge of Order Cancellation (BA)
Not only does The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) have problems delivering its new 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 passenger planes, now the company is getting cancellations on orders for its sturdy 737. Bloomberg is reporting…
Today’s Best Market Rumors (2/4/2011) Ally IPO, Beckman Coulter M&A
Updated throughout the day. New pension finance treatment could change earnings at AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE VZ). (Bloomberg) Ally picked Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM), and Morgan…
Government Uses Magic to Fudge Unemployment Data
The Labor Department is out with its unemployment rate and the change in non-farm payrolls. If you like to challenge the government’s math or accuse the government of fudging numbers, today’s data will add…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (CSTR, PWER, JDSU)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR), Power-One, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWER), and JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU).…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMR, CVS, KR, FSLR, GRMN, SOLR, K, LDK, OXY, PTEN, PWER, TSO, TIF, WAG, ADTN, EK)
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) Cut to Hold at Argus. CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS)…
Verizon iPhone Order Shutdown
Consumers who want an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone from Verizon Wireless can no longer order it online. The Verizon Wireless website posted a message which says iPhone 4. Verizon. It begins.We are no longer…
Ten Housing Markets Where Prices Rose During The Recession
The average value of a home declined by 25% to 30% from the period from the third quarter of 2005 to the third quarter of last year. The end of 2005 and beginning of…
A Little US Government Shut Down
The fight over the increase in the US debt ceiling is on hold for awhile. The Treasury Department said tax receipts were higher than expected so the ceiling may not be reached before the…
Bernanke Is Not A Farmer
No one knows for certain why food prices around the world have risen so quickly. Ben Bernanke said the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing program is not the cause. He argues that food prices are…
Media Digest (2/4/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Unemployment most likely improved last month but the jobless rate may rise. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) may have ignored signs that Madoff was committing fraud. (Reuters) Ben Bernanke said that if the US debt…