courtesy of Apple Inc.Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) recently was singled out by 24/7 Wall St. as one of the three best values in semiconductor and chip stocks. It may not be too late to catch…
ThinkstockThe battered U.S. coal industry took another shot Friday as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Gina McCarthy announced proposed stricter clean air regulations in a speech at the National Press Club. Ever since…
ThinkstockShould you chase short sellers, particularly in the energy business? That is what you have to ask yourself after a Credit Suisse report on the sector. Oil has remained above $100 a barrel most…
Courtesy Boeing Co.What is Q-GARP? Quality growth at a reasonable price. The UBS Q-GARP list is constructed using an initial quantitative screen of stocks based on: 1) quality metrics — high and stable profitability, 2)…
ThinkstockIn a little more than two weeks, Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) will report third-quarter results, and there is every reason to believe that those results will not be pretty. The consensus estimates call for…
Jon OggStocks have been in rally mode for going on three weeks, and investors should be considering which stocks to buy and which stocks to sell or avoid. Each morning, 24/7 Wall St. reviews…
You know it is a good bull market when you have many initial public offerings (IPOs) trading up more than 50% from their debut in just a few short weeks or months. 24/7 Wall…
Leapfrog.comFor all the hundreds of millions of apps and the billions of downloads from the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store and Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play, the same apps dominate the top of…
courtesy of MicrosoftLooking back on Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer’s last presentation to Wall Street analysts, the most controversial, and likely to be most remembered, comment he made was that “We must…
ThinkstockWith tops across the Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500, concern is growing that, with a relatively poor economy and high unemployment, low interest rates cannot keep pushing the market upward.…
September 19, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher Thursday under the continuing influence of yesterday’s FOMC announcement. Initial claims for jobless benefits were fouled up again by computer problems, and existing home sales rose to…
ThinkstockShipping rates as measured by the Baltic Dry Index are up about a third since the end of August. The index measures shipping rates for dry bulk cargoes such as grain and iron ore…
Jon OggSo stocks finally took a breather on Thursday after almost daily gains for more than two weeks. In fact, the DJIA and the S&P 500 Index hit new all-time highs after the surprise…
ThinkstockMakers of equipment used to manufacture semiconductors have faced a slowing market so far in 2013, and conditions are not expected to improve until next year. That is on top of a decline of…
GameStop.comIt seems that the good only gets better for some of the lucky few. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) is seeing some joy and reward on its epic launch of Grand Theft Auto…