ThinkstockDespite a strong oil price backdrop, stock performance for the top oilfield services stocks has been mixed and investors generally remain underweight energy in general and oil service specifically. The analysts at Deutsche Bank…
ThinkstockOral arguments are scheduled Monday in the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., in a case brought by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At issue are the net…
ThinkstockOne of the main reasons that the ultra rich have become so enamored with the hedge fund industry over the years is their “go anywhere, do anything” approach to investing. Hedge funds are not…
Jon OggNow that stocks have settled off their recent all-time highs, investors and traders have to be wondering which stocks they should buy and which ones they should sell or avoid. Each morning, 24/7…
courtesy Boeing Co.For the second time in less than a week, a 787 Dreamliner from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) owned by Norwegian Air Shuttle was forced to remain on the ground Sunday due to…
Jon OggNew tech is supposed to replace old tech at an accelerating pace, analysts believe. The evolution from Web 1.0, which peaked with the tech bubble of the late 1990s, has been superseded by…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.As the protests about wages paid to workers at retail and fast-food giants like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) grow, protesters eventually will run out of press…
courtesy of Apple Inc.During the Steve Jobs era, outsiders speculated about each new release of a major product, trying to read the founder’s public comments. But he was notoriously stingy with the press. Analysts…
Wikimedia CommonsEven if crude prices are at two-year highs, $110 per barrel crude has done nothing to help most oil stock prices. Exxon Mobil Corp.’s (NYSE: XOM) share price is down 5% in the…
ThinkstockSo far, no one outside the United States has built a global social network, created an operating system adopted at an astonishing rate by smartphone and tablet manufacturers, created the best search engine in…
September 6, 2013: U.S. markets opened higher on Friday morning while even though this morning’s report on employment was weak because most traders believed that the weak report would convince the Fed to delay tapering…
ThinkstockEsther George, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said in a speech Friday in Omaha, Nebraska, that a reduction of the Federal Reserve’s asset purchasing from its current level of $85…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in July 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. smartphone market. Compared with market…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.August was a very good month for U.S. sales of cars and light trucks. Industry research firm Kelley Blue Book (KBB) now estimates that seasonally adjusted annual sales in 2013 will…
ThinkstockAmerican Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) is seeing something rather strange in its trading activity on Friday. Its shares are rallying, despite the company spending some $3.3 billion to acquire more cell tower assets. What…