ThinkstockMosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) should probably be getting rewarded on news that it has reached an agreement to repurchase the remaining common shares held by the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and the Anne Ray…
courtesy of American AirlinesThe closing of the merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways closed Monday morning and a new company, American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) has emerged and begun trading. This is…
ThinkstockSterne Agee is joining the many firms on Wall Street with its top picks for 2014. Monday’s feature is on their top picks for the industrials and energy stocks. Some of these have overlaps…
ThinkstockIn the month of October, 48,000 U.S. home foreclosures were completed, down 25.6% from a revised total of about 60,000 in September and down 30% from 68,000 in October 2012, according to research firm…
Wikimedia CommonsMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) is in a funk. Same-store sales rose just 0.5% year over year in November, and the company’s overall strategy is not doing much to turn the ship around. Same-store…
Jon OggStocks have pulled back over the past week, after eight straight weeks of rallying. Now investors are getting ready for year-end and positioning themselves for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. goes over dozens of…
ThinkstockAs we begin to finish up the final month of what has been a tremendous year for the stock market, the 24/7 staff is reviewing what the major Wall Street firms are recommending for…
ThinkstockTraditionally, the term “January Effect” was used to explain a seasonal anomaly where the stock market had a tendency to rally during the month of January. However, the analysts at Deutsche Bank find that…
ThinkstockThe yellow metal has lost about 30% of its value over the past year, from a high of nearly $1,700 an ounce to right around $1,200 an ounce. The companies that mine gold have…
ThinkstockWhat could unite the world’s leading technology giants, including Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)? Turns out it is…
ThinkstockBeer is not selling the way it used to. U.S. sales of the beverage declined in four of the past five years. Between 2007 and 2012, beer sales fell by 2.3%, or more than…
thinkstockThe NFL is supposed to make money on TV rights and from major sponsors. Most of these sponsors are among the largest branded companies in the United States. And virtually all of them already have huge…
ThinkstockSo far, the list of reasons shoppers may let down the retail industry this year includes unemployment that is still at high levels, weak store sales over the Thanksgiving weekend and a consumer spending trend that has been…
Wikimedia CommonsThe assumption among most investors is that to make money on stocks based on holiday sales, the only option is shares in retail and e-commerce companies. That is not entirely true. All those…
Petroleos MexicanosMexico nationalized its oil reserves in 1938, and since then the only company allowed to produce the country’s vast reserves has been Petróleos Mexicanos, or Pemex. But declining production and a lack of…