NOAAFord on the Rise Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) shares reached a 52-week high, which is a sign Wall Street is willing to forgive the company’s atrocious performance in Europe. The trend also is…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook says he expects the company to release more innovative devices. (Reuters) Investors are worried about why the Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) board…
ThinkstockCerner Inc. (NASDAQ: CERN) is acting like the stock market is back to 1999 or 2000 all over again. Now that the healthcare solutions provider’s shares are up more than 20% so far in…
ThinkstockThe great recession is still fresh for millions of Americans. So what is the public supposed to think when they see huge year-over-year gains in housing prices in some markets for more than just one…
Perhaps the greatest leaked secret of our investing lifetimes is that the Treasury bonds went into a price bubble. 24/7 Wall St. has been evaluating sectors to show the implied risks to investors what…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsTesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is seeing the price of Tesla stock defy gravity. In the last couple of weeks it looked as though the $97 handle was going to mark…
ThinkstockUtility investors have been able to enjoy a true safe haven when it comes to collecting high-yield dividends and above-market dividend yields for years now. That may be coming to an end. The rise…
Rising interest rates on 10-year Treasuries suddenly may start competing against the high-dividend and high-yield stock sectors. The real question is which sectors will hold up and which ones will fall apart if interest rates…
ThinkstockIf you are an investor or market observer who wants to invest in new initial public offerings (IPOs) around top retail brands, Coty is one you may have waited for. Now Coty’s IPO is…
ThinkstockIt looks like the bad news in the PC sales trend is not anywhere close to being at an end. Research firm International Data Corp. (or IDC) has now lowered estimates yet again for…
ThinkstockTuesday may have seen a weak Chicago Fed report, but the Conference Board has released a more-current reading measuring consumer confidence for the month of May. This came in sharply higher at 76.2, versus…
ThinkstockShort sellers are have previously been all over the place when it comes to the high-yield dividend stocks. The May 15 settlement date is during what should have been (or could have been) a “Sell…
flickr / walmartcorporateIt is no secret that the solar energy stocks have been on fire in 2013. In fact, they have been one of the best groups for investors this year. 24/7 Wall St.…
ThinkstockNew manufacturing data is out from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and it shows weak manufacturing trends. The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index fell by 0.5% in the month of April to a…
ThinkstockThe research team at Deutsche Bank A.G (NYSE: DB), recently put out an in-depth piece on the food industry as a defensive place to put money and keep earning dividends. They point out that…