Home prices rose 10.5% in March, compared with the same month a year ago, the largest monthly increase since March 2006, according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX). The firm had previously forecast…
These are the top analyst downgrades, cautious research notes and stocks to sell from Wall Street for Tuesday, May 7, 2013. They include AIG, Coach, J.C. Penney, T-Mobile US and Tiffany.
Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many research calls each day to find great ideas…
ThinkstockAs the economy starts to pick up, major works projects that had been on the drawing board are starting to be initiated. Everything from the construction and installation of oil drilling rigs to large…
thinkstockDirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The satellite TV provider posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.43 on revenues of $7.58 billion. In the same period…
ThinkstockWith the stock market trading at all-time and multiyear highs, the question on every investor’s mind is can the stock market go even higher? At 1,615, the S&P 500 is at 15.4 times trailing…
ThinkstockThe world has started to gang up on China. America’s Defense Department published a report as part of its Annual Report to Congress. In “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China…
ThinkstockSoftbank is worried enough about the counter bid made by Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that its founder and chief will visit the United States. It is a trip he…
ThinkstockStock markets around the world reached five-year highs. In other words, they are back to where they were before the terrible recession. The difference between now and 2007 is that the world was in an economic…
ThinkstockNow that Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has started to sell Viagra online at Viagra.com, can Cialis.com and Levitra.com be far behind? These two other drugs face the same black market trouble Viagra does. Pfizer…
ThinkstockThe Nikkei moved above 14,000. That is still below its 2008 high but is nearly the kind of top set recently by the Dow and Nasdaq indexes. The two American measurements are much more likely to…
Investors and traders alike always seem to be on the lookout for new speculative investment ideas that can generate massive long-term or short-term gains. While investors get to see many Buy ratings and some…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to release a major upgrade of Windows 8 to help weak sales. At the same time, analysts say that telecom providers want to find one or more…
Wikimedia CommonsWest Lashes Out at China The world has started to gang up on China. America’s Defense Department published a report as part of its Annual Report to Congress. In “Military and Security Developments…
ThinkstockThe U.S. government accuses China of stealing military secrets. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to upgrade Windows 8 to boost sales. (Reuters) New York state will file charges against Bank of America Corp.…