ThinkstockAs of last September, the daily newspaper with the highest average circulation was The Wall Street Journal, with a combined print and digital circulation of 2.29 million. USA Today claimed 1.71 million and The…
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) is out with a preliminary report, which calls for the United States not to fall into recession. Today’s report is on the heels of a weaker-than-expected Chicago Purchasing Managers…
ThinkstockJust yesterday we saw a report from Fitch Ratings showing that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) likely would be rated in the single-A corporate credit ratings. The report seemed very harsh, considering Apple’s dominance and…
ThinkstockJunior gold miner Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT: ANV) announced this morning the purchase of 14 million shares of the company’s common stock by a syndicate of underwriters led by Dundee Securities and including…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) finally has delivered what we have waited for, although we still think more needs to be done here. Big Blue has just announced that its board…
ThinkstockIn the month of Martch, 55,000 U.S. homes were foreclosed, more than a revised total of 52,000 in February and down from 66,000 in March 2012, according to research firm CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX).…
ThinkstockDrug giant Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) this morning reported adjusted earnings and revenues that missed analysts estimates, and the stock is down more than 3%. Last week competitor Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) also missed…
ThinkstockEconomic readings are generally coming in weaker than expected, and you have to wonder how well the unemployment and payrolls report can come in this Friday. We have just seen a weaker-than-expected Chicago Purchasing…
ThinkstockThe Chicago Purchasing Managers Index for the month of April came out as recessionary, or in contraction. This is yet another regional economic report confirming that weakness is ruling the roost. Overall the index fell…
ThinkstockThe first-quarter results for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) could not have been worse. The company desperately needs a new chief executive to take both the firm and Martha Stewart herself in…
ThinkstockThe S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for February was higher for the 11th consecutive month. The 20-city composite rose 9.3% year-over-year, more than the consensus estimate for a gain of 9%, and above the January…
ThinkstockOver the course of this year we have written at great length on master limited partnerships (MLPs) and the potential for investors to receive solid total returns from these stocks. Year to date, the…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Employment Cost Index in the first quarter of 2013 is looking very tame, and the so-called wage inflation is running very low. The Labor Department showed that the first-quarter benefits and pay…
ThinkstockSpain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INES) reported this morning that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.5% sequentially in the first quarter of 2013, the seventh consecutive quarter of falling GDP in the…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) filed an automatic shelf registration yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now we have the maturity dates and what types of notes and bonds the company…