Mixed 30-Year Treasury Bond Auction
ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury just auctioned off $13 billion in 30-year Treasury Bonds. The so-called “Long Bond” went off at a yield of 2.998% for the 3.125% coupon. Another issue to review is the strength…
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Newest first · Page 315Government Wants More Cybersecurity, Private Sector Lagging? (FTNT, PANW, FIRE, CHKP, WBSN, VDSI, PFPT, LMT, RTN, SAI)
ThinkstockAfter markets closed last night, Fortinet Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT) issued a warning on earnings and revenues for the company’s first quarter. The announcement dragged down share prices at several other vendors of Internet security…
Rite Aid Joins Serious Turnaround List for 2013
ThinkstockIt was just at the end of last week that we offered up a list of the greatest turnaround prospects for 2013. Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) would have been on the list, but…
Ten Stocks Falling on Collapse in PC Shipments (HPQ, DELL, MSFT, INTC, AMD, NVDA, MRVL, STX, WDC, EMC)
ThinkstockWorldwide shipments of PCs fell 13.9% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest data from International Data Corp. (IDC). That is the worst year-over-year…
Is PC/Windows Weakness Trend Worse for Intel or for AMD?
ThinkstockMuch weaker than expected PC shipments data from IDC have brought on yet further systemic downgrades and risks to the PC sector. As Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) loses, it seems that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Natural Gas Inventory Declines Less Than Expected
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 14 billion cubic feet last week, less than the decline of 21 billion cubic feet anticipated by analysts. Natural…
Mortgage Rates Slide: Freddie Mac
ThinkstockWeak reports on U.S. employment sent mortgage rates sliding for a second consecutive week, according to a report today from Freddie Mac. The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.43% in…
Not Much Expected from March Retail Sales, Not Much Delivered
ThinkstockRetailers are announcing March same-store sales figures today. Research firm Retail Metrics projected an overall gain of 1.5% year-over-year, compared with a 2% gain in February and a 3.9% gain in March of 2012.…
Who Wants a BlackBerry? Not Many of You
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The penalty for being late — really late — to market is almost always more severe than a company wants to admit. Especially a company that had a firm grip…
Good Jobless Claims Meet Tame Import/Export Inflation
ThinkstockWeekly jobless claims from the Labor Department had shown three consecutive increases, but that is now being undone. The weekly claims fell by a sharp 42,000, from 388,000 down to 346,000 for the past…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADBE, AAPL, DLR, FTNT, KRFT, MSFT, MDLZ, SLB, TOL, UA)
Jon OggInvestors and traders are often on the hunt for new ideas to generate income and profits. 24/7 Wall St. is always reviewing fresh research calls to find great ideas from value stocks to…
Jefferies Gets Bullish on Pharma with Higher Targets (ABBV, ABT, BMY, PFE, ZTS, LLY, GSK, MRK, JEF)
ThinkstockWith the markets making new highs seemingly every day, it is understandable that investors may be finding it harder and harder to find stocks that do not appear overvalued, or at a minimum overbought.…
Argus Makes Model Portfolio Changes (NUE, HCP, MDT, AMGN, HUM, ADI, JNPR, ELX, IPG)
Jon OggArgus offers what is truly considered to be independent investment research. This gives the firm the lack of any or most of the traditional conflicts of interest that can be the case as far…
J.C. Penney, Martha Stewart Win First Round in Fight with Macy’s
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertA state court judge in New York ruled yesterday that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (NYSE: MSO) did not violate its contract with Macy’s Inc. (NYSE:…
Goldman Sachs Downgrades Microsoft to Sell
Wikimedia CommonsFirst it was gold and now it is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Gold took a pounding yesterday when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) said it is time to sell gold. Now it…