Jon OggInvestors and traders generally stay on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas…
ThinkstockWe already saw a less robust outlook from TrimTabs showing that estimated job growth for March was 156,000. That was up from its 100,000 job growth February estimate, but the report shows that actual…
thinkstockMonsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer and seed maker reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.73 on revenue of $5.47 billion. In…
Jon OggOne of the biggest complaints for years about Wall St. research was that no firm ever said when to sell. Back in the halcyon days of the late 1980s, and through the 1990s,…
ThinkstockConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported fiscal third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The food processor and packager reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.55 on revenues of $3.85 billion.…
ThinkstockEach and every month the markets get to digest new unemployment and payrolls data. While the U.S. Labor Department’s formal report called the Employment Situation is out at 8:30 a.m. each first Friday of…
courtesy of Verizon WirelessShares of Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) are down more than 3% this morning following a denial from Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) that it and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) were…
ThinkstockAfter promising voters that the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka Obamacare), and other health care initiatives designed by the current administration would not result in any increase in costs for citizens, just the opposite is…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications this morning, noting a decrease of 4% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a rise of 7.7% for the previous…
ThinkstockCyprus and its bailout got a new fan. The International Monetary Fund will contribute one billion euros to the cause. The action may not be much of a risk short term, and Cyprus has…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the subject of another round of rumors. This set was led by The Wall Street Journal, which claims its sources say manufacture of the next version…
ThinkstockBP PLC (NYSE: BP) must like shale, gas and oil exploration and production better than new age energy sources. It wants to dump its wind operations in the United States. According to Reuters: BP…
ThinkstockCyprus Gets Bailout Funds Cyprus and its bailout got a new fan. The International Monetary Fund will contribute one billion euros to the cause. The action may not be much of a risk short…
ThinkstockRoughly 138 million people worldwide, or about 2% of the world’s adult population, want to immigrate to the United States. In China, as many as 19 million adults would like to move to the…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a confusing set of guidelines that say companies may disclose important announcements over social media, including Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The public…