ThinkstockThe Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported this morning that home prices in the United States rose 0.6% month-over-month in January, following a downward revision of the December housing price index to a gain…
ThinkstockKB Home (NYSE: KBH) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The home builder posted a quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.16 on revenues of $405.2 million. In the…
ThinkstockManufacturers including Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Panasonic Corp. (NYSE: PC) and Sharp shipped more than 232 million TVs in 2012. But that is 6% fewer than the 249 million units…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its latest read on weekly jobless claims. This likely was not fully available to the Federal Reserve for its announcement yesterday, and with the markets…
Jon OggInvestors and traders seem to constantly look for new good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and for stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research firms and some come from…
ThinkstockInvestors still love the realm of master limited partnerships (MLPs) for their oil and gas infrastructure dominance, and of course for those high returns of capital that act like dividends. Earlier this week we reported…
thinkstockThe venerable Dow Jones Industrial Average has been a benchmark for investors since its creation in 1896 by Charles Dow. Twelve stocks made up that first list, which was designed to represent leading American…
ThinkstockYoga and athletic apparel maker Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) reported fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS)…
ThinkstockCyprus is not the only major concern for the European Union. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for the region plunged in March as more evidence came in that austerity may widen deficits rather than…
courtesy Dell Inc.If Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) can top an buyout offer by Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners to buy Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), the private equity firm may have found an…
ThinkstockCyprus is in the midst of trying to keep capital in the country, as smart individuals, companies and investors pull money from the troubled nation. The notion that savings could be taxed as a…
ThinkstockWhere you work can be an excellent predictor of your health, happiness and stress levels. A recent Gallup poll demonstrates the extent to which workers in different professions tend to have similar levels of…
courtesy of YouTubeGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube management bragged about reaching the one billion active user level. But it said little about its revenue contribution to the search company, because it makes almost none. In the…
ThinkstockA large body of evidence indicates that many people who lost jobs in the most recent recession have had to replace them with positions that pay much less. If so, consumer spending has been quietly…
courtesy Boeing Co.Who wants to fly on Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) crippled 787 Dreamliner, once the company has sorted out dangerous problems with one of the batteries that operates the plane? Those who can…