Exxon May Pass Apple in Market Cap
Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) passed Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) over a year ago to become the world’s largest company by market cap. It appears that the two could reverse positions again. Apple’s…
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By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been the greatest growth story over the past decade, but the woes and losses coming into play now are…
Economic Confidence Up a Little; Dissatisfaction with Government at Watergate Level — Gallup
ThinkstockIn two blasts of data issued today, Gallup reports that its economic confidence index rose from -21 to -18 for the week ending January 13 and, in a separate release, concern about the federal…
Stocks to Buy for the Coming Rise in Interest Rates (UBS, AMTD, SCHW, LNC, UNM, HIG)
ThinkstockWe recently wrote that shorting the Treasury bond market may very well be the next biggest short-sale trade since the subprime mortgage short. While rates have dipped a little in the past week as investors…
New MLP ETF Focuses on Small Cap MLPs (MLPJ, SPH, NTI, ARLP)
ThinkstockIf investing in master limited partnerships was getting confusing already, now investors have a new investment vehicle that allows them to invest in the smaller or “junior” MLPs without taking on the risks of just…
SAP Earnings Fail to Impress Investors
courtesy SAP AGSAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) reported preliminary fourth quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The enterprise software company reported adjusted quarterly operating profit of €1.96 billion on total revenues…
Lululemon Guidance Disappointment, Another Opportunity to Revist Growth
thinkstockLululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is seeing its shares battered this morning after the company’s earnings forecast is just not enough to keep the buzz going here. What is interesting is that analysts and investors…
Very Mixed Bag on Economic Data: Inflation, Retail Sales and Empire Manufacturing
A slew of economic data was released this morning. We got a look at retail sales, wholesale inflation via producer prices, and also the Empire Manufacturing reading. Some data is more current than others.…
Delay in Raising Debt Ceiling Would Lead to Rating Review — Fitch
ThinkstockCalling into question the intention of the United States to pay its debts would lead to a formal review of U.S. sovereign debt ratings, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings firm does say that…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AFL, AXP, AINV, ARMH, BIIB, CELG, CS, DELL, GMCR, INFY, LOGI, LYG, MLNX, NKTR, PDLI, PCYC, REGN, RBS, UAL, LCC, VRTX, VPHM, WFT)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen so far this Tuesday. There is a larger concentration around biotech and emerging pharma this morning, but that is coincidental. AFLAC…
Top Consumer Stock Picks and Pans From Jefferies (JEF, FIVE, PIR, ANFI, CMG, HAIN, DECK)
ThinkstockWith ICR XChange, one of the world’s largest consumer symposiums, coming up this week in Miami, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at consumer stocks. There is a growing…
Now What for RadioShack?
ThinkstockElectronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) this morning announced that it will end its relationship with Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) in mid-April. RadioShack operated Target Mobile kiosks in 1,500 Target stores in the United…
Forest Labs Sputters on Patent Expiration
ThinkstockForest Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: FRX) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The drug maker and marketer reported an adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.21 on total revenues…
Homebuilder Lennar on Track for New High After Earnings
ThinkstockLennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) reported fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The homebuilder reported quarterly diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.56 on revenues of $1.35 billion. In the…
Rumors of a New, Cheaper iPhone in 2013
ThinkstockRumors about a cheap version of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone have gotten out of hand, at least based on how poor the sources are. Tencent Tech reports that the new product will be…