Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsOne of the reasons that investors look for stocks that may be added to the S&P 500 is that those that are added are immediately bought by portfolio managers who…
ThinkstockTwo major retail chains reported fiscal fourth-quarter results Wednesday morning, and while neither one was a complete dud, they did not set off fireworks either. Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) and Family Dollar Stores…
Jon OggEarnings season has just started, and investors and traders alike are having to face a government shutdown and a debt ceiling debate painfully developing each day. So which companies and sectors offer stocks…
ThinkstockThe master limited partnership (MLP) sector attracts investors because of the high distributions and the special tax treatment of those distributions. Investors think of these distributions as dividends, though they are actually part income…
ThinkstockThe drug and pharmaceutical sector is supposed to be a defensive one by nature, even if this week’s government shutdown and impending debt ceiling weighed heavily on biotech stocks. Credit Suisse’s Vamil Divan has…
courtesy Boeing Co.Norwegian Air Shuttle expects to get one of its two 787 Dreamliners back from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) late next week. Then the airline will send the second plane to Boeing as…
ThinkstockThe Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released its weekly report on mortgage applications Wednesday morning, noting an increase of 1.3% in the group’s seasonally adjusted composite index, following a drop of 0.4% for the previous…
ThinkstockClass action lawsuits are now an integral part of the game on Wall Street. With all the troubles that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has seen and with all the company’s missteps, it was only…
thinkstockOne of the theories about how the budget, debt ceiling and the funding of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) conflicts may be resolved involves a meltdown of the stock market. If hundreds and hundreds of…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman asked the tech company’s employees to take the removal of the firm’s stock from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) “personally,” according to a report from…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) management has a habit, which dates back to shortly after it was founded, of expensive experimentation that often creates new products. Since Larry Page became chief executive…
courtesy of KFCYum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) reported third-quarter results after markets closed on Tuesday. The fast-food restaurant operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.85 and revenues of $3.47 billion. In…
ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season, and it was probably more than just a timing coincidence that Alcoa’s shares were downgraded this morning ahead of the numbers. Amazingly, the initial…
October 8, 2013: U.S. markets opened virtually flat Tuesday morning but that quickly switched to another sell-off. The lack of a solution to the federal government shutdown and the approaching federal debt limit continue…
ThinkstockThe field of pharmaceuticals is very well established and often is considered to be a very defensive sector. As such, investors flock to the drug sector in times of uncertainty. But what about the…