ThinkstockWe already have warned that investors and traders alike are now unlikely to see five key economic reports this week due to the government shutdown. Industry economic reports still will be released. This also…
Courtesy Lockheed Martin Corp.Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT), the world’s largest defense contractor, had said on Friday that it would furlough some 3,000 employees as a result of the federal government shutdown. By Monday…
ThinkstockDryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) has been addicted to raising capital via share sales in the past, and shares are facing real pressure on Monday based on yet another stock offering. The shipping player announced…
ThinkstockU.S. Appellate Court Judge Richard Posner weighs in Monday morning with a blog post on the approaching crisis over raising the federal debt ceiling. Posner, long associated with conservative and neo-conservative economic positions, has…
ThinkstockSemiconductor sales have moved in a slow, sideways range over the past year. The key for the top companies like Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) to ramp up…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are dealing with the stress of a government shutdown and the upcoming debt ceiling debate. With such uncertainty, they also are wondering whether they should be buying or selling stocks. Each…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, did not sell an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone until just last month with the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c. Competitors Softbank and…
Wikimedia CommonsThe head of portfolio strategy at J.P. Morgan, Thomas Lee, has been a consistent bull this year. In fact, he stood his ground reasonably well during the May to June sell off prompted…
ThinkstockThe U.S. economy may default, causing a new recession. Mortgage problems also stemming from the federal government may slow housing sales and reverse the rise in prices of homes. And real wages for many…
ThinkstockInvestors have become increasingly anxious about how badly the U.S. equity and fixed income markets will be battered as the American government marches toward a potential default. Of course, investors may sell off U.S.…
ThinkstockOn Thursday, Twitter finally revealed key information about itself and its initial public offering (IPO). While investors no doubt are excited about the company’s compelling growth and its plans for the future, it has…
ThinkstockIt likely was inevitable that the white-hot growth of Asian economies would slow, if only because of the recession-like conditions around the rest of the world. Now, that is happening, and these nations are…
Courtesy Boeing Co.In the largest single blow to Boeing Co.’s (NYSE: BA) plagued 787 Dreamliner, JAL, which has had trouble with the plane, moved a huge portion of its new plane orders to Airbus. The…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Do the numbers of searches that a product receives have any relationship to eventual sales? There does not seem to be any scientific basis for the theory. Experian Marketing Services has elected…
Courtesy of BlackBerryReuters has come out with a story, which, if true, would seem improbable. Apparently Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Europe’s SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) have considered buying…