ThinkstockThe pressure for higher wages in low-cost labor has been front and center in the fast-food and casual dining industry. A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) went against McDonald’s Corp.…
The two largest U.S. integrated oil and gas companies reported second-quarter results last week, and they topped both EPS and revenue estimates.
ITT Educational Services was absolutely clobbered on Monday. Things have been bad for years in the for-profit secondary education market, and now we have a whole set of fresh concerns to worry about.
With one exception, the first six trading days for El Pollo Loco were an unqualified success. The share price rose on five of the six days and the stock price more than doubled from…
Merrill Lynch analysts Olivia Tong and Elyn Rodriguez issued a favorable Proctor & Gamble report on Monday. The Merrill Lynch call is a reiterated Buy rating and the price target is $88 per share.
The Walt Disney Co.The first weekend of August is now behind us and we have a new, all-time leading August movie release weekend champion. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” grabbed $94 million in U.S.…
ThinkstockThe world is dealing with Ebola outbreaks and scares again. We are also in the midst of debates as to whether two Americans who contracted Ebola in Africa should have been brought back for treatment.…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board Employment Trends Index, the so-called ETI, has been released for the month of July. It looks a tad better than Friday’s unemployment and payrolls report. July’s ETI rose to 120.31 from…
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway have increased their VeriSign stake yet again. An SEC filing showed that they now control a 10.4% stake in VeriSign.
Business development companies offer multiple levels of financing and investments in other smaller companies. They are favored by more aggressive income investors as they offer high payouts.
courtesy of XiaomiThe long-time leader in smartphone sales in China has been Korea’s Samsung Electronics. But a new sheriff rode into town in the second quarter. China’s Xiaomi sold nearly 15 million phones in…
ThinkstockOppenheimer makes different sorts of analyst research reports available, some of which are fundamental and some of which are quantitative or technical. A new report indicates many new technical breakout candidates among S&P 500…
For investors with a large appetite for risk and a tolerance for volatility, these could be winning software stocks to own the rest of the year. They are rated Outperform at Baird.
Realogy Holdings reported disappointing second-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Monday morning. It faces headwinds from the merger of online real-estate companies Zillow and Trulia.
We haven’t had a 10% sell-off in more than two years. If Merrill Lynch is correct in analyzing the situation, a large correction may not come at all.