The Best Value of the Big Bank Stocks
Now that Bank of America has resubmitted its capital plan to the Federal Reserve, the bank's SEC filing showed an almost non-event from the third party review on any of its key financial ratios.
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Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, the staff at the Department of Defense announced only two defense contracts in its Friday evening announcement of contract awards. Both went to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the…
Consumer Confidence Posts Strong Outlook
ThinkstockTuesday morning already brought a higher than expected durable goods economic report. Now we have a consumer confidence reading from the Conference Board, covering the month of May. Confidence rose to 83.0 in May…
Case-Shiller: Pace of Housing Price Hikes Continues to Slow
ThinkstockThe S&P/Case-Shiller home price index for March rose 0.9% for the 20-city and 0.8% on the 10-city composite indexes. The 20-city composite rose 12.4% year-over-year, above the consensus estimate for a gain of 11.9%.…
Diet Soda Drinkers Lose More Weight
courtesy of PepsiCoSales of diet soft drinks have been fizzling out for several years running, and the industry has not been able to come up with a way to stop the decline. Soft drink…
Big Surprise in Durable Goods
Courtesy EADS/AirbusDurable goods is generally considered to be one of the most volatile economic reports issued each month. The Commerce Department also showed that durable goods was very strong on the headline data, but…
Merrill Lynch Inexpensive Large Cap Cyclical Growth Stocks to Buy
ThinkstockWhile some say valuations are stretched, and the bull market is tired, the bottom line is the market has basically gone sideways for almost a half a year. In a new research report, the…
Pilgrim’s Pride Makes Hostile Bid for Hillshire
Pilgrim’s Pride has unveiled an unsolicited bid of about $6.4 billion to acquire food processor Hillshire Brands.
The Dangers of Chasing Hopeful Merger and Buyout Stocks
ThinkstockEvery time the economy gets good again, and every time the stock market gets high again, waves of mergers and acquisitions begin taking place. The stock market’s bull run is now more than five…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMC, Cisco, NextEra, NRG, Staples and More
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen after the three-day Memorial Day weekend. They include AMC, Cisco, NextEra, NRG and Staples.
Five Momentum Stocks That Could Be Hot Summer Trades
The Technology team at UBS points out in a new report, that some hot momentum stocks that had been absolutely mauled during the tech and biotech sell-off were market leaders last week.
BofA Resubmits Capital Plan, Almost No Financial Impact From Errors
Bank of America has decided to resubmit its requested capital actions and certain 2014 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review schedules to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
JinkoSolar Blows It on Earnings
JinkoSolar reported mixed first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Tuesday morning. Expectations may have been too high after a blowout fourth quarter.
The Unusual Case of SunEdison and SunEdison Semi
Short sellers thought that they were going to rake in easy money betting against SunEdison. After all, the semiconductor wafer and solar player has made a massive bounce from its lows.
Walmart Needs a New Board
Walmart needs a new board. The conclusion of a recent report about Walmart's need for more independent directors was not aggressive enough to solve Walmart's severe governance flaws.