ThinkstockThe Commerce Department’s report on gross domestic product (GDP) has been released for the fourth quarter of 2013. The headline shows growth of 3.2%, which met the Dow Jones estimate of 3.2% and surpassed…
ThinkstockWhile some may have been disappointed with the guidance from AT&T for revenues and earnings, you can be sure that communication equipment tech stock owners are very happy. The 2014 capital expenditure (capex) guidance…
3M reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday. The company reaffirmed previous guidance for 2014.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 30, 2014. They include Boeing, Citrix Systems, Denbury Resources, Facebook and Qualcomm.
ThinkstockEvery quarter we like to review the research at the top firms we cover and look for any new stocks to buy that are priced either slightly above or under $5 per share. In…
Altria reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning that fell short of consensus estimates. Guidance for 2014 was in line with expectations.
Visa is out with its fiscal first quarter earnings report. This is the most dominant stock of the Dow Jones Industrial Average now because of its $217.12 closing price. Because the Dow is a…
thinkstockThis week’s cold snap and freak snow storms pushed natural gas futures up more than 10% on Wednesday. That is terrible for consumers who may see their heating bills soar from more usage and…
The S&P 500 has dropped more than 5% in 2014, and virtually all of that has come in the past week. Much of the blame has been put on financial risks in emerging markets.…
ThinkstockAmong the cities that people are moving to in extraordinary numbers are ones that had terribly high unemployment during the recession. Perhaps the economies in these cities have improved markedly. Perhaps many people in…
If Wall Street's measure of a company's promise is its market value, then Facebook's extraordinary earnings have put it solidly onto the list of the 25 most valuable companies in the United States based…
Chinese manufacturing is in retreat for the first time in six months, according to HSBC. The purchasing managers' index, which tracks manufacturing activity in workshops and factories, fell from a December reading of to…
ThinkstockQualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is managing to escape its Apple-woes, which were present before Wednesday’s earnings report. The mobile processor leader said that net income was down marginally to $1.88 billion in its first…
ThinkstockLas Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) reported fourth quarter and full year 2013 results after markets closed Wednesday. For the quarter, the casino and resort operator posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is out with its fourth quarter and earnings report for 2013, and it looks as though Mark Zuckerberg is getting the last laugh. The social media…