Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Best Buy, Citigroup, EMC, NuSkin, Twitter and More
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, January 17.
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Schlumberger reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results before markets opened Friday morning, a day after the board of directors approved a 28% increase in the quarterly dividend.
GE Manages to Please on Earnings
General Electric is out with its fourth-quarter earnings, and it seems that the conglomerate has managed to please its critics. Shares were up in premarket trading.
Holiday Season Was Good to American Express
American Express cited increased spending and borrowing by cardholders during the holiday season as a reason its fourth-quarter net income more than doubled.
Have PC Sales Finally Stopped Falling?
The most important piece of information to come out of Intel's quarterly earnings release was a comment about signs of stabilization in the PC segment. The chip company has not made much progress in…
Nintendo Wii U Crushed By PS4 and Xbox One
Nintendo announced forecast earnings for the current year. It will lose $336 million. Wii U sales predictions for the period where cut by about 70%.
Starbucks Resorts to $1 Discount to Sell Lattes
Starbucks may have found a cheap way to test the popularity of one product against another, or sales of its VIA product line may be in trouble.
Has Brazil Lost All of Its Luster?
Brazil is one of the so-called BRIC nations, an investment term denoting Brazil, Russia, India and China. This used to have great growth connotations for investors, but as you can tell by the past…
Intel Earnings Show Hint of PC Market Stabilization
ThinkstockIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is out with its fourth-quarter earnings of 2013, and the good news is that there does appear to be some stabilization in the core PC market. The bad news is…
4 Stocks That Dragged Down the DJIA on Thursday
Jon OggA tame inflation report and a business as usual report on weekly jobless claims failed to generate any continued buzz in stocks. Even the Philly Fed being positive for eight months in a…
Why Best Buy Killed Staples and Office Depot
ThinkstockBest Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY) wasn’t the only stock hit by its admission that deep discounting failed to boost holiday sales. Investors dumped Best Buy shares heavily in response, and they drove down…
2014 U.S. Car Industry Forecast
General Motors Co.The 24/7 Wall St. 2014 U.S. Car Industry Forecast The 2014 season is in full swing for the auto industry, with new products and lines unveiled, and now’s the time for the…
GE on Deck: Earnings Growth, but Not Revenue Growth
When General Electric reports fourth-quarter results before Friday's open, Wall Street seems to be expecting strong profit growth. The problem that many investors will likely have is that no revenue growth is expected.
Sterne Agee Top Infrastructure Building Stock Picks for 2014
ThinkstockSterne Agee is out with its top picks in engineering and construction, which is the key infrastructure sector for the rest of us. The firm’s Mike Dudas and Patrick Uotila are expecting a favorable…
January Philly Fed: Positive Eight Months in a Row
The so-called Philly Fed index is out, showing an improvement for January and above expectations. The index has now been positive for eight consecutive months.