The Bullish and Bearish Case for Nike in 2014
Nike enjoyed a wonderful 2013. It was also added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In a feature encompassing all Dow stocks, 24/7 Wall St. is evaluating the bullish and bearish for Nike in…
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3M rose by a whopping 54% in 2013, making it the fourth best Dow Jones Industrial Average stock of the year. 24/7 Wall St. is evaluating each Dow component in a bullish and bearish…
Merrill Lynch Top Medical Technology Stocks to Buy for 2014
At this time last year, the sentiment on Wall Street for the medtech sector was very poor. The bearish sentiment that prevailed in January of 2013 is gone, but expectations are still tempered. That…
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Visa in 2014
Visa is now the most important stock in the Dow Jones industrial Average. And it was the sixth best performing stock of the index in 2013, so 24/7 Wall St. has run a bullish…
Weekly Jobless Claims Hit One-Month Low Ahead of Unemployment
This week marks a very important week for the jobs picture in America due to unemployment and nonfarm payrolls coming out on Friday. Now we have the Labor Department’s last real number before that…
Ford Trumps GM: A Solid Dividend Hike Yet Again
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Co. (NYSE: F) just continues to impress. The company just announced that it plans to raise its quarterly dividend to $0.125 per share, up 25% from the prior…
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Boeing in 2014
Boeing had more than a stellar year and was the best performer of the entire Dow Jones Industrial Average by far. 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 for…
Credit Suisse Favors Quality at Any Price Top Momentum Growth Stocks
In a new research report, the investment strategy team at Credit Suisse is recommending investors look to move out of the deep value stocks that have been so successful and consider stocks in the…
European Central Bank and Bank of England Deliver Duds
ThinkstockThere has been talk in Europe that Mario Draghi might have make more noise about vigilant policy to prevent weakness from arising, but very few in the investor community were expecting much from the…
Economic Fears Weigh on Family Dollar Earnings
ThinkstockFamily Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) reported first-quarter fiscal 2014 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The discount retailer posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.68 on revenues of $2.50 billion. In the…
Number of Deeply Underwater Mortgages Drops in December
The RealtyTrac U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report for December 2013 shows that the number of U.S. residential properties that were deeply underwater has decreased. But the news for homeowners was not uniformly good…
Why Haven’t Retailers Announced Holiday Results? Sales Were Poor
Most of America's largest retailers have been quiet about their holiday results, although they certainly know how well they did for the season. The silence ought to cause a great deal of concern. After…
Why No CEO Hall of Fame?
There are several CEO of the Year awards. But there is no CEO Hall of Fame picked by writers from business magazines, websites, television business shows or newspapers. However, there should be.
The 5 Stocks That Moved the Market on Wednesday
thinkstockJanuary 8, 2014: DJIA was -70.71 at 16,460.23 (unofficial close) S&P 500 was -0.42 at 1,837.46 (unofficial close) The markets had to deal with an FOMC Minutes report and the first ten-year Treasury auction…
FOMC Minutes: Yellen Fed Equals Bernanke Fed
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve is out with its minutes from the December FOMC meeting. We generally warn readers that minutes are often the third look at a Fed meeting, but this pertains to the FOMC…