Apple Holds Lead as Top US Smartphone
Apple held the U.S. market share lead among smartphone manufacturers in the three months ending in November.
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BMW has proved that a car manufacturer does not have to market to the middle-priced and low-priced markets to sell millions of cars.
Bed Bath & Beyond Back to Mixed Earnings Trouble
ThinkstockBed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) reported its third-quarter earnings Thursday after the market close as $1.23 in earnings per share and $2.94 billion in revenue, against Thomson Reuters consensus estimates of $1.19…
The 52-Week Low Club for Thursday
ThinkstockJanuary 8, 2015: Here are four stocks among the 69 equities making new 52-week lows today. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) posted a new 52-week low on Thursday of $495.02. Based on Wednesday night’s closing price…
4 Stocks That Helped Lift the Dow on Thursday
thinkstockJanuary 8, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday following Wednesday comments from Charles Evans of the Chicago Fed that raising the policy rate too soon would be a “catastrophe.” European markets traded up on…
2014 Electric Vehicle Sales a Mixed Bag
Annual sales of all-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles rose by more than 20,000 units in 2014, up nearly 23%.
Economic Conundrum: Only Slightly More Optimistic CEOs
The Conference Board released its Measure of CEO Confidence for the fourth quarter of 2014. The measure moved up to 60 from 59 in the third quarter.
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Visa in 2015
Credit card giant Visa is one of the most underfollowed yet one of the most important stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The Bullish and Bearish Outlook for Chevron in 2015
One key consideration for the year ahead for Chevron is the price of crude oil, which is currently trading at five-year lows.
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Home Depot in 2015
A key consideration for the year ahead is how much it ends up costing Home Depot to deal with the massive data breach it reported in September of 2014.
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Verizon in 2015
One of the biggest considerations for the year ahead for Verizon is the current price war with AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Merck in 2015
One key consideration for the year ahead is Merck's acquisitions of Idenix and Cubist Pharmaceuticals to expand its product offerings
The Bullish and Bearish Case for United Technologies in 2015
United Technologies' forward earnings multiple of 16 is not high compared to the broad market, but expected sales growth is not a great growth story.
Natural Gas Price Rises, but Faces Changing Weather Outlook
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has reported that U.S. natural gas stocks decreased by 131 billion cubic feet for the week ending January 2.
The Bullish and Bearish Case for Procter & Gamble in 2015
When we ran the same analysis a year ago, analysts were looking for Procter & Gamble to rise by almost 7% in 2014, but it more than doubled that expectation.