Today is effectively what we are penning as the crest of earnings season. Things have changed because of the sell-off seen this morning on options trader valuation and implied percentages. We tallied over 60…
Since the inception of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store more than 140,000 applications have been produced by thousands of developers. The debut of Apple’s iPad provides a whole new platform for developers to tailor their products to. Apple has developed…
These are this Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alerts. We have a link over to VSInvestor.com for each story with more details and analysis: Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is up 2%…
Updated throughout the day. Jeff Zucker, the head of the NBCU unit at GE (NYSE:GE) may be fired (BusinessInsider) The new CEO of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will make a $950,000 salary (TheStreet) Large Europe nations…
Gold has been on a tear and has performed better than stocks in recent years. But we have now seen a pullback and gold is back under $1,100.00 per ounce. While you can still…
These are this Thursday’s top 10 analyst calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research: Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) Raised to Overweight at Barclays Capital. Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) Cut…
The IPO market is off to a rough start so far in 2010. We have seen very recent developments in deals on deck to price from CBOE Holdings Inc., Convio Inc., Everyday Health Inc., FriendFinder Networks Inc.,…
Toyota’s (TM) reputation in the US is in the process of being destroyed due to safety concerns about its most popular models which have caused recalls and a production hiatus in some plants. Ford…
The National Association of College and University Business Officers reports that college endowments lost a substantial part of their value in 2009. A Wall Street Journal analysis of the report says that “American colleges and…
Michael Milken, the junk bond king, who lost his reputation and hair piece when he went to prison for violation of securities laws in 1990, would appreciate the struggles of Portugal and Greece. The two nations…
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was cross-examined yesterday by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. The lawmakers could not understand why AIG (AIG) got $182 billion in taxpayer bailout cash. They said that it was an…
By Douglas A. McIntyre Toyota’s (TM) recall of cars with floor mat and accelerator problems is likely to spread to Europe where many of the same defects exist. That would bring the worldwide recalls…
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (AMZN), does not want to see Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple (AAPL), take away the e-reader market with the new Apple iPad. The iPad does almost all the things that…
By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. United Airlines (UAUA) today reported a fourth-quarter loss of $176 million, EPS -$1.05, compared with average estimates of an EPS of -$1.47. The reported loss excludes gains…
Reuters: The Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls grew to 8 million. Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) is considering selling its real estate unit. Reuters: Wall St. will fight Obama’s plan for the banking system. Reuters: Obama said he…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 10,414. Honda (NYSE:HMC) and Sony (NYSE:SNE) rose. Toyota (NYSE:TM) fell on recall news. The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 20,351. The Shanghai Composite was…
Short sellers made bets across the board against the telecom industry for the period that ended January 15. Investors may be worried about price wars amongh carriers and handset companies as they fight for…
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is falling into the category of the stocks we wanted to avoid this earnings season. That category is companies with mediocre or poor earnings reports after shares have risen considerably…
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is a very under-followed stock considering how the company has such a cult following, millions of subscribers, and that its market cap is close to $3 billion. Yet…
The much anticipated Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) tablet has finally debuted under the name “iPad.” It will sell for as little as $499, making it available to potentially huge market. Despite Apple’s secrecy concerning the…