Thisis going to be a very key earnings week. The only DJIA component to report its Q3 period report so far has been Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). But we have earnings this week coming from…
The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was steady in the period that ended on September 30 at 16 million shares.The bet being made against RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) rose 13% to 13% to 19.2 million. The shares…
Facebook is doing well. Most experts already know that. But, the No.1 social network’s size has surged at a remarkable rate over the last year. Nearly 60% of the visits to the top social networks…
The US economy roared back from nearly two years of deep recession in the third quarter of this year. The Blue Chip Economic Indicators, a regular poll of top economists, says that GDP rose…
We have many key technology stocks reporting earnings this coming week. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) will start things off to give us a read on semiconductors and PCs. Linear Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LLTC), ADTRAN,…
Maybe higher oil prices keep begetting higher rig counts. Baker Hughes, Inc. (NYSE: BHI) has released its weekly rig counts and there are gains in all three measures. We have been watching the Oil Services…
We may have had earnings season officially start with Alcoa this week, but next week will be the real week for the launch of earnings season. We now have an index to track the…
The Conference Board issues a report called “CEO Confidence” on a quarterly basis. It is probably without surprise that the gains in the second quarter were also gains in the third quarter. Its index…
If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. That is what Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) has done over its Phibro commodities trading unit. Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) has signed an…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:00 PM EST: American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) has traded higher all day and some are noting takeover chatter on this one. We have yet to see anything credible,…
These are this Friday morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have provided a link through to VSInvestor.com with more detailed price and volume analysis on each stock below: Acorda Therapeutics,…
We have seen at least four different secondary offerings this morning, and there are some others that are pending to be priced for trading today. The offerings are from Lithia Motors Inc. (NYSE: LAD),…
The top global banking associations and economist have a broad spread of expectations about what worldwide GDP growth will be in 201o. The IEA has raised its GDP forecast and along with it the forecast…
These are this Friday morning’s top Wall Street analyst upgrades and positive research calls: AK Steel (AKS) Raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank. Bristol-Myers (BMY) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Cree (CREE) Started…
These are the top Wall Street analyst downgrades and cautious research calls seen early this Friday morning: Aeropostale (ARO) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Akamai (AKAM) Cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.…
One of the greatest hedge fund managers in history, Jim Rogers, insists that oil will move above $200 at some point during the bull market. He also sees the coming bubble in Treasuries bursting…
One of the leading media investing firms in the US, Gabelli & Co. wants cable outfit Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) to stop its pursuit of GE’s (NYSE:GE) NBCU and turn its focus on better run media…
GM’s sales may be taking a thrashing in its home market, but Chines sales for the No.1 US car company are getting good enough to trump the company’s trouble in America, or at least…
Rupert Murdoch wants Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) to pay for the use of content from his News Corp (NYSE:NWS) and all of his major competition. He told an audience at the World Media Summit in China…
It is now all but set. China machinery firm Tengzhong will pay GM $150 million for Hummer, one of the most well-known SUV brands in the world. A product by the same name has…