Dell Scores One… Early (DELL)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has reported earnings. The PC-giant posted earnings of $0.24 EPS and $12.76 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates for the former PC-leader at $0.23 EPS and $12.59 billion in…
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Dell Earnings on Deck (DELL, AAPL, HPQ)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is about to report earnings. Thomson Reuters has estimates for the former PC-leader at $0.23 EPS and $12.59 billion in revenues. For next quarter those targets are $0.26 EPS on…
August Car Sales: An Anomaly And A Short One (F)(TM)HMC)
August light vehicle sales in the US have to be good. The “clunkers” program produced almost 700,000 purchases. The industry might as well enjoy it while its lasts. September and the rest of the…
Can Altria Raise Dividend Indefinitely? (MO, PM, RAI, LO)
Some companies are unmatched on the rate at which they pay out their dividends. Former DJIA component Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) definitely falls into that category, as do many tobacco sector peers. Today…
Boeing Suppliers Not Chasing Boeing News (BA, SPR, BEAV, HON, COL, LMIA, TIE, PCP, GE, ETN, PH, BW)
This morning’s news out of Being Co. (NYSE: BA) about the 787 Dreamliner setting a maiden flight date before the end of this year and scheduling preliminary deliveries into Q4-2010 is really getting the…
24/7 Wall St. TV: Vonage Mirage
Shares of Vonage (VG) decreased from their peak price of the day yesterday as investors raised concerns about the company’s rapid stock valuation increase. Vonage traded as high as $2.63 before closing at $2.17. …
Nat-Gas Inventories Keep Rising (UNG, OIH)
The weekly data out of the Energy Information Administration for natural gas inventories is only further adding salt on top of the wound for those hoping for higher natural gas prices. The inventories grew…
Petrobras: Gov’t Investment and Venezuela Woes (PBR)
Petroleo Brasileiro SAPetroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR), or what we call Petrobras, has had a busy week. This stock has recovered handily off of lows from early July, but all summer it has not been…
Paulson Adds Citi to B of A, Goldman, and JPMorgan Holdings (C, BAC, COF, GS, JPM)
Paulson & Co. Inc. has become a very influential firm that can now move a market after John Paulson made billions from properly betting against the fate of the US financial and banking sector…
Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, BA, C, HGSI, IMMU, ENER, VG)
These are this Thursday morning’s top day trader and active trader alerts with links through to each story with more detailed price and volume analysis over at VSInvestor.com: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) is…
Jobless Claims Staying High
The data from the Labor Department on weekly jobless claims is out, and it is continuing to be a dragging number. Many keep hoping for improvements, yet they remain elusive. The weekly claims fell…
Top Analyst Upgrades (BCS, BBBY, DLTR, EMC, GHL, HCN, NTAP, SNH, WSM, INTC)
These are this morning’s top pre-market analyst upgrades, initiations, and positive broker research calls we have seen early this Thursday morning from Wall Street firms: Barclays (BCS) Raised to Outperform at KBW. Bed Bath…
Top Analyst Downgrades (ALKS, JTX, MPW, NFG)
It is fairly light out in there in realm of analyst downgrades this morning. These are this Thursday’s top analyst downgrades or cautious calls from Wall Street this morning: Alkermes (ALKS) Cut to Hold…
Air Traffic Shows Modest Improvement (AMR)(UAUA)(CAL)(DAL)
Faced with higher fuel prices and falling passenger traffic, the airline industry is ailing. There are concerns that some carriers will go bankrupt if the situation does not improve by the holiday season which…
US Government Sends Stimulus Checks To Prisoners
Not a great deal has gone right so far with the government’s $787 billion stimulus package. There is no evidence that it has reached it primary goal of saving or creating as many as…
Microsoft (MSFT) Makes It Official: Cuts Xbox By $100
What had been rumored is now true. Microsoft (MSFT) will cut the price of its Xbox 360 Elite by $100 to $299, the same price as the Sony (SNE) PS3. Microsoft and Sony are…
AIG (AIG) CEO Says His Extravagent Vacation Is OK
AIG’s (AIG) new CEO Robert Benmosche is the wrong man for the job at the wrong time. He has been fighting for a $7 million base pay package to run a company that has…
The Vonage (VG) Mirage
Shares of Vonage (VG) decreased from their peak price of the day yesterday as investors raised concerns about the company’s rapid stock valuation increase. Vonage traded as high as $2.63 before closing at $2.17. …
Tivo (TIVO) Late In Suing AT&T (T) And Verizon (VZ)
Tivo (TIVO), the pioneer in video recording devices lost most of its franchise to generic versions of its original product. Tivo has claimed that many of the products developed by its competitors violate the…
Media Digest 8/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Derivatives traders dipped into $4 trillion in client collateral. Reuters: Home sales and durable orders improved. Reuters: The US softened its stance on private equity deals to buy banks. Reuters: The “pay car”…