These are some of this morning’s top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis at VSInvestor.com:…
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is getting deeper into the race in virtualization. The company is entering what was a fast growth and now suddenly crowded space along with the clear virtualization leader VMware Inc. (NYSE:…
These are this Tuesday morning’s top ten analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen in early trading from Wall Street firms: Blackboard (BBBB) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill. Citrix Systems (CTXS)…
So far we have three DJIA components with earnings out. DuPont (NYSE: DD), Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK), United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) have all posted earnings. So far there are no train wrecks and…
America’s rich are getting richer and they are getting richer at an astonishingly fast pace. A new study by The Wall Street Journal which looks at Social Security data found that “Highly paid employees…
The National Venture Capital Association says that VC investments fell slightly more than 50% in the second quarter. The group reports that just 25 venture capital funds raised $1.7 billion in the second quarter…
The politicians who run California have come to a budget agreement that may take care of most of the state budget deficit, but it will drive California much deeper into recession. To close a…
Wall St. analysts expect Apple’s earnings to do better than estimates. This is not surprising. Apple (AAPL) has a history of setting low expectations about its figures and then beating them handily. It has…
Several research firms publish data on corporate reputations each year. It is not difficult to predict which companies are likely to be on the section of these lists where there has been a large…
Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters: CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters: Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters: California lawmakers agreed to a state budget. Reuters: …
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 2.7% to 9,582. Sony (SNE) and Toyota (TM) both advanced. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 19,380. China Life (LFC) rose and China Mobile (CHL) fell.…
Communications chip giant Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) has just reported earnings after the close. The non-GAAP results were $0.20 EPS on a 27% decline in revenue to $2.46 billion This compares to Thomson…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is not a company you think of needing cash. Yet, after the close, the chip and processor giant announced its intention to sell a $1.5 billion principal amount of junior…
The lessons of trading in Harman International Industries Inc. (NYSE: HAR) today come from a different form of news, but there is just no way to not draw a parallel to the great old…
VMS, which monitors television content for its PR value, recently reported that Twitter had received $48 million in free media public relations in the last month. The dynamic of press mentions certainly can work to undermine…
This week will mark the first crest of earnings season as we have 11 of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings this week alone. On Tuesday, we have earnings from Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT),…
PetMed Express Inc. (NASDAQ: PETS) might have been one of those companies you have seen advertising on television. It even had what might been a red flag in that commercial as they are one…
Leading Economic Indicators from the Conference Board is a bit of a misnomer, mainly because by the time the report comes out we generally have seen bits and pieces of more than half of…
These are this morning’s top day trading and active trader stocks on the move. We have also provided links through to more detailed price and volume analysis at VSInvestor.com: Human Genome Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:…
John Tamny In his monetary policy classic Lombard Street, 19th century financial writer Walter Bagehot observed that due to the unwarranted prestige attached to central banks, posts within tend “to be desired by vain…