A number of short sellers are not buying the tech rally and have substantially increased their positions in Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), Cisco (CSCO), Symantec (SYMC), and Palm (PALM). Among other major technology stocks,…
Fertilizer stocks just can’t catch a break. If it isn’t an official earnings warning to watch out for or the stock market and economic growth concerns, then it government data. New data reported from…
It looked for a moment as though the oil and gas rig counts were finally stabilizing. Prices had recovered sharply from lows and were challenging $70.00. But as you can tell, this is all…
There have been many reports today regarding the Thomas Weisel call for more layoffs out of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), which was never really clear or certain if the layoffs were new or…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) may be back to conducting layoffs. A report from Thomas Weisel says that Cisco is in the process of cutting another 1,500 to 2,000 workers as it looks to…
Here are some of the top stories affecting key drug and biotech stocks this Friday. We also have links through to more detailed coverage and analysis at BioHealthInvestor.com: Biogen Idec Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) kicks…
Everyone wants to know when an initial public offering of General Motors (GMGMQ) will occur. Its emergence from bankruptcy has only expedited the curiosity of when the company will be public again. GM’s new…
The University of Michigan has reported its preliminary consumer sentiment report for July. It seems that the “confidence” portion may be limping back towards impotence. The mid-July report showed a reading of 64.6, down…
By now just about everybody knows who Rosetta Stone, Inc. (NYSE:RST) is for its leadership in language learning and translation software. It seems that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has gotten caught up on the…
These are some of the 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: CIT…
The “best” parts of GM were transferred to a newly created company, owned almost two-thirds by taxpayers, at about 6.30 AM today. The federal government will end up stuffing a total of $50 billion…
Goldman Sachs is out with some key calls in technology sector today. While some calls are positive, our take on this is more of a cautious stance due to the broad nature of some…
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) has been out on just about every media outlet that he can reach people on to discuss the notion of a second stimulus package. …
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this Friday morning with more than two hours until the market opens for trading: Arcelor Mittal (MT) Raised to…
China’s exports fell again in June, this time by 21% according to the Xinhua News Agency. The news means that goods and services being sent abroad by the world’s most populous nation are picking…
The SEC says that companies holding California IOUs can trade them like stocks or bonds by handing them over to a broker. According to the agency, “The staff of the SEC has expressed its…
Analysts who thinks that the housing market may rebound this summer better think again. Home sales have been slow and now there is evidence that homeowners are having so little success moving their residences that…
The Congressional Oversight Panel which keeps track of the effectiveness of the TARP program claims that the government has gotten much too little for the warrants it received as part of the loans that it gave…
UBS (UBS) told the IRS and Justice Department to go to hell. The agencies want the names of 52,000 customers who may have evaded taxes in transactions with the big Swiss bank. According to…
AIG (AIG) wants to pay a number of its “key” employees as much as $235 million. Most of the bonuses are meant to retain these people. The Washington Post reports that the reason behind the…