General Growth Properties (CGP) Trouble re-financing. Down to $3,51 from 52-week $57.84, Trina Solar (TSL) Solar stocks downgraded on oversupply. Falls to $12.43 from 52-week high of $68.25. Royal Bk Scotland Group (RBS) Worries…
If our calendar and math are correct, the data from the Fed just released on consumer credit in August shows that the rate of borrowing has come down to levels not seen in 10…
Following billionaires, activist investors, and even opportunists has been a difficult job in recent weeks. Activists can blame poor management decisions, but they cannot blame management over stock prices in a bear market. This…
If you were looking for a strong tone from Ben Bernanke, he may have given you what you wanted to hear. Today’s speech to the National Association for Business Economics hinted at a very…
Google (GOOG) hit another 52-week low today bottoming at $348.23. So far this year, shares in the big search company are off 45%. By contrast, Time Warner (TWX) is down a little more than…
Energy companies are focusing on just a couple of things as they head into earnings season. First is debt and financing; second is production, especially for those companies who suffered from Hurricanes Gustav and…
It is hard to believe that crude prices would drop from $147 this summer to under $90. The Department of Energy believes prices will move back up. The agency now predicts that West Texas…
Yahoo! (YHOO) seems to have several options to revive its moribund business, but the market is not buying them based on the portal company’s share price. The stock trades just above $15, not far…
By John Tamny RealClearMarkets Amid much fanfare, Treasury Secretary Paulson’s $700 billion plan to allegedly save the banking system passed last Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 250 points before its presumed…
Corning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) is addressing the slowing economies and supplies and how these will impact the company. Vice Chairman and CFO James Flaws is presenting some longer-term projection data at the Maxim Group…
Another ETF group with esoteric index funds is closing down and liquidating several ETF programs. FocusShares, LLC has announced that its board and its advisors plan to discontinue and liquidate several exchange-traded funds. The…
A procedural announcement from the Federal Reserve is being blamed for the stocks going from positive by about 9 points to being down by 2 points this morning. The market wanted something at least…
Royale Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: ROYL) has announced that it discovered natural gas in its Andrus Island East well in the Sacramento Basin of California which was drilled as part of its 2008-A drilling project. …
Hector Ruiz, former CEO and current chairman of AMD (AMD), was undoubtedly the worst big company chief of the last decade. What he could not ruin with his modest intelligence he made up for…
Below are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open: Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Incyte (INCY) Started…
Below are some of the top early bird analyst downgrades we have seen early this morning with more than two hours to the open: Advantage Energy (AAV) Cut to Sector Perform at CIBC. Amylin…
Two key solar stocks are being hit hard in early indications. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) have both been downgraded to "Sell" from the prior "Buy" ratings over at…
Economists thought the consumer was heading toward the exits. Actually, based on new data, he left the building. According to Reuters, the Mastercard Advisors service reported that "Overall September apparel sales fell 5.5 percent…
The latest theory about Big Oil is that it will be brought down by falling oil prices. Shares in companies such as Exxon (XOM) and BP (BP) will be battered beyond recognition. Until recently…
The Fed is not done proposing, and perhaps implementing, radical plans to save the economy. The latest installment in the agency’s heroics is a program for to buy commercial paper from non-financial companies and…