Countrywide Financial Corp. (NYSE:CFC) has filed its 10-Q quarterly report with the SEC, and the stock has gotten hammered in after-hours trading with a drop of more than 10%. Investors should understand that many…
Jim Cramer came on CNBC on tonight’s MAD MONEY and he said that he still likes technology and his pick tonight was Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) for it in the tech sweet spot with growth, earnings,…
What is the one sector that is viewed as a safe haven in scary times? Outside of water it’s gold, and gold is easier to invest in than water as far as the stock…
Last Friday, we wrote about defensive stock havens for a crummy stock market. We also warned that in true market selling extremes there is no such thing as a true haven, and stocks that…
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) posted earnings of $0.51 EPS and $935.3 million in revenues. First Call estimates were $0.43 EPS and $859.9 million revenues. Non-GAAP gross margin improved to a record 45.6 percent, an increase of…
Ford (F) is off almost 5.5% today, victim of the double whammy. With private equity frightened of its own shadow and the $10 billion Home Deport (HD) Supply deal in trouble, it is unlikely…
Today was an interesting IPO filing for a company called Peplin, Inc., a subsidiary of Peplin Limited in Australia. There will be somewhat of a dual listing and if you want to look up…
The upcoming and heavily anticipated partial-IPO of EMC Corp.’s (NYSE:EMC) VMware (NYSE:VMW) just saw the stakes of poker go up. The company has hiked the IPO pricing range for next week from the original…
After looking at a new financing pact at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD) the first reaction here was "these bankers really are using voodoo financing like we said back in April," but even if…
This is what Bloomberg said about Robert Nardelli in a piece written the day he joined Chrysler as CEO: "At Home Depot (HD), Nardelli doubled sales and the number of store operations while expanding…
After the market closes today, we will get earnings out of NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA). First Call estimates are $0.43 EPS and $859.9 million in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.49 EPS & $939 million…
It seems that some Chinese consumers want to beat up Dell (DELL) and take its lunch money. Some of the people who bought the big US company’s PCs have started a group called "10000…
Limelight Networks (LLNW), the content delivery network and Akamai (AKAM) competitor which recently went public is off over 37% in today’s trading. The company traded as high as $24.33 after its IPO and now…
Jupitermedia Corp. (NASDAQ:JUPM) shares gapped down significantly with what looks to be new 52-week lows, although it appears the shares are back above that low. Shares closed at $6.79 yesterday ahead of earnings and…
Home Depot (NYSE:HD) broke the news this morning that it is in discussions with private equity firms Bain Capital, Caylyle, and with Clayton Dubilier & Rice over restructuring its previously agreed to sale of…
(AEO) American Eagle Outfitters s-s-s were -6% vs +4% est.(AIG) AIG $1.64 EPS vs $1.61 est.; says comfortable with US mortgage market.(ATPG) ATP Oil & Gas $0.39 EPS vs $0.05 est.; unsure if comparable.(BBY)…
Gap (GPS) same-store sales fell 7% in July. Wall St. expected a 4.9% drop. It must be that US shoppers are upset that the company hired a Canadian to be CEO. Gap North America…
Perhaps it is all of these Dell PCs that it is selling. Or, the new program that allows buyers to order products and walmart.com and pick them up in stores. Wal-Mart (WMT) same-store sales…
Vonage (VG), know in some quarters as the worst IPO in history, had a decent earnings announcement. Revenue for the second quarter 2007 grew to a record $206 million, a 43% increase from $144…
AA raised to Outperform at FBR.AHR raised to Buy at Jefferies.CHK cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.CMRG cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.CNC raised to Hold at Jefferies.CVC cut to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.ETN raised…