From Value DisciplineWith Democrats as “Masters of the House, ” fear and trepidation seems to have swept the U.S. investment world. Nancy Pelosi has promised legislation that would allow the government to negotiate directly…
Not may years ago, when the iPod was in its infancy, Sony might have looked at buying Apple to own the new multimedia platform. Sony already had a PC business and the Mac operations…
On CNBC’s STOP TRADING segment yesterday, Jim Cramer was saying he is ready to annoint an oil company.Yesterday, Cramer first went over Cisco (CSCO) as THE new convergence play and he said the stock…
On the second feature stock on CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight, Cramer went over Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG). Cramer thinks pizza is out, look at California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI) down 10% at $28.35 after-hours…
Last night on CNBC’s MAD MONEY Jim Cramer was discussing New York Stock Exchange (NYX).He said there is an $87.00 stock that is going to $250.00 in the next two-years: New York Stock Exchange…
Disney (DIS) earnings sure don’t look like any Mickey Mouse or Goofey results so far on the surface. The company posted EPS of $0.36 instead of $0.33 estimates and revenues of $8.7 Billion instead…
DJIA 12,106.11; Down 70.43 (0.58%)Nasdaq 2,376.01; Down 8.93 (0.37%)S&P500 1,378.79; Down 6.93 (0.50%)10YR-Bond 4.633%NYSE Volume 2,965,996,000NASD Volume 2,337,245,000When is a $64.3 Billion Trade Deficit for any single month considered good news? When it is…
3M (MMM) is still in a funk, and that is even after the company got to piece-meal a unit out for higher cash.The company reached agreements to sell its global pharmaceuticals division in 3…
I noted yesterday that CSCO would dominate the field as far as technology trading volume for today. What an understatement. Even the day after Sirius (SIRI) earnings and the day after Cramer said SIRI…
Stocks: (SNE)(MSFT)It is not often that investors can legitimately question why a company would stay in a business that at one point drove 60% of its operating profit. But, as Sony moves from the…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe have been favorably disposed toward Rockwell Automation (ROK), which has reported decent sales growth and its factory automation products appear well suited to the current need…
From 13D TrackerAt an investors conference today activist hedge fund manger Bill Ackman, who runs Pershing Square Capital, said Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) is cheap and could be worth $36 per share in…
Satellite TV has a business model that is too good to be true. Results from Echostar and DirecTV would indicate that they are thriving in both subscriber and revenue growth. But, there are at…
KBW, Inc. (KBW), the parent of Keefe Bruyette & Woods, did open up and opened up even higher than I would have guessed. The opening price out of the chute was $26.00.It priced 6.8…
Cisco Systems (CSCO) is now trading up 9% at $27.40 pre-market after beating earnings yesterday. It has already traded about 6 million share pre-market and CSCO shares will likely be the most active of…
Stocks: (YHOO)(TWX)(GOOG)(NWS)(EBAY)(MSFT)New data indicates that most large US-based websites are going the majority of their traffic from outside their home country. It’s a vexing problem.A lot of the advertising at big sites like Yahoo!…
(ACET) Aceto $0.10 EPS vs $0.09e.(ASTM) Aastrom -$0.03 EPS vs -$0.04e.(BDN) Brandywine Realty filed to sell 2.5M shares for shareholders.(BMC) BMC Software $0.37 EPS vs $0.32e.(BRCM) Broadcom delayed quarterly filing over options review.(BSMD) BioSphere…
Cablevision revenues were no great stuff. Revenue rose to $1.41 billion from $1.24 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The company’s net loss was a bit improved to $53 million.Average monthly revenue…
AAWW cut to Hold at Jefferies.CSCO raised to Buy at UBS; multipl price target upgrades.CXR cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.FE cut to Hold at Jefferies.FOXH cut to Neutral at First Albany, cut to…
News Corp released earnings for its latest quarter. Revenue rose 4.1% to $5.91 billion. The company made a nifty profit of $843. It has a loss the year earlier. Operating income fell 6.4% to…