ThinkstockIn most months, the biggest single economic report is the Employment Situation report issued by the U.S. Department Labor on the first Friday of the month. That may not hold true this week. On…
Whether El Pollo Loco can eventually grow into a chain that rivals the size of Chipotle Mexican Grill will take time to learn.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms for Monday, July 28, 2014. They include AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Pfizer and Xerox.
SEC FilingRichard Branson is coming to America yet again. Branson’s Virgin Group Ltd. has filed its paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its Virgin America Inc. to come public via…
Amazon.com has been one of the greatest growth stories of the current generation. The problem is that all of this growth just hasn't ever equated to significant profits.
ThinkstockWhile all eyes will be on the upcoming July unemployment and payrolls on Friday, August 1, the other big economic report during the week will of course be second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP). We would…
thinkstockThe woes of Europe are supposed to be abating, at least somewhat. That is certainly supposed to be the case in the lands of the PIIGS — Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Ireland…
ThinkstockStocks ended this last week on a very rough note, but we also saw yet another new high in stocks earlier in the week as well. This bull market feels as though it is…
Barclays upgrades Petrobras based on it looking much better after the Brazilian elections in October. Shareholders have a lot riding on the coming elections.
The short interest data for the July 15 settlement date is out and we have compared the defensive dividend stocks, aside of utilities, to what has happened since the June 30 settlement date. The…
ThinkstockFriday’s report on durable goods was one we were paying close attention to. After all, this is the last major broad production and consumption number ahead of the first look at second-quarter gross domestic…
These are this Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from Wall Street firms on Friday, July 25, 2015. They include Amazon.com, Brightcove, Exxon, GM, Mylan, Petrobras and Twitter.
ThinkstockOn Friday we will get to see the report for Durable Goods for the month of June. This is an incredibly important report because it is for June, marking the end of the second…
courtesy of Starbucks Corp.Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced its third quarter earnings its fiscal 2014. Howard Schultz and friends reported that adjusted earnings were $0.67 per share and revenue grew %11 to $4.2…
ThinkstockWith all the news and hope around SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA), it may be of little surprise that news has surfaced that the company could be taken private at $40 per share. There…
ThinkstockWhat ever happened to that prolonged, multiyear housing market recovery? Maybe the private equity buyers bought up all the bargains so fast that public transition cycle from owner to renter back to owner just…
It is without a doubt that Facebook hit a home run on its earnings report on Wednesday night. If Jefferies is right in its assessment, Facebook shares could be headed to $100.
ThinkstockBy now, speculators and investors have learned over and over that gold is a very fickle commodity. The daily rationale for why gold rises and falls is sometimes hard to follow. China has been one…
ThinkstockFrom time to time, 24/7 Wall St. covers the upcoming large lottery announcements and events. It is fun for most people to imagine what they would do if they won the jackpot, but the…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims blew the doors off the hinges. After last week’s reading was revised to 303,000 from 302,000, the number came in at…