ThinkstockAs the summer starts, a large agenda is out there for investors when it comes to top biotech and specialty pharmaceutical companies making announcements and presenting clinical data. The biggest health care conference is…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Monday, June 2, 2014. They include Apple, Boeing, Alcoa, Netflix, TripAdvisor and Zillow.
ThinkstockOne thing we have related to 24/7 readers over the years is that for all of their pedigreed executives and portfolio managers, hedge funds tend to go a lot in the same direction. Why…
ThinkstockW.L. Ross Holding Corp. is coming public. This is a newly formed blank check company that is under Wilbur Ross, a very well-known private equity investor. The initial public offering (IPO) filing with the…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhen Treasury yields fall, it generally means that investors around the planet are looking for a flight to safety. Or in the extreme cases, it signals that the economy is…
What if First Internet Bancorp decides to take the next major plunge -- into Bitcoin? The bank holding company already provides online commercial and retail banking products and services.
It was once a hot button issue (for a few hours) that President Obama asked Steve Jobs what it would take to manufacture iPhones in the United States. Well, it seems that Google is…
ThinkstockHave activist investors gone too far? That is what the news focus may be full of in the coming week. The financial media loves following activist investors like Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and a…
IBM is still deemed as one of the most important technology stocks for investors because of its size and dominance in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The new reality is that IBM is far…
As 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst upgrades and downgrades each day of the week, there are almost always some hidden gems, many of which are in stocks trading under $10.
ThinkstockMay has come and gone, and at least so far it looks as though the “Sell in May and Go Away!” theme did not materialize in 2014. Of those who responded to our poll,…
ThinkstockDividend payments by S&P 500 companies reached an all-time high last year, totaling some $330.8 billion, according to FactSet. As of this March, 418 of the 500 companies in the index paid a dividend.…
Halcon Resources may be the first of the stocks we said could double in 2014 to actually do so. By some counts, it has already doubled.
ThinkstockChicago Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is showing a much stronger read than anticipated for the month of May. After weak readings in income and spending, this at least leans a bit more toward a…
Apple may have traded higher after its dividend and buyback plans were announced, but now the stock is surging to 52-week highs ahead of the iPhone 6 and with other product launches coming.
ThinkstockPersonal income and spending data do not exactly give the brightest picture for the month of April. Friday’s report from the U.S. Department of Commerce showed that personal income rose by 0.3% and spending…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday, May 30, 2014. They include Alaska Air, Apple, Infoblox, PNC Financial, Renesola and Splunk.
ThinkstockSpark Energy, Inc. has now filed for an initial public offering. The electric utility services retailer has shown that its common stock will list on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “SPKE.” The…
ThinkstockThe after-hours and pre-market trading sessions are often far more volatile and far less liquid when they are compared to normal market hours between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. each day of the week.…
ThinkstockThe Food & Drug Administration has just put another dark cloud over the business of tanning booths. This FDA issue is a final order which reclassifies sunlamp products and ultraviolet lamps intended for use…