courtesy of Cisco SystemsCisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is out with its third-quarter earnings report, and the networking and communications equipment giant reported earnings of $0.51 per share on revenues of $11.55 billion. Thomson…
Wikimedia CommonsGet ready for the debate over “too big to fail” all over again. It is always interesting when a former Federal Reserve Chairman is out speaking about the world after their tenure. Former…
ThinkstockCan you imagine that the Greek banking sector is being raised by a credit ratings agency? It sounds impossible to imagine if you have been following the story as long as we have. Still,…
ThinkstockThe media debate over PIMCO about who said what between “bond king” Bill Gross and Mohamed El-Erian is not in the news so much right now, but the reputational damage to the firm may…
Cisco Systems is on deck to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday. This company can greatly influence how its peers in networking and communications equipment are treated ahead.
Southwest Airlines has decided to return even more capital back to its shareholders. The discount airline's board of directors has approved a higher dividend and a new share repurchase program.
ThinkstockEarlier this week we showed how a key market technician was showing concern that banks and financials are not participating in the rally. That is particularly troubling when you consider that the Dow Jones…
ThinkstockWith both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting new all-time highs this week, investors have to wonder how they should be positioning themselves for the rest of the year. Earnings…
ThinkstockThe Producer Price Index (PPI) measures wholesale inflation, and the April readings are mostly in line with those from March. The headline PPI for final demand was up 0.6% in April, above the 0.2%…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Wednesday, May 14, 2014. They include Akamai Technologies, Avago Technologies, Pandora Media and Randgold Resources.
ThinkstockIf you have followed Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) for very long, you know that Mr. Buffett loves to make acquisitions. He particularly likes the so-called “whale of a deal” in…
Courtesy of American ExpressAmerican Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) is an important financial stock to the markets, only a part of which is because it is a Dow Jones Industrial Average component. The company is…
Wikimedia CommonsAs the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 have both hit new all-time highs, earnings season is winding down. Now investors have to be wondering what will be the driving force for the…
ThinkstockAfter a weather-related slowdown in the first two months of the year (and part of the third), it turns out the business inventories for the month of March are proving that America is back…
Keurig Green Mountain is seeing yet another rise this week, a week after positive earnings news. Coca-Cola now has agreed to raise its stake in Keurig to the maximum 16% of the company.
ThinkstockThe team at Merrill Lynch makes many sector calls, one of which is a fresh look at the mobile Internet space. The team says that high mobile usage is bringing upside surprises, and the…
ThinkstockMost investors and savers worry about inflation through time. The problem is that deflation may be even worse. The latest round of import and export prices for the month of April confirms that we…
ThinkstockAs stock multiples have drifted to the highest levels in years and as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits new highs, we are hearing warnings from market strategists on the pricey market. In a…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. They include Allergan, Rackspace, Baker Hughes and Time Warner.
ThinkstockYelp, Inc. (NYSE: YELP) is hard to think of the way in which it was reported on Monday, so we want to caution readers perhaps to consider this more of a thought rather than…