ThinkstockThe big news regarding Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) was supposed to be its earnings report. Instead, news is out that Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) has signed a 10-year agreement with green…
courtesy of TwitterTwitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is out with earnings, and the numbers look very impressive on the surface. The problem is that there are some serious caveats for growth ahead and user metrics.…
ThinkstockThe athlete IPO talk is back. In fact, they may be back in business. Two issues are driving the chatter here, and it is not that the Super Bowl was a crowd killer. News…
Investors have become a bit nervous after a poor January and a rough start to January. Stocks have gone south, and bond yields have come back down from a peak of 3% on the…
ThinkstockA news break is out from multiple sources, showing that CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) will produce a full slate of 16 NFL games. The problem is that this is the Thursday Night Football package.…
Twitter reports earnings on Wednesday after the close, and 24/7 Wall St. has prepared a preview looking at the trading history, analyst opinion, options expectations, valuations and more.
3D Systems is joining the ranks of 3D printing companies lowering guidance. This guidance is not just bad for 2013, but 2014 as well.
ThinkstockWednesday’s ADP Private Sector Payrolls report showed a gain of 175,000 in January. Dow Jones was calling for 189,000 and Bloomberg was calling for 170,000. While there has to be some merit to the…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. They include Arch Coal, ADM, Citigroup, Myriad Genetics and Sirius.
Wikimedia CommonsSEC filings often have all sorts of goodies hidden in them. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is known as one of the top places to go for top tech talent, and Chairman Eric Schmidt…
ThinkstockGilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) is the biggest biotech company in America, and it is one of the top performers for 2013. Despite having a market cap of well over $100 billion now, this…
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s Rating Services has just turned Puerto Rico into the equivalent of on of the PIIGS over credit ratings. Well, maybe Puerto Rico did it with poor finances and S&P is just…
January and February have put the stock market in question for 2014. After three series of major economic releases were handily under expectations in the United States, the issues overseas are mounting. Now all…
courtesy of ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is a very controversial company and is really sort of a battleground stock. There are big bulls, and big bears. Its future is still far from certain. Shares…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE: JCP) does not exactly have that many fans and champions on Wall Street nor on Main Street these days. The stock may be only at $5.68…
Usually when you see stocks double, it is based on a buyout or a major partnership development. That is not the case for Furiex Pharmaceuticals, which soared on news of positive top-line study results…
Petrobras is supposed to be a great oil giant, with vase proven and probable reserves, and with a vast opportunity in Brazil. The problem is that nothing seems to go right for the Petrobras…
Microsoft's announcement that it has selected a new chief executive is overshadowed by the news that Bill Gates is stepping down as chairman. Will other executives take the opportunity to jump ship?
The top equity strategist at Merrill Lynch has updated the High Quality and Dividend Yield screen of stocks to buy, adding some names that may provide investors solid 2014 returns.
Arch Coal managed to turn in another quarterly loss, which now looks to be eight in a row. The coal giant said that its results were hurt by rail service problems, as well as…