ThinkstockJeff Bezos and crew at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are out with fourth quarter earnings for the online seller of everything. Wall Street has not penalized the company for operating on extremely low margins…
ThinkstockChinese New Year is starting, and the good news — and hard to believe news — is that this could help to fend off the waves of emerging market madness we have been seeing…
ADT is getting absolutely crushed after its earnings missed expectations. The home security leader said that customer growth fell short of plan. Shares hit an all-time low on Thursday.
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department reported a surge in weekly jobless claims during the past week. Bloomberg had been calling for almost no change at 327,000, but the rate rose by 19,000 to 348,000. Last…
Shares of Exxon Mobil reacted to its fourth-quarter earnings report early Thursday. Earnings were down 16%, mostly due to lower production and weaker-than-expected margins in its refining operations.
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department’s report on gross domestic product (GDP) has been released for the fourth quarter of 2013. The headline shows growth of 3.2%, which met the Dow Jones estimate of 3.2% and surpassed…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 30, 2014. They include Boeing, Citrix Systems, Denbury Resources, Facebook and Qualcomm.
ThinkstockEvery quarter we like to review the research at the top firms we cover and look for any new stocks to buy that are priced either slightly above or under $5 per share. In…
Visa is out with its fiscal first quarter earnings report. This is the most dominant stock of the Dow Jones Industrial Average now because of its $217.12 closing price. Because the Dow is a…
ThinkstockQualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is managing to escape its Apple-woes, which were present before Wednesday’s earnings report. The mobile processor leader said that net income was down marginally to $1.88 billion in its first…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsFacebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is out with its fourth quarter and earnings report for 2013, and it looks as though Mark Zuckerberg is getting the last laugh. The social media…
courtesy of the Federal ReserveThe January 29 FOMC meeting was the last meeting to be under Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Janet Yellen will be the new Federal Reserve Chairman going forward. The markets had…
Yahoo! may be down about 7% after its earnings signaled what is still a lack of serious growth in its turnaround strategy. What is interesting is that the options trading community is keeping a…
The woes of Apple are spilling over into its supply chain companies. Cirrus Logic is one name that comes directly into play here. Troubles at Cirrus should be bringing up concerns for other Apple…
AT&T is the top stock in the Dogs of the Dow. It is nearly painful to imagine, but the payout ratio is reaching such a level that some are beginning to question it.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. They include American Airlines, Electronic Arts, VMware, Walmart and more.
CIA World FactbookThe Turkish Central Bank is not exactly the most widely followed central bank in the world. That may be true 364 days of this year, but on Tuesday all eyes of emerging…
via Wikimedia CommonsYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is out with its fourth quarter earnings report, and now Wall Street and main Street get one more chance to evaluate the Marissa Mayer turnaround. The company’s adjusted…
ThinkstockAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is the second largest biotech player, and now we have seen its fourth-quarter earnings report. Earnings came in up 30% at $1.82 per share, and revenue was up 13% to…
ThinkstockCitigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is proof that breaking up a giant empire is not exactly easy to do. Sandy Weill built the empire up into a global financial supermarket, and even after the unit…