ThinkstockBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) is under Warren Buffett and one of its biggest bets ever was the “All In Bet on America” that Buffett made when we he acquired the Burlington Northern Santa…
Wikimedia CommonsThe craze around Bitcoin has been monumental. This will either become a great alternative currency, or it will become one of the most obvious bubbles (after the fact, of course) in modern times. After…
ThinkstockIt is coming close to year-end, and 24/7 Wall St. is looking out for which CEOs and groups of company insiders are selling big blocks of stocks and bringing in millions of dollars going…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Mega Millions lottery jackpot just got even larger. The prior $344 million has grown to a whopping $400 million, what appears to be the second largest jackpot ever for this lotto. Friday…
courtesy of VerizonThe short interest data for the end of November is out, and the results are somewhat surprising when it comes to the top high-yield safe dividends out there. Some of the changes were…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsCisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) may be in hot water with investors after its last earnings report smashed everyone who was remotely positive going into that report. Now we have a…
Jon OggStocks are challenging new highs going into year-end, and investors have to consider how to best position themselves for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall Street analyst reports each morning to…
MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA) is getting smart about having a ridiculously high nominal stock price. The credit card processing giant has announced the approval of a 10-for-1 stock split. When your stock price is…
ThinkstockGilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) has been on fire, so much that two insiders decided to stuff their holiday stockings with about $23 million in stock sales. Chairman and CEO John Martin sold 282,242…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a bit of a horse race going on over just how many iPhones it can sell into the China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) customer base. Speculation is…
ThinkstockBanco Santander S.A. (NYSE: SAN) may be a banking giant based in Spain, and that automatically makes it one the banks of the PIIGS nations. Something hard to utter in the same question or…
ThinkstockIt is almost year-end, and investors have to be planning for 2014 and beyond for their portfolio, their assets and their taxes. Merrill Lynch expects the great rotation trade it touted for 2013 to…
ThinkstockAfter the recession we came out of, and with the massive excess in capacity we have at large multinational companies, the small business component of the economy is where the major gains likely will have…
ThinkstockTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE: TEVA) has moved from a great growth story to one of promise, to one of habitual disappointment. The company’s 2014 guidance is soft yet again. The company also is…
Jon OggStocks are looking for direction after the first week of a sell-off on the heels of eight weeks of a rally. At the same time, investors are getting ready for year-end and positioning…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corporation (NYSE: S) seems to be in a far better position financially after its merger versus when it was on its own. After seeing two different credit rating agency reports…
ThinkstockIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is an overvalued chip stock. Wait, or is it? With shares up around $24.90 after being fingered as a top Barron’s stock to buy for 2014, the consensus price target…
ThinkstockMosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) should probably be getting rewarded on news that it has reached an agreement to repurchase the remaining common shares held by the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation and the Anne Ray…
ThinkstockSterne Agee is joining the many firms on Wall Street with its top picks for 2014. Monday’s feature is on their top picks for the industrials and energy stocks. Some of these have overlaps…
Jon OggStocks have pulled back over the past week, after eight straight weeks of rallying. Now investors are getting ready for year-end and positioning themselves for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. goes over dozens of…