GS.COMIt is that time of year when investors start positioning their portfolios for the year ahead. 24/7 Wall St. reviews vast numbers of research reports looking for the best stocks to buy and stocks…
courtesy of BaiduBaidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is likely one of the key reasons that Bitcoin has been able to rise handily and gain more adoption. After all, when the largest search engine site in…
thinkstockIt seems hard to believe after years of decline, but bad news out of Greece has changed to “less-bad” and then to almost good news. We previously saw that the Greek budget may have…
ThinkstockAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is finding itself in a strange spot going into 2014. It is the highest of the yields in the Dow Jones Industrial Average by far, and that makes it the…
ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment report rose to 82.5 for the preliminary December report, from a final November reading of 75.1. Dow Jones was calling for only 76.5, and Bloomberg had the consensus…
Here we are in to the final month of what has been a tremendous year for the stock market, and the 24/7 staff is reviewing what the major Wall Street firms are recommending for…
Jon OggStocks have pulled back on tapering concerns, and now investors and traders have to decide how to position their portfolios ahead of 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall Street research reports…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department is out with what appears to be a stellar unemployment report for November. The good news is that the payrolls were not too far above whisper numbers after a strong…
ThinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has announced that hundreds of thousands of prepaid debit card users in America may have had their data breached. The bank reported that personal information of some…
ThinkstockThe value of Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is one which has been up for grabs for some time now. If Bloomberg TV is reliable for getting a scoop here, then the value…
Dollar General Corp. (NYSE: DG) keeps continuing to amaze investors and skeptics alike. The company’s post-earnings report reaction was very different from Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR). What is happening is that some value…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) had been on the mend for some time and had been enjoying the video game console cycle upgrade going into November. Now its stock has pulled back,…
GlassdoorGlassdoor has raised another round of venture backing. The company has closed upon a $50 million financing led by Tiger Global Management, which the company confirmed. A new investor joined it as Dragoneer Investment…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has made the company a true hit with all of the iPhone variations. Still, there is one thing that some of us 40-somethings and older often miss in using the…
ThinkstockWalt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) was a company we had pegged for a dividend hike very soon, and the company delivered on this expectation. The problem is that the 15% dividend hike is simply…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) just tanked as news is circulating that Alan Mulally will not be leaving Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) to replace Steve Ballmer as chief executive of the software…
Wikimedia CommonsThe phenomenal move in Bitcoin has been monumental, but a serious dose of reality is now hitting the virtual currency. Having risen from less than $100 to more than $1,200 made Bitcoin the…
ThinkstockStocks have pulled back ahead of the jobs data, and investors need to be considering how to position their portfolios going into year-end and 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many Wall Street research reports…
ThinkstockMore strong news is out on the jobs front. The U.S. Labor Department reported that weekly jobless claims fell to 298,000 in the latest week. Dow Jones was calling for about 320,000, and Bloomberg…
ThinkstockThe criticism of CEO pay over worker pay is an age-old discussion. It has become one of the key points as the discussions about inequality picks up or goes quiet. Defending pay when it is in…