Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was a company we just featured in two different ways. The first issue is that it is among six known tech stocks under activist investor pressure. The second is that…
courtesy Deere & Co.Some stock buyback plans matter, and some do not. The Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) has announced that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $8 billion…
ThinkstockThere is a trend at the end of each year followed by many income investors. This is the Dogs of the Dow, which is simply made up of the 10 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
ThinkstockPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is showing that the blip in active users may not have been as big a concern as it seemed, although we would point out that the number of active…
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades for December 4, 2013, including 3D Systems, SanDisk, U.S. Bancorp, Citigroup, AT&T and more.
ThinkstockWe warned earlier this week that the Friday unemployment report may trash the stock market if it comes out too strong. If ADP is a prediction tool, then that is looking to be more…
Apple had spent most of the last year getting no respect. Despite Tim Cook feeling like Rodney Dangerfield, the consumer electronics giant saw an upgrade from the team at UBS to Buy from Neutral.
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertJ. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is acting like a company which might not be doomed after all. The troubled department store retail giant offered…
ThinkstockMondelez International (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is still relatively lesser known than it when it was all a part of Kraft, but investors have racked up gains if they remained. The shares hit a post-breakup high…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been keeping track of all the 2014 outlook pieces and year-end pieces for 2013. Now it looks as though there is a selective positive outlook from Bank of America Merrill…
Thinkstock3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) has enjoyed a wonderful 2013, as has General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). GE’s stock is up almost 29% so far in 2013 versus a gain of 38% for 3M. We…
thinkstock3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) has seen close to a four dollar swing so far on Tuesday. The stock received a very positive research report calling for upside of up to $85 earlier and…
OncoMed Pharmaceuticals just went from being an obscure biotech to one on the map with more security than it had. The company can thank Celgene for this development.
Wikimedia CommonsThe craze behind Bitcoin has been monumental. Some might even call it silly. In some ways, Bitcoin is acting just like gold did, but on steroids. Investors and speculators wanting an alternative currency…
Jon OggThis Friday will bring the Employment Situation report from the U.S. Labor Department. Ben Bernanke and team at the Federal Reserve have only had to worry about their employment target, since inflation has…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. They include Apple, 3D Systems, Micron Technology and Tesla Motors.
ThinkstockApparently being all organic, natural or healthy is no longer an assured success in the grocery store business. A company called Natural Markets Food Group has announced that it will be closing its six…
Lions GateLions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) has managed to grow and grow, up to the point that it is now worth some $4.4 billion in market capitalization. The latest bump over the last…
courtesy of XeroxThis is a rare event we are seeing today. When was the last time anyone heard about anything great happening at Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX)? This document management provider has two positive…
ThinkstockGoldman Sachs has made several changes to stocks in its Internet universe coverage on Monday. Two downgrades stood out the most after looking at the calls, and others were boring enough that we decided…