twitter.com/jimmykimmelTwitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) has seen the underwriting analyst quiet period come to an end. This means that the analysts at the brokerage firms in the underwriting syndicate have now been freed up to…
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has reported that November was yet another gain for its reading on manufacturing. The index rose to 57.3% in the November Manufacturing ISM Report on Business, versus 56.4%…
ThinkstockBarracuda Networks Inc. (NYSE: CUDA) was one of the recent initial public offerings (IPOs) of 2013, and it somehow did not perform as well as others despite being in the right space for cloud…
The stock market gains of well over 20% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index have been a capstone of a multiyear bull market for stocks. That does not mean…
ThinkstockStocks have had gains for eight weeks now and the stock market keeps challenging all-time highs. It is time for investors to start positioning their assets and portfolios for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews…
ThinkstockThe stock market has enjoyed what is now eight weeks of gains and new highs in just about each of those weeks. Now investors have to be considering how to position their portfolios for…
As the stock market is challenging all-time highs around a holiday week, investors have to be considering how to position their portfolios and assets for 2014 and beyond. 24/7 Wall St. has been issuing…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.There are gimmicks and then there are gimmicks. Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is out with its gimmick for Black Friday. It sounds huge on the headline of $100 million, yet as…
GS.COMGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is not your typical financial firm. It caters to institutions and high net worth individuals almost exclusively. It is also a bank holding company, yet it has no…
Courtesy The Container Store Group Inc.The so-called quiet period for the hot initial public offering (IPO) of The Container Store Group Inc. (NYSE: TCS) has come to an end. The underwriters who were in…
ThinkstockStocks are challenging all-time highs, and this is a shortened week due to Thanksgiving. Investors have to start positioning their assets and portfolios for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of research reports from…
courtesy of NvidiaMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has answered Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) in the video game console wars, sort of. The software and would-be technology giant sold more than 1 million Xbox One units…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is due to report earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday. Frankly, after the numbers we have seen from IBM, Cisco, and others, it is going to…
ThinkstockThis weekend’s deal with Iran could be a monumental shift of the international tides. Unfortunately, it could also be a monumental mistake as some international leaders have voiced. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to break…
ThinkstockThe market is facing two issues this week. First is that the markets are challenging all-time highs, and second is that it is a light Thanksgiving week. Investors and traders alike are still seeing…
ThinkstockIt is that time of the year again when Wall Street starts issuing its forecasts for the coming year. We have seen the 2014 outlook from Merrill Lynch this Monday with new observations on…
Jon OggIt is the Monday ahead of Thanksgiving, the markets are at new highs, and earnings season is over for the most part. Now investors have to consider research ideas on how to position…
ThinkstockWhat happens when everyone hates an investment or when everyone likes an investment? A contrarian investor would say it is time to go the other way. Gold has gone from shinola to you know…
ThinkstockIf Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) are seriously going to do a joint offer (or individually) for Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC), 24/7 Wall St. cannot help but…
Jon OggTwitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) is now two weeks old and it is still valued somewhere around 50-times sales. The stock lost about 3% this last week and shares were right at $41.00 at…