ThinkstockThe world around venture capital sometimes creates some very interesting reading when you look at private company valuations versus public company valuations. In this case, it is in the online streaming music service of…
ThinkstockThis is going to sound a bit counterintuitive on the surface, but there is some good news in the American jobs market: more Americans are quitting their jobs. The U.S. Labor Department has issued…
ThinkstockWith the stock market basically at an all-time high, there are three hot-ticket issues merging into one today. How does the lottery, China and an initial public offering sound? 500.com Ltd. (NYSE: WBAI) has…
ThinkstockThe DJIA has finally closed above 16,000 for the first time ever. With a light holiday week coming up and with year-end just around the corner, investors have to consider research ideas that will…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has been evaluating peers and rivals for valuation analysis now that the end of the year is coming up. Stocks have been challenging all-time highs and the S&P 500 index is…
ThinkstockBank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is having a bit of an unusual bond sale, and it is something we might have overlooked had it been anything else but this. The bank has issued…
Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. has not been covering the junk bond market as much of late because spreads were in a narrow range for quite some time. That was then. The 10-year Treasury note hit…
ThinkstockInvestors have enjoyed a handy recovery in the turnaround of Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX). Perhaps that should even say “finally enjoyed” in the turnaround. After all, this stock has been in turnaround mode…
thinkstockShares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG) are chugging higher on Thursday. There has not been any direct news out of the company to account for the gain, but the national news…
GS.COMGoldman Sachs has released its themes to watch in 2014, but what stood out handily is the firm’s call on the stock market. The firm is reiterating a 2014 year-end target of 1,900 on…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department has reported a much larger drop in weekly jobless claims than was expected. The weekly jobless claims fell by 21,000 down to 323,000. Dow Jones and…
Jon OggEarnings season is winding down, stocks have challenged new highs and now it is time to figure out how to position your money and assets for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of…
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends, particularly safe and dependable dividends that rise through time. The S&P 500 Index currently has the most companies paying dividends in nearly two decades. The year 2013 has seen a continued…
ThinkstockAny time investors look for companies growing sales the most, one area that almost always stands out is the up and coming biotech stocks. After all, sales can grow from close to nothing into…
ThinkstockThe latest Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s October 29 to 30 FOMC meeting are indicating that tapering the $85 billion per month of bond buying could start in the coming months. This sounds significant in…
Wikimedia CommonsJamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) may still be a great banking CEO, but he is far from the bulletproof CEO he was considered to be back before his…
ThinkstockTry living without water for a few days. It is something you cannot cut back on or push out for very long. Investors have caught on that water is a must-own holding as well.…
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) is considering even more easing than the official rate cut we saw recently. Now there is talk that easing could be taken as far as creating negative rates. Bloomberg…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) may be a tracking stock and it may still be considered a merger candidate, even after the Softbank transaction. Opinions vary widely about the past and the…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department released its reading on inflation on Wednesday morning via the Consumer Price Index. Simply put, inflation is running too low and this is going to give Ben Bernanke and Janet…