Jon OggEarnings season is now winding down and stocks keep challenging new all-time highs. Now investors and traders alike are starting to decide how to best position their assets for 2014. Each morning 24/7…
ThinkstockInvestors love dividends. They also generally tend to love technology stocks. The problem is that the massive growth phase of the sector has moved to selective niche businesses now that we are in the…
Yahoo! has made two announcements hidden in one announcement after the close on Tuesday. The more important announcement is that Yahoo! has increased its common share buyback authorization.
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has shot itself in the foot over losing so much ground in the smartphone wars. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has taken over market share, and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB) is getting crushed after a worrisome earnings report. The maker of canned soup and other canned and prepackaged foods is seeing what appears to be the worst post-earnings drop…
ThinkstockHorizon Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: HZNP) is having a stellar day after breaking news that it entered into a pact with AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) for the U.S. rights to VIMOVO. The move aims to…
ThinkstockThe market for pharmaceuticals and biotech drugs just keeps growing. The so-called patent cliff may be affecting Big Pharma companies locally, but a new report from IMS Health shows that the total spending on…
ThinkstockBurger King Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: BKW) has announced a new joint venture that will give it an opening into the giant market of India. The fast-food chain has partnered with Everstone Group to develop…
Jon OggWith earnings season winding down and stocks challenging new all-time highs yet again, investors and traders are starting to position their assets for 2014. Each morning 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall…
ThinkstockThe economy has never gone back into major expansion mode after the recession. After all, the financial media often doubts the bull market, and the Federal Reserve and other central banks are involved in…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThis week will be a busy one as far as earnings, but this is also marks the beginning of the end for corporate earnings. We also still have some DJIA…
ThinkstockSkin cancer treatments remain elusive. While some drugs are on the market for advanced-stage treatment, the most common and longest method of initial treatment still involves the doctor taking the scalpel and cutting it…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsSomething very strange is happening in the world of networking and data communications players. The earnings miss and earnings warnings out of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) present two interesting takes.…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is said to be narrowing down its list of candidates to replace Steve Ballmer as chief executive officer. While equity investors may be glad to see…
Wikimedia CommonsThe mystery behind Bitcoin is getting even more mysterious. The virtual currency keeps hitting new highs each day, and this is coming ahead of congressional hearings and regulatory bodies wanting their own form…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a very strange index considering that it is “The Stock Market” when most people who are not traders discuss how stocks did on any given day. Its…
Jon OggEarnings season is winding down and stocks are challenging new all-time highs. Investors and traders alike are considering how to position themselves for 2014. Each morning 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsCisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) took a beating this last week. It was a bad enough drop that it made our own worst major blowups of the week feature on Saturday.…
Sometimes a major bull market just does not help some companies. Bad things can happen in good times. 24/7 Wall St. tracked some of the unusual disappointments from this last week and wanted to…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) and Warren Buffett disclosed their full equity holdings this week. The first thing we noticed was that there was a total equity value of…