ThinkstockSmall cap stocks have enjoyed a huge bull run along with the rest of the market. A new report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch calls for small cap investors to focus on quality…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsA curved phone may sound very ergonomic for those of us who carry phones in our pockets. There may be more than meets the eye here, no pun intended, on word…
Wikimedia CommonsExxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has not been much of a great stock market participant for such a strong bull market. Its gains coming into Monday have only been 10% so far in…
Jon OggNow that we are mostly through earnings season and now that stocks have challenged all-time highs recently, investors and traders alike have to start thinking about how to position themselves for 2014. Which…
ThinkstockInvestors have been told over and over to love dividends, as they provide income and stability to a portfolio. While those themes are often true, there can be a dark side to dividend investing.…
ThinkstockEarnings season is in the process of winding down, but there are still some key earnings reports coming out. We are still getting key earnings and this week will bring the quarterly reports from…
Jon OggIt is a bull market and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index have both challenged new all-time highs recently. For the market to keep rising, more stocks have to…
twitter.com/jimmykimmelOver the weekend there was something very unusual: nationwide protests against Jimmy Kimmel and ABC over racism. The protest that I saw was on Saturday afternoon in Houston by the jam-packed Galleria, at the busy…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.24/7 Wall St. is watching a few key moves in the market and economy on Friday that should all be points of consideration over the weekend. We are calling these the…
ThinkstockTwitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) managed to stun the markets on Thursday with a solid initial public offering (IPO), and the reaction so far on Friday feels a bit like an IPO hangover. The Twitter…
ThinkstockAfter the Labor Department stunned the market with much stronger payrolls data, the market is going to get to deal with a new reading on consumer sentiment. The Reuters/University of Michigan reading did not…
Wikimedia CommonsMcDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) released its latest data on same-store sales growth. As the title of this post suggests, McDonald’s has run into a growth problem. We cannot figure out how it can…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe October Employment Situation Report from the Labor Department is showing that the government shutdown had almost no real impact to the private sector jobs market. We think that the…
Jon OggThis week should be the end of the major earnings flood. With markets so close to highs, investors and traders alike are considering which stocks to buy and which ones to sell. 24/7…
TwitterTwitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) managed to debut with a wildly successful initial public (IPO) offering on Thursday. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to offer up an analyst montage of the calls that have already been…
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services has downgraded its sovereign credit ratings of France. The move was pushed out in the middle of the night in America, which is the morning hours in Europe. It…
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is a company which manages to keep disappointing and punishing just about any shareholder who dares to listen. The only major rare earth materials company in the United States reported…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is not a company we consider as systemically important, but it is widely tracked by many investors and consumers. The online couponing social media company has reported…
ThinkstockSeeing Geron Corporation (NASDAQ: GERN) as one of the top gaining stories on the day brought back memories of when this company was the leader in stem cells. That was then, and trust of…
ThinkstockWindstream Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: WIN) recently surprised us yet again by maintaining its incredibly high dividend yield north of 11%. Now we have an earnings report, and the dividend surprise stands out even more.…