courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has now reported its quarterly earnings report, which was also the end of the technology giant’s fiscal year as well. Earnings came in at $8.26 per share (EPS)…
Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is a stock which has been on fire. Jeff Bezos has been able to do no wrong, even when the company posts a loss or has an operating margin…
ThinkstockThe October 29 to 30 Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting is one which may be a bit of a paradox, or at least one full of irony. It is easy to assume that…
The drug patent cliff for Big Pharma is coming with some continued consequences, and two drug giants with earnings this week are Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Merck & Co. (NYSE: MRK) reported earnings on…
Healthcare.govSince the passage of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, the launch has been riddled with problems. Accessing the sign-up page, poor Web design, untested and inept technology, and endless attacks on how the…
Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) is by almost all measurements nothing short of a total failure of a biotech or biohealth stock. Despite having a solid prostate cancer treatment in Provenge, which actually was approved by…
ThinkstockPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, is one of the more actively traded ADRs in the integrated oil and gas plays out there. It has many investors who have chased the prizes of…
Jon OggEarnings season is in full swing and equities are challenging new highs almost daily. Traders and investors are looking for stocks to buy and for ideas on which stocks to sell. 24/7 Wall…
Jon OggEarnings season is in full swing and this coming week will bring many key earnings reports. This will also be the last week of major on-calendar earnings for the third quarter, even if…
courtesy of Sirius XM RadioSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is selling off for a second day after earnings. 24/7 Wall St. has spent less effort covering Sirius of late because its valuations were…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) managed to post such strong earnings and was positive enough in its outlook that there is one thing to consider. No one wants to consider this…
ThinkstockPensions are becoming less and less common in America, and now it looks as though the employee pension systems for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be terminated. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)…
ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for the end of October is a revised report, but this came in at 73.2. What is interesting is that the preliminary report was higher at 75.2, and…
We have seen the short interest reports for the October 15 settlement date. It turns out that short sellers have been getting out of the way of the bull market after previously increasing their…
ThinkstockThe report on durable goods can be the most volatile of all major economic reports. It is reported each month, covering the big-ticket items that consumers and businesses buy to work for years. Trends…
Jon OggWe are knee-deep in corporate earnings reports and markets are surging to new all-time highs. Investors and traders alike are wondering which stocks to buy and which to sell in the current climate.…
ThinkstockThis year has been a stellar one for stocks, with the S&P 500 Index up more than 22% and with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 18% in 2013. The real estate…
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported its third quarter earnings after the close on Thursday. The online retailer of anything and everything has managed to get away with reporting…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reported its quarterly corporate earnings report and this comes on the heels of a surprisingly strong stock performance in 2013. What is interesting is how…
Jon OggThe S&P 500 Index has been challenging all-time highs yet again this week. Once the government got out of the way in Washington D.C. things got back on track. 2013 is turning out…