ThinkstockBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) is highly troubled. News that more possible bidders are interested in competing against Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: FFH) to take the company private is surprising and obvious at the…
ThinkstockPhilip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) has experienced more than impressive growth in both its share price and its profits in the past four years. Lately its gains have petered out. The problem is…
Jon OggA new earnings season has started, and stocks and bonds are dealing with a likely patch for the government shutdown and the debt ceiling. So which are the stocks to buy and which…
Jon OggEarnings season has officially started, but the stock market and bond market are both dealing with the government shutdown, an upcoming debt ceiling and even the announcement of a new Fed chair. 24/7…
ThinkstockA true monopoly is when only one major player remains in an industry, even if tiny competitors exist here and there. So ask yourself what it would mean if the two satellite pay-TV providers…
Wikimedia CommonsConglomerates are supposed to be stable earnings due to diversified sources of income. That implies that they are supposed to have safe and growing dividends as well. Now we have news out that…
courtesy U.S. Federal ReserveThe Minutes from the September 17 to 18 FOMC meeting are not going to give the bulls nor the bears the smoking gun that they needed to build a case for…
Does anyone truly care about it being the 2013 Securities Analyst Meeting for Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ)? The stock market is so enthralled with the company that even the S&P Indexes group decided that…
ThinkstockIt is always interesting when bank analysts and brokerage firm analysts upgrade or downgrade their peers and competitors. The same is true for when they initiate research coverage. So what are investors supposed to…
ThinkstockThey say that some banks are too big to fail, but Italy is among the nations in the PIIGS, and it is simply “too big to bail.” That means Italy has to solve its problems…
Federalreserve.govNow that Janet Yellen is reportedly being appointed as the next chairman, or chairperson, of the Federal Reserve, the markets may get what they really wanted all along. Yellen represents a continuation of the…
via Wikimedia CommonsAriad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) is getting crushed on Wednesday due to a clinical hold placed by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The company confirmed that the FDA has placed a…
Jon OggEarnings season has just started, and investors and traders alike are having to face a government shutdown and a debt ceiling debate painfully developing each day. So which companies and sectors offer stocks…
ThinkstockThe drug and pharmaceutical sector is supposed to be a defensive one by nature, even if this week’s government shutdown and impending debt ceiling weighed heavily on biotech stocks. Credit Suisse’s Vamil Divan has…
ThinkstockClass action lawsuits are now an integral part of the game on Wall Street. With all the troubles that BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has seen and with all the company’s missteps, it was only…
ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season, and it was probably more than just a timing coincidence that Alcoa’s shares were downgraded this morning ahead of the numbers. Amazingly, the initial…
ThinkstockThe field of pharmaceuticals is very well established and often is considered to be a very defensive sector. As such, investors flock to the drug sector in times of uncertainty. But what about the…
ThinkstockA malaria vaccine is supposed to be a good thing. Right? Unfortunately that all depends. GlaxoSmithKline PLC (NYSE: GSK) currently plans to seek marketing approval for the first malaria vaccine next year. The British…
ThinkstockEarlier today we saw the social media stocks taking a tumble. We simply blame this on an attack on high-flyers, now that Congress and the president refuse to even speak with each other. Now…
FunnyTimes.comSocial media stocks have been on fire, at least up until Tuesday. The sector should be at least somewhat immune to the market’s risk tied to a government shutdown and somewhat to a debt…