Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department’s reading on weekly jobless claims is better than expected, and we do not even (supposedly) have the two missing states from the report to point to…
Jon OggStocks have seen five days of selling, and investors are deciding which stocks are bargains and which ones will have more downside. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall Street analyst research reports…
ThinkstockJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) seems to be entering a no-win scenario when it comes to finances and regulators. The billions upon billions of dollars in fines, settlements, regulatory fees and the…
ThinkstockThe latest report from the Federal Reserve is out showing that total household net worth rose again in the second quarter of 2013. The main gains were from real estate and stocks, with a…
courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWWal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is the king of retailing, with the largest presence of all retailers with more than 2 million workers and with what may be…
24/7 Wall St. reviews many short interest changes throughout the month. What generally stands out the most is when there are big short interest trend changes, such as seeing that high-yield dividend stocks were…
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) has only one hope at the current time: its buyout. That buyout may come with some unfortunate implications. Fitch Ratings has issued a report that should bring at least…
courtesy of USPSThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS) claims to be a self-supported government enterprise that receives no tax dollars for operating expenses. Somehow, it keeps operating at losses, it keeps having severe pension issues and…
ThinkstockShort sellers have increased their bets against the stable high-dividend stocks that are in most Americans’ retirement accounts and mutual funds. In fact, the mid-September short interest saw year highs in many cases. Only…
ThinkstockThe recent decision from Ben Bernanke and the FOMC to not start tapering bond purchases was supposedly due to the economic strength simply not being on solid enough ground to justify and tolerate the…
Jon OggStocks have pulled back for four days in a row now, and investors and traders alike are looking at which stocks they ought to buy, sell or avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews literally…
ThinkstockCan you imagine winning the lottery only to find yourself in dire financial straits within a few years? It happens, and the Courthouse News Service has just one more reminder about why lottery winners…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has initiated research coverage on the so-called contract services organizations, or CROs. The firm’s Jeffrey Bailin started the sector with a Market Weight rating, but the reality is that three of the…
courtesy of RiteAidRite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) has had one amazing recovery in its turnaround. There is an old-school $5.00 share price mark that many mutual funds and institutional investors (as well as margin…
ThinkstockSolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) has seen its shares gyrate with the markets, but a new pact signed this week could offer the company another 230,000 or some homes to go after. While we have…
ThinkstockDespite all the economic improvements and the controversy around whether Ben Bernanke should have tapered the bond buying, the Conference Board is showing a slight drop in the latest consumer confidence reading. The index…
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is out with several keynote research calls on Tuesday. The firm is talking up the safe haven aspects of drug distributors like AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE: ABC), Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH)…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has managed a miracle turnaround from what was nothing short of a disastrous initial public offering. Mark Zuckerberg has turned into a chief executive officer looking at…
Jon OggStocks have seen some profit taking off of their recent all-time highs. Now investors and traders are wondering which stocks they should buy and which ones they should sell or avoid. 24/7 Wall…
Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) is in serious trouble on its own. The company’s only hope is a buyout under its search for strategic alternatives, and now have the first summation of a…