ThinkstockIt appears that scam artists are now targeting medical marijuana and legalized marijuana schemes to part you from your money. As the business opportunities are rising around the new and controversial field of legalized…
ThinkstockToday’s top analyst upgrades that we produce each morning was heavily dominated by oil and gas stocks. Truth be told, the reason was quite simply that Canaccord Genuity was initiating coverage on key exploration…
Wikimedia CommonsBeing an executive at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) can be no easy job at the moment. This is one of only a few large institutions that could have survived without…
thinkstockUrban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) is truly a unique company, catering to a unique audience, and in recent years it frequently has not gotten the respect that perhaps it deserved. This was a meteoric wealth…
ThinkstockTuesday’s top economic report was the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI), which shows that the national economy continued to contract in the month of July. The figure came at -0.15, and 0.0 is…
Jon OggNow that interest rates have risen and stocks have slid, investors are looking for bargain stocks but also trying to decide which stocks they should get out as well. These same investors frequently…
Now that stocks have pulled back from recent all-time highs, investors and traders may be looking for new research ideas that can generate higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh…
ThinkstockIf you ever want to see a tale of two companies in social media, there is Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and then there is Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). Zynga was riding Facebook’s coattails to…
ThinkstockInvestors are seeing yet again that stocks no longer just head straight up. That being said, interest rates have risen handily, the S&P 500 and DJIA are still close to all-time highs, and valuations…
Jon OggWe recently had a chance to interview one of the portfolio managers for the Ranger Equity Bear ETF (NYSEMKT: HDGE), which is an actively managed short selling exchange-traded fund. It acts like a…
It is no secret now that interest rates have risen. Long-term Treasury yields and even intermediate Treasury yields are now perhaps even starting to normalize even with Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve keeping…
ThinkstockIn last week’s SEC filings, investors were given a chance to see which stocks have been bought and sold by Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). While new stakes were seen in shares…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaLast week brought the latest full equity holdings of Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B). While several key changes were made in the stakes, actually very few…
Jon OggStocks have pulled back from highs and investors are on the hunt for solid research ideas. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many analyst research calls from Wall Street and from boutique firms to find…
As many as 3.7 million Americans are classified as preppers or survivalists. Being a “doomsday prepper” is not easy — or cheap. These people prepare for different disasters for different reasons. Most think that…
courtesy of Pandora MediaPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is trading as though the entire risk to its business model has shifted from uncertainty to solid profits in 2014, 2015, and beyond. There remains a…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseThere is a major development happening at Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Bloomberg news has reported that Bank of America now is planning to dissolve…
ThinkstockThe just released Reuters University of Michigan report on consumer sentiment is the preliminary report for August. While we argue that this reading focuses on far too few households to be a truly representative…
Another Friday is here, and it is time to reflect on the stock market volatility that has picked up in the past couple of weeks. Investors likely are wondering which stocks may have gone on…
Jon OggIt is Friday, and the markets have been shaky for the past couple of weeks. Investors should be concerned about which stocks are bringing opportunity and which ones may bring peril. Investors frequently…