The Dow Jones Industrial Average may have seen its volatility pick up lately, but we are technically still in a bull market, with gains of 13.7% so far in 2013. Second-quarter performance ended up…
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has issued its report on business for the manufacturing sector, showing that growth resumed in June after contracting in the prior month. ISM’s report was back up at…
ThinkstockThe current 2013 heat wave in the West is becoming almost unbearable. It has been extremely hot in Las Vegas and in the desert region of the western United States. The power companies are…
ThinkstockThe Dow Jones Industrial Average is still technically in a bull market with gains of 13.7% so far in 2013. Despite a rough market in June, the DJIA is up so far in 2013,…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, July 1, 2013. They include Apple, BlackBerry, 3M and Best Buy.
ThinkstockThe world of biotech investing is always a difficult one. Often a binary event, such as a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or a life-saving capital raise, is the difference between not only…
ThinkstockWireless is a $200 billion market, and the largest players have margins that approach 50%. In a new report, the telecommunications team at Jefferies estimates the cable operators actually carry more consumer wireless data…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsWe have two key pieces of employment data for Thursday’s key economic reports. Weekly jobless claims data is out from the U.S. Labor Department and personal income and spending data…
ThinkstockIf you think that the rise in mortgage rates is just a blip, you better take another look at what this does for housing affordability. Bankrate.com showed that the 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit…
ThinkstockAs the first half of 2013 comes to a close, we have taken the opportunity to review the top stocks to buy from the various firms around Wall Street that we cover. The Analyst…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, June 27, 2013. They include Humana, Seagate Technology, Apollo Global and Macy's.
thinkstockThe short sellers in America were already pounding on the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE: NBG). Just on Wednesday we pointed out that the troubled Greek bank’s American depositary receipts (ADRs) in New York…
ThinkstockThe monumental fall in gold and silver that few thought could get so bad so fast is soon to have some serious problems of its own. In the most recent week, we have heard…
ThinkstockJeffrey Lacker of the Richmond Federal Reserve is considered very much a hawkish Fed president, but his comments on Wednesday are helping the stock market. After Ben Bernanke’s comments after the FOMC meeting last…
ThinkstockThis week will be interesting for the world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) as Credit Suisse is hosting its first MLP Conference. The firm remains positive on the sector in light of the recent…
ThinkstockThe upcoming initial public offering of CDW Corporation appears to be still be on track, with some twists. The computer and hardware seller has lowered its expected price range due to market conditions. It…
Short sellers have really made some big changes in their bets against the key high-yield dividend stocks that had been the darling of Wall Street. Many of these stocks are members of the Dow…
ThinkstockJust last week that we showed how the Democratic Left party in Greece was withdrawing from the current government coalition. While this alone might not have forced a vote of confidence to determine whether…
ThinkstockThe great infatuation with “American Idol” has come and gone. Its key judges have abandoned ship, ratings were pathetic in 2012, its demographics have changed, advertisers have to be pushing back and concert tickets…
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department has released its second and (supposedly) final reading of the first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) for 2013. As this is a second revision, it would require a significant revision to have…