ThinkstockThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday that it has entered into a what is a called a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with Ralph Lauren Corp. (NYSE: RL). What is interesting about this…
ThinkstockIt was just at the end of last week that we gave a pre-earnings update for Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) in our DJIA earnings season scorecard, warning that the market was expecting weakness. Caterpillar’s…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) keeps getting weaker and weaker ahead of earnings. Maybe this week is finally the charm. On Monday morning we have seen two analyst upgrades from boutique firms,…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is out with its National Activity Index for the month of March. Unfortunately, this is yet one more reading in negative territory. The index fell to -0.23, versus…
Jon OggInvestors are used to seeing many Buy ratings from Wall St. analysts, but they often overlook or do not see when these analysts give lists of stocks to sell or when they have…
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This last week was a reminder that terrorism is far from gone. The dual bombs at the Boston Marathon were followed by ricin poison letters in the Senate and the White House mail rooms…
The world of Master Limited Partnerships (or MLPs) has to go through adjustments from time to time as investors sometimes wonder about their tax consequences at a time when the government is looking for…
ThinkstockWe have argued for years that being Triple-A rated is not what is used to be. Still, when countries lose their highly prized “AAA” rating it is worth a real look. On Friday we…
Jon OggThe bull market had no economic announcements to propel stocks on Friday. Most earnings reports in the past 48 hours from Dow Jones Industrial Average companies have been lackluster, but investors may be…
ThinkstockOverstock.com Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) had much of the same growth opportunities ahead of it as the now much larger Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). The companies even both had very colorful chief executives running them.…
ThinkstockVIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) is the king of weight loss drugs now that it is operating with the first pill to help assist weight loss in a decade. The company’s Qsymia recently received an…
Jon OggInvestors usually see many Wall St. analysts issuing Buy ratings, but they often overlook or do not see when Wall St. analysts give lists of stocks to sell or when they have very…
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courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with its corporate earnings report for the first quarter of 2013. The Internet search giant’s results were up 16% to $11.58 in earnings per share (EPS)…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reported its corporate earnings for its first quarter. The report came to $3.00 in operating earnings per share and $23.4 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had…
Investing in Russia and investing in China are not exactly the easiest places for U.S. institutions to commit billions of dollars for exposure. There are Russian ETFs and China ETFs, and there are of…
ThinkstockAs we said the whole way down, it may be a painful lesson or a fool’s game to try to predict or to try to catch the bottom on the price of gold. The…
ThinkstockAMR Corporation (AAMRQ) has managed to do something which will sound almost impossible, or at least illogical. The parent company of American Airlines is still in bankruptcy and is still in the midst of…
The great mystery and puzzlement behind Bitcoin may already be fading or disappearing. We recently questioned what the value would be for the price of gold or the price silver, based on speculators and…