IntelsatThursday’s initial public offering of Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) appears to be off to a bit of a disappointing start, at least on the surface. The world’s largest commercial satellite operator is private equity…
The Federal Reserve may have released its Beige Book on Wednesday showing no real risks to quantitative easing and to the $85 billion per month used for buying bonds. Despite three weak economic readings…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board is out with its Leading Economic Index for the month of March. So far this morning we already have seen a weak report on weekly jobless claims from the Labor Department…
ThinkstockThe Philadelphia Federal Reserve, or the Philly Fed, is out with its monthly report on business for the month of April. As the Business Outlook Survey is a somewhat live reading, we pay attention…
ThinkstockThe gold bugs are getting crushed ever harder as the price of gold is now well into a bear market. Gold is losing its biggest bulls on top of the constant negative reports that…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department has released its weekly jobless claims report. After last week’s surprise drop of a whopping 42,000 before revisions, the jobless claims came in at 352,000 for…
Jon OggWhile investors generally see analysts issuing Buy ratings, it is always interesting to see what happens when Wall St. analysts give stocks to sell or when they have very cautious comments about companies.…
Investors are on the hunt for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. Each and every morning we review many fresh research calls from Wall St. and from independent…
courtesy of Verizon WirelessVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is out with its first-quarter earnings, and the company says that the wireless segment has seen expanded margin as its customer base grew. The telecom giant…
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) has reported earnings for its first quarter. The corporate earnings showed that net income was $207 million, or $0.84 per share. That compares to net income of $156 million or…
ThinkstockThe turnaround stock story of Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) seems to have come under question after a large stock sale from Canadian pharmacy backer Jean Coutu substantially lowered the stake in the company. After…
The Federal Reserve release its Beige Book on Wednesday, and it seems as though Ben Bernanke and Fed presidents are trying to hint more and more that the end of the Fed’s bond buying…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was supposed to be the best stock in the world. It was always at the top of the list for stocks to buy and almost nobody would say…
ThinkstockSanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is set to report earnings Wednesday after the close of trading. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has issued an odd report right before the earnings. The analyst team led by…
ThinkstockOK, so everyone knows that the price of gold is tanking. After peaking at almost $1,800 and falling under $1,400, now the calls are growing louder and louder to sell gold. Bill Gross of…
ThinkstockBiotech pipeline news and biotech drug news continues to hit. A report from Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is highlighting four small-cap to mid-cap biotech stocks with positive prescription trends so far in 2013. The analyst…
ThinkstockA speech from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard is giving some support for bonds, and it may offer some continued support for equities, as both stocks and bonds are addicted…
courtesy Boeing Co.It feels almost like the news flow from 11 years ago is repeating itself, as terrorism is back in the headlines and in the breaking news in America. First it was the…
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