Bill Gross of PIMCO Rates Himself and Peers in Investment Outlook
ThinkstockBill Gross of PIMCO has retained his title as “The Bond King” even if he had to take a lot of heat over his “Death of the Cult of Equities.” In his April 2013…
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Addressing the Unusual Netflix Trading
courtesy of NetflixNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is playing a serious game of give back after it was the top S&P 500 stock in the first quarter. Shares doubled yet again during the bull market’s…
Argus Model Portfolio Change Adds Newmont and Unloads Monsanto
ThinkstockArgus offers investors what is generally considered to be truly independent research. The firm has none of the possible conflicts of interest that you might see from traditional Wall St. sell-side firms because the…
Weak ISM Non-manufacturing Confirms Weak Manufacturing Report Ahead of Earnings Season
ThinkstockWednesday brought about the report from the Institute for Supply Management in the non-manufacturing sector. The ISM non-manufacturing figure for March came in 54.4%. Unfortunately that is shy of the 56.0% expected by Bloomberg,…
Another Gold Mine Strike, More Woes for Gold (GFI, GDX)
ThinkstockMining for gold and other metals is a messy business. In some cases, the public might just want to think of it like boudin because no one wants to know how it comes together.…
Boston Scientific Downgrade — Valuation or Turnaround Risk?
Boston Scientific Corp. (NYSE: BSX) is in a long-term turnaround that frankly just feels like it never really has turned around. Or has it? We can criticize the mistakes of management from before the…
Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AU, APO, ASTX, ATML, BSX, CAT, FUN, CRL, CI, CBST, DUK, EMC, GFI, NEE, PNRA, SIX, TUMI, TCB, XEL)
Jon OggInvestors and traders generally stay on the lookout for new ideas that will generate positive returns or income for their portfolio. 24/7 Wall St. looks over numerous research calls to find great ideas…
ADP Data Brings Lower Expectations for Payrolls and Unemployment Friday
ThinkstockWe already saw a less robust outlook from TrimTabs showing that estimated job growth for March was 156,000. That was up from its 100,000 job growth February estimate, but the report shows that actual…
UBS Lists Stocks That Should Be Sold Now (JCP, SWY, RSH, COP, IRWD, MTH, LPX, KSU, AAPL)
Jon OggOne of the biggest complaints for years about Wall St. research was that no firm ever said when to sell. Back in the halcyon days of the late 1980s, and through the 1990s,…
TrimTabs Jobs Data Not as Rosy as Labor Department Nor as ADP
ThinkstockEach and every month the markets get to digest new unemployment and payrolls data. While the U.S. Labor Department’s formal report called the Employment Situation is out at 8:30 a.m. each first Friday of…
What Medicare Reimbursement Increases Really Mean (AET, CI, HUM, UNH, WLP, UAM)
ThinkstockAfter promising voters that the Affordable Healthcare Act (aka Obamacare), and other health care initiatives designed by the current administration would not result in any increase in costs for citizens, just the opposite is…
Tesla Gambles on Lease or Own Options
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsBuying a Tesla sports car or a Model S sedan is truly a privilege. The cost of the nearly zero-emission electric vehicle is not ridiculous on the surface but is certainly…
Did Goldman Sachs Call the Bottom in Apple Shares?
courtesy of AppleGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) is generally deemed by Main Street and Wall St. to have some of the most influential analysts on Wall St. So what is an investor supposed…
Molycorp Stock Has 42% Upside
ThinkstockTo call Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) a battered stock or a controversial stock would be the understatement of the year. This is supposed to be America’s only answer to the rare earth materials, but…
Atlanta Fed President Lockhart Hints at End of Bond Buying … QE Infinity Still Lives
The market is paying attention to Atlanta Fed president Dennis Lockhart today regarding an end to quantitative easing. While some investors may be keying off of the “end of this year” in the commentary,…
Frontier ETFs Launching with Exposure to Nigeria, Mongolia, Kazahkstan
ThinkstockThey say there is an ETF for just about everything these days. It must be true if you look at two international equity exchange traded funds coming this week from Global X. These will…
What Does Icahn Want from the Best Speech Recognition Software Maker?
Nuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a great company, and its Dragon Naturally Speaking has a handy lead in the world of speech-to-text software. It is fair to say that its stock has been…
Does a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac Profit Translate to Taxpayers?
ThinkstockIf you were as actively monitoring the financial giants as we were during the financial meltdown, you know all about the woes of Fannie Mae (FNMA). So when news came out this morning that…
Factory Orders Rise in February
ThinkstockThe United States apparently still manufactures some things, contrary to the reports about us only being a service economy. The Commerce Department showed that factory orders rose by 3.0% in February to just under…
Bull Market Surprise: Investor Sentiment Hits Three-Year High
We have been tracking and talking about the move into stocks and out of cash and bonds for some time now. We also would be quick to point out that if investors are just…