Jon OggInvestors and traders are always looking for good research-driven ideas for stocks to buy and stocks to sell. Some of these come from independent research and some come from sell-side firms on Wall…
We have written a great deal these past few months about the signs that may be emerging to signal a true bull market. The media love to embrace their idea that we have been…
ThinkstockIf there is an event, there is a cost or an economic impact associated with it. St. Patrick’s Day comes every year on March 17, and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see what sort…
Wikimedia CommonsIt is probably of little comfort to existing shareholders that Citadel Investment Group is selling its remaining stake in E*Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC). The near 10% stake will pressure shares for the…
ThinkstockThe home building industry may have been left for dead after the mortgage debacle and recession of 2008, but it continues to help lead markets higher and heal a very anemic economy. Because of…
Jon OggArgus is making some key changes to its model portfolios. This firm is truly considered to be an independent researcher, so it is not full of the traditional possible conflicts on interest seen…
Jon OggArgus is truly considered to be independent research firm, so it is not full of the traditional possible conflicts on interest seen in other Wall Street broker sell-side drive research. The firm has…
ThinkstockBack in the halcyon technology boom of the late 1990s, the large cap tech stocks that dominate the Nasdaq stock market were all the rage among investors. Personal computer use was skyrocketing, laptops were…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsTwo bits of data were released from the Labor Department today. Weekly jobless claims is a live reading, and producer prices measuring wholesale inflation is a February reading. With the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from select Wall St. research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) cut to Neutral from Overweight at J.P. Morgan. Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE:…
As the stock market keeps rising, investors have to expect that the wave of companies raising cash and insiders selling shares will only continue. We tracked a whopping 10 offerings yesterday alone worth a…
Jon OggThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has now risen for nine consecutive days and is now at a record high close of 14,455.28. We have not confirmed the exact period but this appears to…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), the former RIM, saw shares surge late on Wednesday after it reported that “one of its established partners” has placed an order for one million BlackBerry 10…
courtesy of AppleArgus is not well known for making intraday calls, but perhaps a target cut of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will turn some heads. The independent research firm’s Jim Kelleher did maintain his…
The U.S. budget deficit is a narrower $493.95 billion for the first 5 months of the year versus $580.82 billion for the same 5-month period a year ago. The news sequestration and the resolution…
ThinkstockWhat generally happens after bond yields rise? At least some investors decide to go chase the yield at a new Treasury note auction and that is what we have just witnessed from the $20…
Jon OggThe Forensic Accounting ETF (NYSEMKT: FLAG) is still new and trying to gain traction in an ETF marketplace that is very crowded. What makes this one unique is that it “flags” accounting issues…
As the stock market keeps rising and rising, investors need to pay attention to how many companies are raising capital via secondary stock offerings. Some of these secondary stock offerings are for the benefit…
ThinkstockThe Business Roundtable (BRT) released its first-quarter CEO Economic Outlook Survey for 2013, showing that average CEO economic expectations for the coming six-month period have improved for first time in four quarters. Unfortunately, CEO…
ThinkstockSilver Spring Networks Inc. (NYSE: SSNI) is another strong debut for initial public offerings in 2013. Shares opened up 29% at $21.15, versus the price of $17.00 per share. Silver Spring sold only 4.75…