24/7 Wall St. is tracking key movers after the close. Some of these are earnings, some are on the guidance, and one is M&A-related. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) is surging after earnings. Its…
courtesy of DellDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is out with its earnings report. We knew that this report had the possibility of coming with a serious conflict of interest as Michael Dell is trying to…
ThinkstockIf your investment objective relies heavily on income-paying assets and dividends, chances are good that you have either ventured into the realm of master limited partnerships (MLPs). If you haven’t, chances are high that…
ThinkstockThe Bank of Greece has some good news for the PIIGS watchers. We would caution that this good news comes at a hefty price, but that is the world of austerity for you. The…
ThinkstockCenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) saw its shares crushed last week. The telecom player slashed its dividend and it will no longer have an implied yield of 8%, 9%, nor over 10%. After the news…
courtesy Dell Inc.If you believe that Michael Dell’s proposed management-led buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) aims to undervalue the PC and IT player and is a move to take the company private on…
ThinkstockIt was not that long ago that we saw a research report from Credit Suisse calling the chip sector at an “irresistible cyclical bottom.” Now we have a slew of analyst reports driving shares…
ThinkstockIt has been estimated that $2.75 trillion will need to be invested in America’s aging infrastructure by 2020 to get our crumbling roads, bridges, highways, water systems and power grids back up to par.…
ThinkstockGold and precious metals investors will want to pay attention to the tape of late for gold prices. ETF Securities, which manages the ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEMKT: SGOL), has released its weekly outlook…
ThinkstockHumana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is leading the large health insurance providers lower as the week gets off to a start. The news hit going into the weekend that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
ThinkstockNassim Taleb is well known for his work as a trader and professor, as well as the author of the book “ Black Swan.” He often concentrates his work on market volatility and the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC)…
courtesy of Office DepotRumors came out over the weekend that Office Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) and OfficeMax Inc. (NYSE: OMX) finally are considering a long-awaited and long-speculated merger. This will not be an easy…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett released their full stock holdings for 2013 on Thursday after the close. Earlier in the week we highlighted how Berkshire Hathaway…
ThinkstockThe U.S. markets had three economic reports to digest this Friday. However, the reports have so far not been enough to sway investors significantly one way or the other as the market continues to…
We wrote at great length last month about the Key Call and Conviction Buy lists from the major Wall St. firms, bulge bracket and otherwise. The reason these lists are important for the individual…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. CenturyLink Inc. (NYSE: CTL) cut to Hold from Buy at Argus, and downgraded by multiple…
ThinkstockThere was a time on Wall St., back in the dot-com bubble era, when the big firms and their hot stock analysts would go to great lengths to sell their stock research ideas to…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there is another…
ThinkstockCarnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) is a company that is having more issues than might seem to be fair, but this is the risk of catering to hundreds or thousands of people simultaneously out on…