thinkstockNed Davis Research has keyed in on Europe, joining in the long line of economic outlooks for 2013. The news is good for those who want some resolution and recovery in Europe. It is…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has just issued an odd press release via MarketWire on Wednesday. The claim is that BlackBerry’s new phone launch was the best day ever in Canada. It also…
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has made some key changes to its various US research portfolios over the last 30 days. In a research change summary the bulge-bracket firm summarized its changes for capital preservation,…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is turning a gun on the retail video game model, and this will crush GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), if the preliminary news about specs on the new Xbox…
ThinkstockChinese New Year is almost upon us. The new year is the Year of the Snake. Other nations with stock markets that celebrate Chinese New Year with multiday holidays include Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam…
thinkstockThe never-ending quest to produce energy from something other than fossil fuels has provided Wall St. firms and investors the challenge of constantly trying to determine which companies are legitimate. After years of boom…
ThinkstockBiogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) may be a half decade or so late on this move, but as the saying goes “better late than never.” The biotech and drug company is the leader in multiple sclerosis…
In case you missed it, 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) became the most recent Dow Jones Industrial Average member to boost its dividend. It also raised its share buyback ambitions. Investors should be aware that…
ThinkstockWe have written at great length about the resurgence of homebuilding in the United States. Like any other sector, if you go long enough without production, demand catches up with supply. Doomsday scenario forecasters…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall S. research calls. We have calls in banks, solar, tech, biotech and more. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI)…
ThinkstockSilver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is about to get larger. The company announced that it has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire the following from a subsidiary of Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE):…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsMany stocks are on the move, and almost of the key movers have been on corporate earnings report except for one. We have blown through some of the news in…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is out with its fourth quarter earnings report. The entertainment and media giant has been challenging new highs and it now has the…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is trading up only about 1% now that its formal buyout has surfaced. Now that Michael Dell is using private equity as an investor and using finance from the outside…
Mark Hirschey / Wikimedia Commons2013 is yet another year getting off to a great start for stocks, and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is actually outperforming the broad stock market so far in 2013.…
24/7 Wall St. is still a big fan of dividends. What is even better than a high dividend yield is when companies with solid dividends raise their dividend payouts. Dividend hikes have been noticeably…
ThinkstockWhen you are an industry leader and one of the largest companies in the country of Sweden, employing more than 100,000 workers, it seems almost impossible that a turnaround would ever be necessary. However,…
ThinkstockThe January ISM Report on Business for the nonmanufacturing sector came in at 55.2%, down from 55.7% in December. The result was also just above the Dow Jones consensus of 55.0% and even closer…
http://www.amazon.com/amazon-coinsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is revisiting a blast from the past that never really took off due to the Internet and e-commerce still being in the infancy stage. The company has announced “another new…
ThinkstockDespite an explosion in smartphone and tablet sales in 2012, overall semiconductor sales were down for the year. The three-month average for global chip sales was $24.74 billion in December, down 3% from a…