ThinkstockYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is out with its fourth quarter earnings report. This is actually the first full quarter with Marissa Mayer on board as CEO. Earnings for the fourth quarter came to $0.32…
Jon OggPeople will spend endless dollars on their pets in good times and in bad times. PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PETM) has been proof of that, and its rival PetCo was acquired by private equity firms…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has decided that some of the gains in the industrial segment are not over. Republic Services Group (NYSE: RSG) is rated Outperform and its target was raised to $38 from $34, while…
ThinkstockKeryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: KERX) has not been a household name in biotech investing, but the move on news on Monday has put the company on the map. After shares are up almost 95%…
ThinkstockThis coming Friday will bring the U.S. Employment Situation from the Labor Department. With significantly lower weekly jobless claims, with a semi-resolution to the fiscal cliff and to the debt ceiling, it might seem…
ThinkstockLast month we wrote about the huge rally in the homebuilding stocks since the lows of the stock market in March of 2009. Stocks that were written off for dead like Lennar Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockMany areas come into play when looking for stocks to add to a portfolio. Smart investors look for good earnings, dividends and solid growth prospects. In other words, strong fundamentals. One other area that…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. AK Steel Holding Corp. (NYSE: AKS) cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Apple Inc.…
CNBCIn what was supposed to be a CNBC interview with Bill Ackman about Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) and nasty comments made this week about Ackman by Carl Icahn, CNBC ended up with a pit…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is in full swing and the coming week will have many big earnings announcements. 24/7 Wall St. has provided a brief calendar showing current and ex-DJIA stocks and…
Stocks have rallied sharply during January after the last-minute congressional compromise on the fiscal cliff. While the deal was far from perfect, it averted not only a disaster for the U.S. economy, but also…
ThinkstockEach and every year, the Super Bowl enthralls Americans. And 2013 will be no different. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to pull together some factoids about Super Bowl 47. The game will be a boon…
ThinkstockLipoScience Inc. (NASDAQ: LPDX) is now open as a public company, now that its initial public offering has priced and begun trading. This was an under-the-radar IPO, and some investors may not know about…
ThinkstockIt is becoming increasingly apparent that Wall St. is keeping a sharp eye on companies in the oil service sector. As we reported earlier this week Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) upgraded the oil…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) cut to Market Perform at FBR Capital Markets. Amazon.com…
courtesy of NetflixWall St. analysts chase price targets on the way up with higher and higher price targets. On the way down, they also keep lowering and lowering their price targets for their stocks.…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released its second quarter fiscal earnings for 2013 and shares are getting clipped for the software giant. Earnings came to $0.76 EPS but were $0.81 EPS on…
The government is somehow managing to borrow money at what are negative interest rates right now via the Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS. When a TIPS matures, the investor is paid the inflation-adjusted principal…
courtesy of NBN at German WikipediaIf you have been a dividend investor for long, chances are high that you have had to do some serious homework on the tobacco sector. After all, this sector…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is having an active day with shares down 10% at $461 due to nearly 33 million shares having traded hands. That is already 1.5-times normal trading volume and…