Bill Ackman may have seen Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) rise more than handily after the initial tank after his short sale position was disclosed, but his Pershing Square is not letting up on his short-selling…
ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) just kicked off the official start of earnings season. This was one of our featured stocks in the most overvalued and undervalued Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks for 2013. The…
Jon OggDuring the first part of January investors usually get inundated with predictions from market mavens, 2013 is turning out to be no different. Nuveen’s Bob Doll has issued his ten predictions for 2013.…
ThinkstockAmgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) is holding up better than some investors might have expected after the biotech giant warned about earnings. The lowering of earnings estimates was by a mere $0.10 for 2012 and…
courtesy Boeing Co.Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) just cannot catch a break on its 787 Dreamliner. After a 787 owned by Japan Airlines caught on fire yesterday when a mechanic was inspecting the plane, Boeing…
The Merrill Lynch research team at Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is out with its key RIC report for 2013, which is titled “2013: Back to the Future” for the start of 2013.…
Wikimedia CommonsWhen reviewing the “Conviction” or “Focus” list group of Buy rated stocks at Wall Street firms you are typically getting a look at their “Cream of the crop”. It’s not unusual for big…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to kick off earnings season for the fourth quarter after the close on Tuesday. This matters more than any of us would like, mainly…
ThinkstockTarget Corp. (NYSE: TGT) is taking its price matching a step further. Rather than just price matching during the holidays, Target will honor this year round. Target identified its list of competitors it will…
ThinkstockDeutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) has joined a growing list of investment banks cutting their forecasts on precious metals for 2013 and 2014. By cutting their estimates for gold and silver and joining a…
ThinkstockCypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) may be getting the chip sector off to yet another bad start for earnings season. The company said that business eroded in the final two weeks of December in…
courtesy GameStop Corp.GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) is showing that some hot video games did not exactly translate into the great video game recovery for which investors have been waiting (and waiting and waiting). The…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Tuesday. Ameriprise Financial Inc. (NYSE: AMP) cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. AutoZone Inc. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockAfter all the Web 2.0 (or 3.0) flops of 2012, it turns out that 2013 may be a very interesting year for the Internet sector. We saw some key developments take place, all of…
ThinkstockA Brazilian oil and gas player has filed to come public in the United States. The company is called QGOG Constellation S.A., and it calls itself a market leading Brazilian-controlled provider of offshore and onshore…
ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released two more bits of data which may seem confusing compared to last week’s employment report from the Labor Department. The U.S. added only 155,000 payrolls in December and the…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was supposed to have a big game-changer on its hands with Windows 8. Maybe you can blame Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) or maybe you can blame the economic…
ThinkstockCelgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) has issued some long-term guidance which appears to be at the high-end of its previous range. The move is taking shares higher, but not just higher with a small gain…
ThinkstockWhat on earth is happening in shares of Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU)? This ADR keeps running higher and higher despite a weak expectation. It was as recently as November that this was a penny…
ThinkstockJeff Bezos is adding billions to his net worth each year. With Amazon.com.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) running on fire you might wonder how many times this stock can keep hitting new all-time highs over…