Cisco Earnings & Guidance Face Fiscal Cliff Risks
courtesy of Cisco SystemsCisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings this week on Tuesday after the close of trading. One has to wonder just how good this earnings can be. This…
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Retailers Turning Black Friday Into Black Thursday in 2012 (WMT, TGT, M, KSS, BBY, SHLD, GPS)
ThinkstockIf you have ever heard of retailers getting more and more desperate to capture your Christmas and holiday spending dollars, 2012 is going to take the cake. Two holidays have generally been considered to be…
Yet Another Turn South for Greece
thinkstockHold your hand up if you are just about as sick of hearing about Greece. The Greek people are being forced into more pain and the nation seems to need more and more money and…
Short Sellers Change Bets Against High-Yield Dividend Stocks (MO, AEP, NLY, T, DUK, KMB, KMP, MRK, PG, RAI, VZ)
Short sellers took into consideration that taxes will be going up for many dividend investors. We have tracked the changes in the October 31 settlement date, versus the October 15 settlement date, for the…
Another 27% Downside Seen in JCPenney
ThinkstockRon Johnson is not having a good time at trying turn around JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP). Nothing seems to be working here. Now we have Credit Suisse taking an already cautious Neutral rating…
Metals Merger in Time of Weakness (TIE, PCP)
ThinkstockTitanium Metals Corp. (NYSE: TIE) was not the most well known metals outfit out there with its $2 billion market value. Now the company is being acquired in a $2.9 billion buyout from Precision Castparts…
Gilead Sciences and Celgene Score Major Drug Wins
ThinkstockWhen biotech stocks become as big as some of the second-tier drug stocks, it represents billions of dollars worth of value when these move 5% or 10%. That is exactly what we are seeing…
Major Short Interest Moves in Cult Stocks (ALU, BAC, DNDN, DMND, FB, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI, ZNGA)
ThinkstockThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the active low-priced shares is often volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group for the…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ALU, ARMH, BBT, CHKP, CHK, C, CMA, DNDN, DEO, ETP, GRMN, GRPN, HIW, JCP, JNJ, NNI, PBR, RYAAY, SQNM, SIRI, SLG, TRIP, USM, VRTX, VNO, DIS)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) maintained Underperform at BofA/ML and maintained Hold at Argus, but the…
ING U.S. Files for IPO
ThinkstockING U.S. Inc. is filing for an initial public offering. The financial giant has hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs as the initial underwriters. No terms have been set other than that the initial…
Molycorp Discloses Formal SEC Investigation From August
ThinkstockMolycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) shares were holding up fine after earnings, but the company’s 10-Q Filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission listed an SEC investigation that went back to the month of August.…
Duke: Different Regulations for Community Banks, Maybe
ThinkstockFederal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke is speaking at the Community Bankers Symposium in Chicago, Illinois today. She brought up new capital requirements under Basel III being delayed. The agencies announced this morning that they…
Investor Caution: Indentifying the Next Penny Stocks (AMD, ALU, GERN, MTG, OCZ, OSG, RSH, RAD)
ThinkstockSome companies are in real trouble. Some are under severe industry pressure, and some are just faltering due to missteps and bad luck. With the economy remaining weak and with the markets selling off…
Wholesale Inventories Gain Outshined by Sales in September
ThinkstockWholesale inventories for the month of September came in with a gain of 1.1%, according to the Commerce Department. This has a lag because it is a September report. This is also less current…
A Very Strong November Consumer Sentiment Reading from University of Michigan
ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan has released its report on consumer sentiment, which is not to be confused with the broader consumer confidence report from the Conference Board. This is a preliminary report for the…
October Import Prices Showing Some Inflation
ThinkstockImport prices rose for the third month in a row in the month of October. The U.S. Labor Department reported a 0.5% gain month over month when you compare the gains to September, despite…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADT, AVAV, AL, ATK, CSCO, LLY, FSLR, GRPN, MMM, MRO, PANW, PCLN, QCOM, RYL, SPRD, SBUX, TUMI, DIS, ZLC)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. ADT Corp. (NYSE: ADT) added to the U.S. Focus List at Credit Suisse. AeroVironment Inc.…
Hot After-Hours Stocks on the Move (MDRX, AMRN, GRPN, KYAK, PCLN, EXPE,OWW, TRIP, LGF, MCP, PEGA, SPRD, ZIP)
ThinkstockWe are tracking many key movers in the after-hours trading this Thursday. Most are earnings but some are not. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) is up over 7% at $13.20 on about 150,000 shares…
That Was Fast: Kayak Already Being Acquired
ThinkstockKayak Software Corporation (NASDAQ: KYAK) only came public this summer. Now it is already being acquired. Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire KAYAK in a stock…
Westport Takes Revenue Projections South
ThinkstockWestport Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: WPRT) has not had a good performance since the end of October. In fact, its stock before today’s halt ahead of earnings was trying to break an eight-day losing streak.…