ThinkstockAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) outlined its capital spending plans for the next three years this morning. The moves look to be bold to expand wireless, LTE and even U-verse. What was buried down in the…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) reiterated Buy but raised target to $46 at Argus, and named…
ThinkstockElection Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last seen was only about…
Wikimedia CommonsPfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug candidate called XELJANZ. The treatment here is for rheumatoid arthritis and this is the 5 mg twice…
ThinkstockPlexus Corp. (NASDAQ: PLXS) is getting crushed in the after-hours. The company announced a “disengagement” as a supplier to Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR). In short, Juniper has terminated its relationship. Plexus said that…
ThinkstockThe Labor Department data is often written with what feels like a political bend, but admittedly that has been the case for more than two decades now. So when today’s Labor Department report on…
Zillow, Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) is getting crushed today after the company said that revenues would be soft in the quarter ahead. Zillow is supposed to be a housing market winner and housing is supposed…
thinkstockOn the day that the Presidential election is happening, investors are throwing money into the inflation winners. The problem is that maybe this is not an inflation trade. Maybe it is a risk-on trade.…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a huge trend in computing and it has made and broken component makers as a result. While it was initially reliant upon Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) for its…
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management is out with a delayed “Report on Business” for the New York region. Hurricane issues in New York delayed the report from last week, and we have already seen…
ThinkstockA123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) is up on financing news this morning, but it is still hard to get excited about penny stocks in bankruptcy. The lithium iron phosphate battery and systems maker confirmed…
The Redbook Retail Sales data, which is a part of the Johnson Redbook Index, is showing some mixed results for the retail sector and it is hard to imagine that Hurricane Sandy did not…
ThinkstockComputer Science Corp. (NYSE: CSC) is trying to make its comeback more and more of a reality. The IT solutions provider reported earnings of $0.83 per share and total revenue of $3.85 billion in…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) maintained Neutral but cut target to $17 at Credit…
Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNRC) is seeing interest in its shares yet again. The company has been a keen beneficiary of the trends for generator demand due to Hurricane Sandy knocking out much of…
ThinkstockDividend stocks may have come under some pressure of late, but this is due to the demand for high dividends getting a bit crowded and ahead of the election. It also does not help…
courtesy of MicrosoftIf Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is really as dead as many of the critics maintain, you wouldn’t know it if you just look at the credit ratings agencies. In mid-day trading on…
ThinkstockE*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting a chance to refinance its borrowing costs at what should obviously be far lower than what it is paying out now. The online brokerage firm is still…
ThinkstockAn analyst call from the oil patch out of Goldman Sachs is being largely discounted or overlooked so far on Monday. The pipeline sector call was not positive for every player seen, but the…
After another positive ISM reading, it seems as though the markets are fighting to find direction ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election. We are analyzing the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY) as it is the most…