We have five really big movers after the close this Thursday. The big gainers and losers today in the after-hours are as follows: Audience Inc. (NASDAQ: ADNC); Infoblox Inc. (NYSE: BLOX); Mattress Firm Holding…
Kraft Foods Group Inc. (NASDAQ: KFT) is again outlining more and more of its outlook for what the company will look like after its reorganization. It is also giving more details on the coming…
Proto Labs Inc. (NYSE: PRLB) was one of the better IPOs of 2012, certainly when you consider all of the lame internet and social media IPOs which have led to serious wealth destruction. Now…
Some politicians just refuse to move on. The woes for Jamie Dimon and friends at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) after the trading losses from the London Whale just refuse to go…
NokiaNokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is not exactly deemed a winner after its smartphone debut this week with the Windows 8 smartphones powered by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). Or is it? The Wall Street Journal…
OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ) is really not that well known by many investors. Still, today it is proving that sometimes the tail can wag the dog. Imagine when a drop of almost 22% in…
Jon OggThe S&P 500 is trying to break out all over again. Today we are analyzing the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY) as it is the most liquid of all ETFs. The ETF is trading…
The Institute for Supply Management is out with a better report on business when it comes to the nonmanfuacturing (services) sector versus that of the manufacturing sector today. The nonmanufacturing index came in at…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) are both very important barometers of the U.S. economy. Intel is for PCs and technology, and if the retail sector is gaining or losing…
Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) has now announced that it intends to conduct a public offering of shares of an original issuance of Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. The preferred issue will…
When the market is strong, companies tend to raise capital. Or insiders decide to cash in some chips. We now have a whole slew of companies conducting secondary offerings now: BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ:…
We have had a slew of jobs data ahead of Friday’s key employment situation from the Department of Labor. After ADP showed a very surprising larger jump in its payrolls projection for August, now…
Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NASDAQ: ADP) has stunned the markets with its projected private payrolls gains this morning. The number is meant to preempt the official Labor Department’s report on the employment situation due…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc.…
The Bank of England and the European Central Bank are showing a bit of a surprise this morning. The Brits left the official overnight rates on hold at 0.50% and are keeping its bond-buying program on hold.…
Warner Chilcott PLC (NASDAQ: WCRX) already has pulled back way off of its old highs as the company is deemed a maturing story. Apparently the large insider-outsider backers are tiring of the story as…
Zillow Inc. (NASDAQ: Z) is about to raise some new capital, and it is doing so when shares are close to an all-time high. The real estate information marketplace has announced that it will…
Bill Gross of PIMCO has found himself in the hot seat since his August call noting the death of the cult of equities. It is almost a shame that very few readers can spend…
ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has been in deep trouble since its IPO has made so many short sellers that much more wealthy. Virtual farm animals just haven’t been the continual draw that the company…
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) has managed to avoid getting crushed and its share price is actually much higher than it was before the recession. Shares are very close to an all-time high. Most…