Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) is seeing a big gain after the wireless 4G data network operator managed to report earnings in line with expectations and somehow managed to boost its guidance. The company’s quarterly…
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is now seeing active trading in its PUT options all the way down to the $19 strike price in AUGUST 2012 expiration contracts. In fact, we have seen almost 60,000…
You have been warned about bubbles forming in bonds and in dividend stocks. So when you get a report out on Gross Domestic Product that is above most expectations it should be of little…
Apparently it seems that as long as you are driving, you have to keep buying those darned tires. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) showed up as an unusual price gainer this morning…
AmRIET, Inc. (NYSE: AMRE) is managing to hang in around the initial public offering price. Still, Wall Street (and/or Main Street) might lump this in as a disappointing IPO. The company priced an upsized…
OK, so if you are trying to use traditional valuation analysis on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) you are probably pulling your hair out. After all, isn’t 189-times this year’s expected earnings a bit high…
The Reuters/University of Michigan Sentiment report for a revised end of July figure came in at 72.3. Dow Jones was calling for a report of 72.0, and Bloomberg also had the consensus pegged at…
Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) is supposed to be one of the biggest and best gold miners out there. Its high dividend is a testament to that. The problem is that gold miners have been…
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) managed to beat earnings despite a large drop in revenue. The oil giant reported earnings of $3.66 per share, some $0.42 better than the consensus estimate of $3.24 per share.…
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) is getting a huge boost after its earnings, and we would look for secondary and tertiary moves in the coal sector based upon this report. The coal giant reported…
Don’t say that the United States is entering a recession. Not yet at any rate. For a true recession to be present, the gross domestic product (GDP) has to be negative for two consecutive…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St.research calls this Friday morning. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)…
There is a saying that goes like this: “For every saint there is a past, and for every sinner there is a future.” What happens when a big sinner looks for redemption? Just ask…
We have many stocks on the move in the after-hours session. Today was the largest day for S&P earnings this earnings season. Some of these volume spikes are massive. Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT)…
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was initially taking back some of the Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) related losses today. That was then. While the social media giant managed to meet earnings estimates (or beat depending…
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2012. The biotech giant’s results showed a 13% revenue gain to $4.5 billion and adjusted earnings rose 34% to $1.83 per…
Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is out with its first earnings report as a public company and Wall Street is so far taking back some of Thursday’s losses. The social networking behemoth reported earnings of…
OK, so it is no secret that Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) screwed its shareholders. You should not be surprised because Zynga is one of these new-age Web 2.0 (or Web 3.0) companies with a…
The 7-Year Treasury Note auction conducted today appears to have gone off at a record low yield for the auction. The Bid/Cover ratio was 2.64, which was a tad soft, but the coupon rate…
nationsonline.orgEurope is in the pits. It is in a real recession, even if some countries have not officially declared it a recession. And the falling Euro makes the imports that much more expensive. Still,…