With so much interest in airlines of late, we have some reports to evaluate today. Lower fuel prices and full planes may be helping the trend, but the potential AMR buyout from bankruptcy makes…
Bankrate.com (NYSE: RATE) is out with a report showing a significant drop in financial security of Americans. Unfortunately, this drop is the largest in 11 months. To make matters worse, the drop was in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday morning. Amgen Corp. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) is bucking the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) drag. With its processor sales strong for smartphones and tablets, the British company managed to beat earnings expectations with a 23% gain…
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has just reported a gain in its quarterly earnings due to its growth of the market data operations. Earnings were $0.53 per share, but this was $0.64 per…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has managed to report what will feel like a disaster to those are now so used to blowout earnings reports. The consumer electronics giant which has become the largest valued…
OK, so how about those dual-class share structure IPOs! There is another hot IPO coming to market. This one has literally hundreds of millions of fans, will be a billion-dollar-plus IPO, is extremely followed by…
Jon OggIf you are a chartist and if you love moving averages on those charts, you better pay attention to the stock charts today. In our Erlanger daily chart analysis the thesis right now is…
GileadGilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) has a product chest that includes Atripla, Truvada, Viread, Complera/Eviplera, and Emtriva for the treatment of HIV infection in adults. While Gilead has been diversifying its products and its…
DeVry, Inc. (NYSE: DV) is topping the leaderboard today, but in the wrong direction. It is the top loser on the New York Stock Exchange. The secondary education provider issued a rather ghastly earnings…
KiOR, Inc. (NASDAQ: KIOR) is now one step closer to bringing its renewable fuel to market. The renewable fuels company announced that it has been granted Part 79 registration for its Renewable Gasoline Blendstock…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close on Tuesday. With a great sell-through in iPads but a weaker iPhone demand ahead of the upcoming iPhone 5, everyone is looking…
Stocks are feeling some pressure again on Tuesday based on weak earnings, weak economic data and those continued concerns about what is happening in Europe. We are tracking the daily buy/sell points on the SPDR S&P…
The market is getting to digest some additional manufacturing data this morning, with the latest installment of economic weakness coming out of the Richmond Federal Reserve. The manufacturing index fell to -17 in July,…
The Markit Economics’ PMI for the U.S. slowed again to 51.8 in July from 52.5 in June. The Bloomberg consensus target was 52.6 for July, although we question how the estimates could have been…
Activist investing can sometimes be a bit like a tennis match to watch. And sometimes it can yield great profits for investors. Carl Icahn is picking up his attack on Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:…
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to deliver a recorded video at 8:45 AM EST this morning to the Children’s Defense Fund National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. It seems highly unlikely that the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) started as Outperform at William Blair. American International…
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) is joining the flow of big important companies reporting disappointing earnings. While the earnings were up 7.5% from a year ago, the 2012 guidance is suggesting even more…
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is often considered the greatest investor in modern times. Some of us think that his status should be one of “The greatest investors of…