Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31, 2012 and…
The Europeans need to make a decision soon. It is time to deal with Greece, then the markets can decide how they will deal with the Greek banking system. The baby-sitting and reality TV…
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) had what turned out to be a stellar earnings report. Shares rose handily on Monday as short sellers got out of the way and also as speculators were hoping that…
Gold remains under pressure on Tuesday, albeit at a far lower rate of pressure with a drop of only $0.37 to $1,554.19. Gold was at $1,580 just yesterday morning overseas and it was challenging…
What happens when even Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) predicts that the personal computer market is improving this year and also in 2013? Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) recently reiterated its same guidance last…
It was just last week that we saw Credit Suisse issue a note of caution in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) despite the firm maintaining an “Outperform” and $750 price target. The firm lowered growth…
The Labor Department is out with its reading on inflation for the month of April. The Consumer Price Index was effectively flat and in-line with the Dow Jones target of unchanged. The core-CPI, which…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO)…
courtesy Facebook Inc.It seems as though almost everyone wants a piece of the Facebook IPO. The social networking giant is set to come public this Friday in what will be one of the most…
Moody’s is taking aim at the PIIGS all over again. This time the company is firing off at the Italian banks rather than the Spanish, Portuguese, or the Greek banks. Moody’s noted, “Moody’s announced…
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is out with its quarterly earnings report and frankly it looks and feels like an earnings report from adults rather than from what has looked and felt like the adolescents that have…
After the notion surfaced that LightSquared’s open wireless broadband network may interfere with global positioning systems, it seemed like nothing could save LightSquared. There was also the thought that revenues and earnings seemed just…
Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) gets a bash whenever there is news that another player is going to come more into the cloud photo services. Reports that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expanding its iCloud services…
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market. Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic item which will make…
NokiaNokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has been on a multiple-leg flight. Destination: Hell. Now it seems that any stop in Purgatory may be short-lived. This downgrade may feel a bit late, but Society-Generale has downgraded…
Shutterstock Inc. has just joined the wave of online companies planning to come public via an initial public offering. This company is an online stock photo website that gets its stock photos from photographers,…
Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is nothing short of an odd stock in an even more odd industry. Most investors and most in the public might not even understand what rare earth elements and oxides…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE: BBVA) Cut to Sell at Societe Generale. Eastman Chemical Co.…
Index changes are generally speaking a fairly routine event. They can also create underlying moves in the companies added and deleted from them as money management firms often buy and sell shares, as do…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is sometimes referred to as the King of Online Search. That may be changing if the new data from Experian Hitwise is accurate. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Yahoo! Inc.…