The U.S. Treasury is still able to borrow at almost unbelievable interest rates. A $45 billion offering from the Treasury for a 5-year note offering actually managed to go off at what appears to…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the Wall Street and Main Street darling loved by just about everybody. The analyst calls had gone higher and higher on price targets in March and even in April,…
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is going to try a new strategy that we have not seen from the company since literally the 1990s… It is splitting its shares. The company’s board of directors…
By now everyone in the world knows that Apple blew the door off the hinges on its latest quarterly earnings report. The consumer electronics giant overcame iPad shortages with very strong iPhone sales led…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at Scotia; Maintained Buy with $775 target…
If something can rise in value, investors and speculators may be involved. The world of art is one of the true alternative investing venues as investors often compete head-to-head with museums, foundations, wealthy collectors…
Jon OggThere are more changes in the short interest of some of the key cult stocks and most actively traded and controversial stocks. The start of earnings season may have influenced the short-selling stamina,…
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is finally going to start paying out a cash dividend to its shareholders. The company announced its plans to initiate a quarterly cash dividend at a rate…
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) is following the same lead as was recently set by Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY). The Indian information technology outsourcing firm turned in profit growth of almost 8% that was actually…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) closed lower ahead of earnings, and the earnings report that looked nearly acceptable on the surface actually is literally killing the shares of the leading Chinese search engine. The company…
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) was a big gainer after its earnings report sneaked out a bit early today. The report shows a decline from comparable earnings, but this was better than estimates and…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported earnings for its March quarter and it is a record for the quarter. Today’s report was a blowout at $12.30 EPS and $39.2 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had estimates…
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is a stock that is about as routine as the sun… It is rises in the east and sets in the west. The east would be any time its gets…
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) must have the goal that if you can sell it online then it wants a piece of it. After many specialty online sales initiatives, now it seems that the online…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be down on its luck ahead of earnings, but this is going to be one of the most widely followed earnings reports that there is. After all, Apple is…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) is widely thought of as the king of high-end jewelry. While many local high-end jewelry stores compete with Tiffany in local markets, it is hard to imagine that Costco…
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is trying to become a beast when it comes to dividends and share buybacks. It was just yesterday that we demonstrated a report calling for 8% higher dividend…
ClearwireClearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) seems that it cannot win. A downgrade today is putting even more pressure on a pressured situation. The ties to Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) are also not exactly helping…
The Conference Board has released its reading for Consumer Confidence for the month of April. April’s reading came in at 69.2 and this is a slight disappointment. Bloomberg had a consensus expectation from its…
The utility sector is a favorite of dividend and income investors. The group was the best performing group of 2011 as investors snapped up higher dividends rather than Treasuries and CDs. So far, 2012…