Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings. Our aim is to…
24/7 Wall St. has partnered with The Chart Lab to feature the standout names in the S&P 500 over the last week. This weekend’s chart represents the strongest names in the S&P 500 as…
Earnings season may be underway, but this coming week is going to be full of many key earnings reports. We actually have a full slate on deck with what appears to be 13 of…
This last week may have been riddled with mixed economic data and it may have been slow on initial public offerings as earnings season lightly got underway. We have several initial public offerings on…
Primo Water Corporation (NASDAQ: PRMW) is one of the water investments out there for the public to try to play the long-term water trends. The problem is that it hasn’t exactly been performing all…
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) made what might seem like a startling announcement on Thursday evening with a new share buyback plan of up to $2 billion. With a market cap of about $16.6…
Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) is the king of IT-outsourcing in India, but today that king is finding itself under fire. The company said that it sees 8% to 10% for the year ending in…
The Labor Department’s report on producer prices took out some of the inflation fears on Thursday and now we have the reading for the Consumer Price Index for the month of March. The headline…
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is out with its first quarter earnings and the reaction looks a bit mixed on the surface. The bank reported earnings growth of 11% from the prior quarter…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday (Friday the 13th). Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and Raised Target to $770…
The trend of higher dividends is not over and we should expect more dividend hike announcements elsewhere this earnings season. After the close on Thursday came word that Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has reported its first-quarter earnings results ahead of expectations. The top bank in America earned net income of $5.4 billion in the first quarter versus $5.6 billion…
SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) made a meteoric move up with oil last year but has really suffered as natural gas prices have tanked. The stock rose 5% to $7.55 on Thursday but the…
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is raising its first quarter and annual earnings and revenue guidance. The news is going to be particularly important for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) because of why the earnings guidance…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may find itself having to explain the situation better after reporting what appears to be higher than expected earnings. The company is proposing a new class of stock that would effectively implement…
Do you remember the old United States Football League, or the USFL? It’s back, or it least it is trying to be brought back to life. This is the league that competed against the…
MIPS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS) is a small enough company that many investors do not even know about. Shares are surging by 22% to $6.40 on the day on reports that Bloomberg has said…
It is no secret that cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest. The markets rose handily into the end of March and that has shown a substantial change in…
Friday morning will mark the start of earnings season as far as the financial sector and the money-center banking giants are concerned. While there was a strong rally in the first quarter in financial…
Bernie Madoff was the ultimate scum if you consider the size, time period and numbers of clients that his Ponzi scheme damaged. It was billions of dollars lost. There may be a new scum…