Small Business Confidence Takes A Scary Dive
The National Federation of Independent Business is out with a report this morning that should be causing some concerns for the broader economy when you consider that it is supposed to be small businesses…
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Jon C. Ogg
Elon Musk Has Two More Hot IPOs Coming From SolarCity and SpaceX, Eventually (TSLA)
Elon Musk, who runs Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), may have two more hot initial public offerings coming down the pipe which are sure to get plenty of media coverage. Anything with the name…
VIVUS Faces Shareholder Risks After FDA Delay On Obesity Pill (VVUS, ARNA, OREX)
VIVUS Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS) is getting a bit of a haircut this morning on the heels of some news from the Food & Drug Administration which may throw up some caution for its weight…
PPL Raising Capital (PPL)
PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) is planning to raise capital via a share sale via a registered underwritten public offering of 9,900,000 shares of common stock. PPL noted that it plans to use the net…
Tumi Sets IPO Terms, Another Luxury Goods Coming Public
Luxury baggage maker Tumi Holdings, Inc. has set the terms for its proposed initial public offering. The company now plans to sell 18,779,865 shares in a price range of $15 to $17 each and it…
Record-Setting March Warm Weather… Climate Change or Global Warming?
Did you notice how there were no cold fronts worth noting at all in March in many parts of the country? March of 2012 appears to have been the warmest March on record. Weather.com…
Facebook Acquires Instagram… A $1 Billion Waste??? (SFLY)
Facebook is paying $1 billion to acquire Instagram in cash and stock and in a deal which should close in the next 30-days. The deal is likely to come right before the Facebook IPO hits…
McMoRan Options Volume Highlights Woes (MMR)
McMoRan Exploration Co. (NYSE: MMR) is seeing almost a 100% above-normal trading volume in its shares today, but the real news is in the stock options trading volume today. The headlines were a bit…
First Solar Flirts With All-Time Lows… A Busted IPO Case (FSLR)
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) hit yet a new 52-week low today, but the psychological damage is just about to get a whole lot worse if this stock’s price trajectory remains on its current…
The Amazon Surprise: Nokia Windows Phone Leads Top Sellers (AMZN, NOK, MSFT, T, VZ, RIMM, GOOG, AAPL)
Lists of top-sellers at single destinations do not always equate to broad-reaching trends around the entire nation nor around the entire globe. Still, when you see a surprise like this it tends to stand…
Ohio Medicaid Losses Wreck Providers (MOH, CNC, AGP, WCG)
Molina Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: MOH) and Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) are both seeing their shares take a real beating. On a day where most stocks are lower because of Friday’s payrolls data, this is…
Much Higher Rare Earths Reserves (MCP)
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) may have sold off in recent days but there is some better news for the long-term outlook of this company’s business prospects pertaining to rare earth minerals. While it has…
A Tempered Outlook of Key Earnings Expectations (AA, SNDK, CSCO, AAPL, GE, JPM, BAC, WFC, WMT, LUV, IBM, T, VZ, BAC, MCD, AAPL)
The first quarter earnings reports will start to dribble out this week and expectations have been tempered in recent trading days ahead of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) on Tuesday afternoon. The stock market had…
magicJack Results Trump Insider Share Sales (CALL)
magicJack VocalTec, Ltd. (NASDAQ: CALL) is indicated higher after its earnings results, despite some insider selling into the news. Just before the long weekend came word that insiders were selling up to 5 million…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, SCHW, ETN, ETFC, FFIV, HBAN, LNKD, MJN, PIR, GOLD, SBAC, AMTD, TYC, DIS, BAC, C, JPM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Cut to Neutral at BTIG. The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:…
Facebook Opts For NASDAQ IPO & Listing Over NYSE (FB, NDAQ, NYX)
CNBC has reported that Facebook is choosing to list on the NASDAQ rather than on the NYSE. The move seems a better fit considering the history of technology and internet companies through time. We…
Solid Gap Sales Meet Valuation & Share Performance (GPS)
Jon OggGap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) on the surface looked really good today and you might think that the new colors might be creating more permanent interest. The company reported that its March same-store sales…
Q1-2012 Earnings Season Outlook, Lowered Expectations (AA, SNDK, CSCO, GE, JPM, WMT, LUV, IBM, T, VZ, BAC, MCD, AAPL)
Jon OggEarnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012. There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA rose 8.1% and…
Verizon’s Potential Endless Liability Over Text Scams & Spams (VZ, BAC, SBUX, AAPL)
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) may have a monster dividend north of 5% for investors, but the telecom and communications giant could soon face a liability if a current trend continues. Scammers and spammers are using Verizon’s…
Weekly Jobless Claims Preview Unemployment & Payrolls Data
The U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims for the prior week. Today’s report is unlikely to change the unemployment and payrolls projections due tomorrow. The newest report on weekly jobless…