Berkshire Hathaway’s latest stock holdings were released after the close of trading and the Oracle of Omaha’s portfolio managers made a couple of changes. The two new positions were in Da Vita Inc. (NYSE:…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 31, 2011. We have included some accompanying notes on each and this has…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into two groups…
Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE: WTW) is putting a bloated share base on a diet, taking down a total of about $1.5 billion in shares. After the company’s earnings announcement the company also reported…
If you are watching the market news, the status of Greece is on again and off again. It sounds like a Greek deal is no longer a sure thing and earlier today it actually…
Brightcove Inc. is selling 5,000,000 shares of common stock and the company anticipates that the initial public offering price will be between $10.00 and $12.00 per share. The stock will trade on the NASDAQ…
If you just saw the headlines that Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) was going to offer another $481 million in debt you might think that the company was just leveraging up a leveraged situation. …
This story just gets stranger and stranger, and it feels as though it is generated by news sources quoting blogs who are also referring back to sources. Call it what you wish, but it…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is trading as though investors are worried that it too could fall the way of Energy Conversion Devices, even though the comparison seems very much too premature and far…
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALNY) may have interrupted its rally with a proposed offering of 7 million shares of common stock, but it least did this when shares were close to highs rather than…
Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is set to report earnings today and the call and put option volume is active ahead of the report. This one has rallied massively ahead of earnings due to the…
Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) is actually managing to hold up better than some may have guessed considering an analyst downgrade this morning. Dividend yield investors have been clipping double-digit yields in this one…
Wednesday is a fairly busy day for earnings expectations. We are expecting the following reports: Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF); Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A); Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE); Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR);…
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER) has proven that penny stocks in trouble just cannot be trusted. The small solar player used to be close to $100 and then dropped, and drop, and kept…
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is a long-time turnaround stock which is back over $20 now but has really not materialized. So, what happens on a Citigroup analyst upgrade? Shares are up over 2% and…
Diamondback Energy, Inc. has filed its paperwork with the SEC to conduct an initial public offering. While the company intends to apply for listing on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “FANG,” no…
AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) cannot produce ‘The Walking Dead’ fast enough. A report from Gabelli & Co. this morning is reiterating its “Buy” rating on AMC Networks in part due to the zombie apocalypse series. …
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Tuesday morning. Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Cut to Hold at Argus. Banco…
HERITAGE-CRYSTAL CLEAN, INC. (NASDAQ: HCCI) has filed to raise capital in a $75 million securities shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While this is not an imminent capital raise, the filing…
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) has filed to raise capital in a $500 million securities shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While not imminent, it will allow the shipping outfit to…