When Doubling a Dividend Matters Not (POT, MOS)
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) announced that it was going to double its dividend payouts to holders of its common stock, some might have expected a large bump higher in the stock. The…
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Jon C. Ogg
Partial Victory For Transocean in BP/Gulf Case (RIG, BP)
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) is running higher in the after-hours after the WSJ reported that a federal judge has now ruled that BP PLC (NYSE: BP) is going to be required to indemnify Transocean as the…
High-Premium Biotech M&A Continues (AMGN, CELG, MITI, IBB)
Thursday brought yet more merger and acquisition news in the ongoing buyout trends in the biotech sector. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced that it is going to acquire Micromet, Inc. (NASDAQ: MITI), a cancer drug…
Synaptics Stumbles on Guidance (SYNA)
Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ: SYNA) is not continuing its challenge of a year high after its earnings report. Despite 9% revenue growth and a rise of 19% in non-GAAP earnings per share, the results are being…
Starbucks Valuation Catching Up To Share Price After Earnings (SBUX, GMCR)
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is out with earnings. Some of the highlights are a record 11% earnings per share gain to $0.50 EPS on a 16% gain in sales to $3.435 billion; Thomson Reuters…
Ron Johnon’s Magic, When 20% Stock Gains May Be Enough (JCP, AAPL)
It was just on January 5 that we called the news on J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP)… Bad News Is Good News! Our take was that the company big drop was a chance…
Meet the 2012 Top Solar Stocks… Junk Rules (ENER, ASTI, HSOL, STP, TAN)
The solar sector has been a total dud for investors. What is interesting is that many of these down and out companies have risen handily off of their recent lows. The trend seems to…
Is Kabam a Social Gaming IPO or Buyout Candidate? (ZNGA, GOOG, KIPO)
The quiet period has expired and the analyst have been mostly favorable to valuations of Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). It seems that there have been more and more ads on the internet for the free…
Full 360-Degree Starbucks Earnings Preview (SBUX, GMCR, CBOU, PEET)
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is set to report earnings after the close. As this one hit all-time highs in recent trading days, it would seem as though the broader opinion is that no real…
Huge Jump in Apple Price Targets from Wall Street (AAPL, HPQ, DELL, XOM, MSFT)
It is very well known that just about every single analyst out there loves Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). After it is all said and done, what is not to like? The company has moved from a…
Q4 GDP Ahead… Debunking The Double Dip Recession
Friday will bring the first preliminary report covering fourth quarter (2011) Gross Domestic Product in the United States. Friday morning’s news is expected to show yet again that growth remains in the United States…
S&P: Berkshire Hathaway Still No AAA-Rating (BRK-A)
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has downgraded many sovereign AAA ratings lately. Many large stable corporations have also lost their prized “AAA” ratings in the last decade. In fact, there is now just a handful of…
More Cuts Coming To Investment Banker Pay (MS, BAC, CS)
First it was news that Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) were cutting investment banker pay ahead. Now comes more of the same from Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS)…
Is Monster Worldwide Just Sick, Or Is It Dying? (MWW, LNKD)
Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: MWW) should have been cleaning house during the latest jobs recovery. The company and a couple of competitors destroyed the jobs classified business for just about every newspaper and print…
Is the Bank Foreclosure Settlement Dead After State of the Union? (JPM, BAC, C, WFC)
Jamie Dimon of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is signaling yet another reason as to why the banks trade at such deep discounts to book value. Dimon’s opinion voiced on a CNBC interview…
Tracking The highly Unusual Short Interest Trends (ALU, BAC, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, F, GMCR, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, RIMM, SIRI)
Cult stocks and controversial stocks often have an unusually high short interest. What is amazing is that the bets against these companies sometimes go off the charts. We have tracked unusual short selling activity…
Symantec Keeps Its Story Going (SYMC)
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) has been stuck in a long-term trading range of roughly $15 to $20 for longer than most investors care to remember. Basically, it has been since its Veritas acquisition. The…
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ADP, CHK, SCHW, GLW, ETFC, GD, GE, GMCR, NRGM, ITW, LRCX, LIFE, NFLX, NVDA, RYAAY, VALE)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NYSE: ADP) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup;…
Giant Headline Loss Dominates AT&T Earnings (T, VZ, AMZN)
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is out with a huge headline loss due to that $4 billion break-up fee paid charge from the failed T-Mobile merger. The headline loss is -$1.12 EPS and the total…
Time Warner Cable Goes Shareholder-Friendly (TWC)
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has reported that its fourth quarter earnings came in at $1.39 EPS and on roughly $5 billion in sales. The consensus target from Thomson Reuters was $1.20 EPS…