Companies focused on mining and metals have been experiencing high volatility this year based on both the overall global economy and, in some cases, expected demand, especially from China. We have looked at several…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is trading lower after its earnings report, but there were some bright spots inside an otherwise confusing earnings report. The most noticeable area was credit cards. This…
Jon OggWhether or not the U.S. is truly going into another recession is still up for grabs. What is not up for grabs is that earnings are coming in less robust and companies are…
Responsibility is going to get spread around for the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 people and poured millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico last year. The US…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today and this will set up how the investing world is willing to value content and online advertising for the…
An Australian court has ruled in favor of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in a patent dispute with Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF). Apple won an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet…
Carl Icahn was supposed to be done and through with his efforts against Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: LGF). That was what we thought at any rate based upon prior news releases and prior…
The number of foreclosures filed in the third calendar quarter of 2011 totaled 610,337, an increase of less than 1% from the second quarter and a drop of 34% from the same period a…
The reading on the weekly jobless claims were down marginally after a slight revision higher from the prior week’s report. The Labor Department reported that weekly jobless claims were down 1,000 to 404,000 for…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) Cut to Neutral at Baird. Bank of New York-Mellon (NYSE:…
Whether or not you like the earnings report from J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) probably depends upon which news outlet you read. The earnings are lower, but by less than expected. Earnings came…
The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has been supported by many, yet criticized by many as well. How does one cover such a controversial issue that runs this deep and when it is this controversial?…
Sales for the big pharmaceutical companies are expected to be hit by pricing pressure in Europe, a lack of urgent new on the coming flu season, lower rates of prescription writing, and more competition…
Some have been wondering if Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) were going to be able to keep up in the battle for US search market share with Bing. September was…
India’s Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) reported second-quarter earnings today, and EPS came in more than 10% higher than in the same period a year ago. The company also lowered its full-year sales guidance…
You hear it all the time… “This bank is so cheap against book value that it cannot go lower.” Book value, and even tangible book value, has become a pre-recession metric that just does…
British high-end clothier Burberry PLC reported that sales for its first six months of the year rose 30% on strong demand for its signature trenchcoats and accessories. The company noted that its revenue growth…
Twice a month we get to dig through the endless short selling and short interest data released by the NASDAQ and NYSE. There are almost always some huge surprises in there and many seem…
If there is one company that just can’t catch a break it is Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). News that the company is having a large service outage in North and South America is only…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Align Technology, Inc (NASDAQ: ALGN) Started as Neutral with $19 target at…