Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often considered the king of stocks. Even after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple remains the most valuable company by market cap and shares recently made it back over…
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has not been living up to its defensive stock nature like rival Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO). The beverage snack food giant reported earnings this morning that are heading in a…
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is going to be a case study for how strange this new earnings season is going to be. The company is not describing a recession. It is also describing a…
Telecommunications providers are among the most visible companies in the US today, likely because essentially everyone has either a landline phone or a cell phone or, more usually, at least one of each. Today…
There are two financial issues in America that have been developing simultaneously: many borrowers have been locked out from the ability to access capital, and investors can no longer rely on bonds and CDs for their…
In late August, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. (NYSE: DTG) demanded that its suitors, Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) and Avis Budget Group Inc. (NYSE: CAR), make an offer that eliminated any possibility…
99 Cents Only Stores (NYSE: NDN) was supposed to be acquired for somewhere between $22.00 and $24.00 per share according to reports in mid-September. The company was supposed to have interest from Apollo Global Management,…
Crude oil prices rose about 3% yesterday primarily on the news that the France and Germany would do something to shore up their banks. Equities also rose by about the same amount, with the…
When the summer selling was reaching a first climax in August, 24/7 Wall St. released “The Great Dividend Portfolio” for dividend investors who search for both high-yield and some degree of safety through hard…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. CareFusion Corporation (NYSE: CFN)…
Analysts keep predicting share price growth even in the face of a sagging global economy. How optimistic are they? Here’s a look at five technology companies — Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Barron’s is talking up junk-rated debt. We have been expecting that some media outlets would begin to notice how the spreads over Treasury yields were growing and growing and now offer 10% yields in…
Markets are up sharply this morning on more reassurance from Germany and France that Europe’s bank would have access to sufficient capital. Even the lack of a specific plan proved irresistible to investors searching…
Last week’s announcement of the iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been followed up with the company’s announcement that it has taken 1 million pre-orders for the new phone in just one…
When it comes to the world of cellular telecom providers, Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is the weakling on the block. Despite its release of the iPhone for Sprint from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), there…
Even though AT&T’s (NYSE: T) offer to pay $39 billion for the T-Mobile USA unit of Deutsche Telekom (OTC: DTEGY) is being contested in court by the US Department of Justice, DT’s CEO thinks…
The management team at Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) apparently spent the weekend trying to come up with a way to back down from the company’s recent announcement that it would split its business into…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Cabela’s Inc. (NYSE: CAB) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse. Emerson Electric…
nationsonline.orgGermany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Nicolas Sarkozy announced some loose plans that would save European banks. The notion that no formal debt rescue plans. The two noted on Sunday that a comprehensive plan to…
They’re Here! Next week will launch the corporate earnings season for the third quarter. The media is going to tell you that this is the most important earnings season in quite some time. The…