If you can count on the Europeans to invent one thing, it is the invention of taxation. The latest effort by the European Commission is one that is just baffling if you have been watching…
If the US has an energy policy — a big if — that policy turns on two factors. One, reducing energy imports; and two, reducing environmentally harmful emissions. How the US will reach those…
Imperial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: IFT) is a company that many have never heard of, but the company is in the news in a manner it probably never wanted to be. On Tuesday evening it…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy with $495 target at Janney.…
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) is likely going to be in the local nightly news reports all throughout the states in the Gulf of Mexico, whether it is justified or not. The U.S. Coast Guard has…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced that the national securities exchanges and FINRA are filing proposals in a move to revise the current stock market circuit breakers in an effort to address extraordinary…
Monday’s news that J.P. Morgan was lowering some orders from Asia in channel checks on the iPad for the quarter was met with some clarification inside J.P. Morgan itself and other research outfits have…
Today’s reported ratings actions as of just after noon include announcements regarding Clorox Co. (NYSE: CLX), Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD), HCA Inc. (NYSE: HCA), Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), Archer Daniels Midland Co.…
Day rates for shippers of container, crude oil, and dry bulk cargoes have been hit hard this year as an over-supply of vessels and general concerns about the weak global economies have lowered demand…
Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has joined Palm in the quest to innovate and then to allow the market to rapidly pass it by. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
Perhaps it’s bargain hunting or perhaps hope is once again floating over a possible solution to Europe’s banking woes. Whatever it is, the DJIA is up nearly 250 points about an hour after the…
Many investors track the largest increase in short selling, but there is another crucial way to look at short interest: the days to cover often tells just how actively shorted a stock is, as…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is a stock that has become the target of short sellers now that shares went well above $2.00 and came falling back down to earth. It was…
In the wake of the weak global economic news, some alternative energy stocks are being swept along in the current of bad news, while a few others are making a bit of a comeback.…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) Started as Sell at Stifel Nicolaus. Ashford…
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) is trying to prove that it has both clout and relevance. The company has announced the acquisition of all interest in 56.com, an online video-sharing site founded in 2005 which…
On the way up, you heard many $2,000 gold targets. On the way down, the dooms-day crowd not only gets bold but they come out of the woodwork. Monday marked another day of margin…
There has been a lot of buzz, and outright pain, around the launch of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). Has it been three years of delays? The company has now…
Despite a near-compulsive search for good news from the US housing market, nearly every story contains more than enough dismal news to outweigh whatever good news there is. Generally the news starts with the…
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMEX) is far from your ordinary company. This is a public treasure hunting outfit. Really. The company is generally not much of an equity trading focus, except for the…