2011 has not exactly turned out the way many market pundits expected at the start of the year. The economy has slowed down to near-recession levels, the flight to safety has bond yields down…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has signed agreements with a number of companies that will use GE’s technology to explore for energy, generate power, and make beer in China. The contracts literally span the…
American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) is a winner despite the stock market’s attempt to kill equities. The company is among the few which are within striking distance of 52-week and all-time highs. …
Food processing giant ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) reported first quarter 2012 earnings before the markets opened this morning. Even after lowering expectations for EPS from $0.36 to $0.31, analysts (and shareholders) had to…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ALJ) is the value stock of the…
2011 has been an incredibly choppy year, the economy is flirting between snail-paced growth and recession, and many companies and entire sectors are experiencing some severe business pressures or their management teams have made…
Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ: STMP) is not just up in the double-digit percentage gains today. The company hit a 52-week high. Actually, this is a high going back to 2006. The company is an obvious…
The number of adults using e-readers like the Kindle from Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the Nook from Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) has nearly doubled in the past year, from 8% to 15%.…
When companies announce that they are going to lay off thousands of employees, it shouldn’t be any surprise that employee morale drops like a stone. So why do they do it other than for…
The DJIA was down about -230 points at mid-morning and now that the European markets have closed the DJIA is down “only” about -175 points. Continuing concerns about Greek debt and worries about European…
Today marks another milestone for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). You might see a new 52-week high of $411.00, but that is no ordinary 52-week high. That is an all-time high! Dominance of the tablet…
The wind power industry has taken something of a back seat to the solar PV makers in the last few months. News of bankruptcies, missed earnings targets, and collapsing prices will always supplant coverage…
This may be a first. Have you ever seen a company repurchase stock and then announce that it repurchased too much stock and has sold shares to get the cash back? This is the…
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is a company that most Americans have historically used for auto navigation. Now that smartphones have taken over much of that market for free or nearly free, Garmin has been…
According to Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings, the company’s recent diving stock price reflects a failure on his part to communicate clearly what the company is doing. That sort of statement always…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs. Avis…
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) already partly deconglomerized in a three-way break up of the company. Now its core parent company is splitting up what is left of the operation into three separate companies…
Jon OggEach morning we review our top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research notes. We then look back over these at the end of the week to more closely review calls…
The coming week is going to feel like a mini earnings season. We have many sector leaders reporting earnings and the fallout (or benefits) could be widespread. On deck are key earnings from the…
Orders for new airplanes have been coming relatively thick and fast since June’s Paris Air Show. The two major manufacturers, Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. (OTC: EADSY), are…