If you can count on one thing from Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) any longer, it is for him to stay very positive and upbeat about the long-term prospects of the…
The headlines might seem shocking when you see that Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the United States’ credit rating to “AA+” from what was the sacred “AAA” rating. This rumor was out today, but…
The price for WTI crude oil fell below $83/barrel momentarily today as the market takes another shellacking, down around 200 points just before noon. Both crude and the wider market are making a comeback…
Earnings season is still going strong, but we are now getting into the late-cycle companies which have a one-month lag to their earnings reports. Several key stocks are due this next week and we…
The sole US provider of low-enriched uranium fuel for nuclear power plants is in serious trouble. USEC Inc. (NYSE: USU) shares have fallen more than -12% this morning and posted another new 52-week low…
Three major solar PV companies reported earnings after markets closed yesterday, and the final score does not look promising for the solar PV makers. First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) and MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.…
When you get a 500 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and a drop of more than 100 points in the NASDAQ after about two straight weeks of selling, bargain…
Rare Element Resources Ltd. (AMEX: REE) is leading the rare earth sector higher today after disclosing last night about its progress in North American rare earth element deposits. The numbers look good on the…
The Department of Labor has released the jobs data for the month of July and the number was far better than expected (if the data is real). If you have been watching the trading…
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) has already been seeing severe weakness with the market downturn. In part it was because Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) appears to be no real acquirer of the company as…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. The Andersons, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANDE) Maintained Buy as Value at Zacks. Apollo Investment…
We won’t bother telling you that Thursday was just a giant flush out in the market. Still, some stocks rise regardless of the market. We have identified several stocks which are up enough in…
The floor for interest rates is ZERO. Right? Apparently not when extreme conditions arise. Those extreme conditions came today as investors moved solidly into the safety of very short-dated T-bills and the bidding was…
The Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the leading platform smartphone platform in among 78.5 million US smartphone owners. The iOS operating system that powers the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Updated for the 4PM closing bell…. Do you call it a crash or do you call it a bear market? Technically this is correction territory now that the 10% pullback has been seen in…
When you see a ten-day sell-off and a capstone panic day with what is a 300-point sell-off in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the first reaction is that no one wants anything and that…
The move up and the sudden move down in gold today has been almost impossible to ignore. Gold was up more than $15.00 above $1,681.00 today, but now gold is DOWN over $20.00 and…
Sales of video games fell by 10% in June according to market research firm NPD Group, from $1.15 billion in June 2010 to $1.03 billion. This past May was even worse, with a sales…
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has sold off enough! That is what the company CEO is saying, and he’s putting his money where is mouth is. A Form-4 SEC filing this morning shows that James…
If you believe that an energy policy in the United States can happen in the coming years, there is almost no way that natural gas can be ignored. The massive shale plays, the nat-gas…