Whether or not initial public offerings are performing properly in the after-market is one thing, but the game that investors are trying to win now is in securing pre-IPO shares of companies which are…
We have noticed a near-record wave of stock splits of late despite the trend of today where companies have tended to prefer high share prices over record share prices. We also have several key…
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EEP) has just announced that it is raising capital. The partnership is offering approximately 7 million of its Class-A common units. The gross proceeds would be more than $210…
Even though the US Federal Reserve downplays the contribution of commodity prices in the US core inflation rate, that doesn’t mean that everyone agrees. In fact, most of us who pay more for a…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is in a strange situation. Ten days ago we noted how its chart was breaking down under $500 and how the stock was acting like and looking like it wanted…
One of the great marketing rules of all time comes from the shaving business: give away the razor; charge a lot for the blades. Gillette, now part of Proctor & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG),…
When the New York Times reported over the weekend that natural gas companies and their huge bets on wells was noted as being “the gas may not be as easy and cheap to extract…
Solar PV makers are facing a tough second half of 2011. Forecast supply is expected to exceed demand, and virtually every solar supplier is seeing its stock price head south. A few companies have…
Any positive return from a short-term bond fund offers investors a reason to flee the money market funds which are currently the equivalent of stuffing cash under a mattress. Over the past year or…
24/7 Wall St. has been conducting reviews looking for value stocks now that the market has softened. Looking solely for “cheap stocks” on book value is very incomplete, so we have taken earnings growth,…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Everyone wants to get a piece of Facebook. Shares have been sold by the company and shares have been sold by employees and insiders on private market exchanges. Now a company called…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Reiterated Buy and Raised target at Argus. Cato Corporation…
Jon OggEach morning we cover many analyst upgrades and downgrades which we think will have an impact on the underlying stocks and sectors. After each week we review those research calls and other research…
We have several key companies reporting earnings this coming week. While most will not be DJIA-moving stocks, there can have a large sector impact or can be volatile around earnings. Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE)…
Reports have been out that Paulson & Co. had suffered severe losses in a Chinese forestry company called Sino-Forest. Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson may not have been hurt as badly as some…
Yesterday’s announcement by the International Energy Agency that member nations, including the US, would release 60 million barrels of crude sliced 5% off the price of a barrel of WTI crude. Oil is down…
If you have seen the graphic images that will go on cigarette packages late in 2011, you might think that the tobacco companies have finally met their match. The graphic images are intended to…
Last week pipeline master limited partnership (MLP) Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE: ETE) revealed a deal worth $4.2 billion for rival natural gas pipeline company Southern Union Co. (NYSE: SUG). Today, Williams Cos. (NYSE:…
We have been looking for value stocks as investors have started to look for cover in the markets where they can still have equity exposure but try to get some protection compared to the…
In 1926 F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” Today, we don’t call people rich because that smacks of class warfare. Instead…