Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has announced two oil discoveries in the US Gulf of Mexico, totaling more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent. The finds are the company’s first since the end…
Stock splits usually bring back memories of the old tech bubble and dot-com bubble. Fundamentally, nothing changes at the company other than that smaller investors get to invest in shares at a lower nominal…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Ariba…
We have been screening our universe of the high-yield dividends for investors now that investors are growing more concerned each day and each week. Now we are looking at junk bond fund alternatives for…
When economic softness spooks high-flying stocks, solid companies with good histories, solid return on equity, and above average dividends are a handy remedy. We screened five companies in the industrial sector, three of them…
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) still appears to be on the backside of a bubble in rare earth elements and rare earth oxides. The company has already seen insider selling after an exponential rise in…
Lower guidance is supposed to be bad, right? While that is normally the case, it seems as though guidance from SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) is acceptable enough despite the margin and profit pressure persisting…
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave his first real speech today at the International Monetary Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in weeks. He argued that the economic downgrade persists, as does the “extended period,” as does…
You might not know it by the current economic data, but consumer credit keeps rising. We figured that a late Easter would drive credit up at the end of the month and cause higher…
How many companies can announce that they are raising cash and see shares rise or even remain flat going into the pricing of the offering? Not many, but don’t tell that to Cliffs Natural…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) has not noticed that there have been five weeks of selling off in the broader equity markets nor that the economic data has faltered. Shares have held up better…
About 94% of the US corn crop is now in the ground, and that fact, along with other news, has put some recent pressure on corn prices and on stock prices for some of…
In a continuing quest to poke its nose into all things alternative, General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has made an investment in solar thermal developer eSolar, Inc. The amount of the investment was not…
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is probably looking for anything it can find to drive its share price higher. Whether it is social gaming or more MMORPG platform games, The $13+ billion video game…
FriendFinder Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: FFN) has managed to be one of the worst IPOs of 2011. The performance was bad enough that you might think it was a Chinese reverse merger…. Far from it. …
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) has had one of the those “fun and cool stock tickers for some time, which until recently had not been too cool for the stock. Some social gaming and…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy with $415 target at Argus; Reiterated Buy…
ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) is all over the news this morning after reports that its online U.S. bank assets may fetch as much as $9 billion. Bloomberg has reported that General Electric Co.…
Cost Plus Inc. (NASDAQ: CPWM) is one company which we might generally skip due to its size and volume. The insider buying of late has been too large to ignore. This is one of…
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is set to meet with the financial community on Tuesday and its chart is at a critical juncture. As far as the news and company, Ford is actually a…