Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components either…
Moody’s must love being in the headlines of controversy this week. First Greece, then U.S. banks, and now Uncle Sam… Moody’s has warned in a fresh report that if no progress is made on…
Today’s alternative energy news keys off of another acquisition in the increasingly competitive smart grid area. What is more important is that the dollars at stake here are literally billions and billions. France’s Schneider…
Moody’s is not without question over how it rated (and still rates) many issues after the credit crisis. The problem with that caveat is that ratings agencies are still considered relevant by many investors…
The final version of the regulatory acts against for-profit education companies is far less troublesome on the surface than what had been originally proposed. It is also far less stringent than many investors had…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is seeing a bit of a pop this morning on active pre-market trading for over an hour until the open. We have seen about 200,000 shares trade…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Reiterated Buy and $17 target at Gleacher & Co.…
Stocks are still correcting as economic data keeps coming in weaker and weaker. Now the media keeps routinely talking up what we called a supporting call for QE3. Please, no QE3! Still, the job…
If you wonder why ratings agencies are still hated so much, just wait until the Greek government comes out attacking Moody’s now that a fresh downgrade has been seen. Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded…
Sometimes bad news has to be looked at as good news. Take Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) this morning as its stock is down sharply after reporting disappointing earnings. Dollar General is one of…
Today’s commodities watch looks at a government-ordered suspension of mining concessions in Peru and the continuing worries over grain prices as US corn planting remains behind schedule and Russia gets set to resume wheat…
In our daily internal reviews of looking for trends in commodities, one trend stood out rather clearly… Cane-based ethanol might not even be solid for the Boys from Brazil. The price of sugar is…
The oversupply of solar PV panels at the beginning of the year is slowly being wound down, but nearly every solar PV maker is also expanding manufacturing capacity in anticipation of increased demand. The…
The retail sector has historically not the place for income and dividend investors seeking high payouts. The reason is simple: razor-thin margins. Add in the notion that many new retailers are effectively new companies…
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) keeps recovering from its 100 million share offering from Cargill. The overhang is now behind it, and we are seeing that Wall Street analysts are continuing to warm back up…
The ADP report comes out on the first Wednesday of each month and sometimes is considered a barometer for each Friday’s unemployment report from the Labor Department. If May’s reading from ADP is really…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $30 at…
How does a renewable energy company’s IPO relate to possibly rekindling interest in the tiny sector of nanotechnology? Actually, there is a deep tie now. Solazyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: SZYM) is a renewable oil and bioproducts company…
Today’s commodities news leads off with a quick look at how fertilizer stocks are doing. There’s also some bad news out of Europe on malting barley, which could be equally bad news for beer…
You have probably heard and read about some of the same rumors and stories about a second bailout heading the way of Greece. The aim is to prevent a de facto default scenario where…