Jon OggLast night came the news bomb that many analysts should have seen coming but were blindsided by the severity of the news. Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) gave an earnings forecast that was much…
Russell Investments is making good on its promise to get further into ETFs. This week came the launch of several new ETF strategies for value, income, aggressive growth, consistent growth and contrarian strategies. These…
Jon OggIt is a big day for analyst research calls. These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. The AES Corporation (NYSE:…
There is a huge group of Americans who are over 50 and who are far short on their retirement plans. It is very likely millions of people. This week has been a portfolio makeover week…
Jon OggAeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) and Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) are getting slaughtered after earnings reports that are both full of bad news ahead. Both are former glory stocks, and both are stuck and…
The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) is finally about to be free from its shackles. We are just about to get past the long-awaited spin-off of this whopping 100 million shares that have been effectively…
If anyone can cause a controversy on Wall Street it is Jim Cramer. In late-afternoon trading today Jim Cramer was blasting the LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) post-IPO trading as a sham. His thesis is…
Now that the 10-Year Treasury Note has been back to close to the 3.00% yields again, we wanted to see which Dow Jones Industrial Average components had a higher dividend yield than the 10-Year…
Hurricane season matters to investors. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is calling for an above-average hurricane season in 2011. NOAA noted, “The Atlantic basin is expected to see an above-normal hurricane…
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) has just opened and the price was at $83.00 per share after a $45.00 pricing. We conducted a poll after the social media outfit raised its IPO price range by…
Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) has been an amazing stock. Despite the rise in precious metals, the company has so far not been impacted by rising prices when it comes to sell-through rates. It…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised to Buy at BofA/ML. Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD)…
LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE: LNKD) is the IPO of the day in the U.S. and it is one more check-mark on our own TOP 17 IPOs TO WATCH IN 2011. The deal has priced and…
It seems that being a junk bond credit investor still allows you to pick from a whole slew of companies that should not be junk bonds. Unfortunately, you as an investor will probably never…
The minutes from the latest FOMC meeting on April 26 to 27, 2011 have been released. The key takeaway here is that the FOMC has admitted that it has started real discussions on how…
Jon OggIt was just on May 4, 2011 that ACE Limited (NYSE: ACE) released its quarterly earnings and when it outlined its costs pertaining to that catastrophe in Japan. It appears that despite some…
They say there is an ETF for just about anything. Now we have IndexIQ launching a small cap ETF based on Hong Kong’s small cap equity listings. The launch of IQ Hong Kong Small Cap…
Now that the stock market is not hitting new highs each day, investors are looking for value stocks. They might be looking for value inside sectors either with companies trading at the lowest earnings…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to $53 at…
This week has marked a feature series from Morningstar’s Christine Benz for “Portfolio Makeovers.” The focus so far has been around planning for the ultimate goal of retirement and today’s feature is of a…