Crude oil is already the most volatile of all economic factors for airlines and their earnings. Last week we saw oil drop from $110 to under $100 in very short order and Thursday’s gains…
Today’s commodities watch looks at a silver miner’s and a food producer’s quarterly earnings. And a quick look at how copper is coming back today. Silver and gold miner Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. (NYSE:…
Freescale Semiconductor Holdings is closer to its IPO. It has now set the initial terms for the initial public offering and it plans to trade under the ticker “FSL” on the New York Stock…
Today’s alternative energy news reports on a prediction that the cost of solar power generation will reach parity with other fuels by 2013. A nuclear power plant in Japan will close while two new…
Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) has been public for just over a month and its quiet period has ended for research analysts. The private equity giant sold almost 30 million shares at $19.00…
Nearly a dozen alternative energy companies will be reporting quarterly earnings this week, and the following preview might be useful as you try to wade through what’s happening. The companies we’ll look at are…
Who hasn’t had a off-site storage unit at some point in their lives? These are all over the country and they are plentiful. Some are high-end and some look like trailer parks. Still, these…
The credit ratings agencies are notorious for being reactionary and calling problems long after the issues have already begun. Now this morning came a call from Standard & Poor’s attacking Greece all over again…
Last week’s monumental drop in silver and the overall drop in commodities last week has some Monday morning buyers trying to find a bottom as new margin requirements kick in. Comes Gold was up…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Neutral at Susquehanna. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:…
LinkedIn Corporation is now much closer to coming public as it has set the terms for its initial public offering. The company has set the initial offering terms at 7.84 million shares or 9.016…
We have a very busy week ahead for equity investors, even outside of earnings season. This coming week’s key events, what we call The Unusual Suspects, is non-earnings related and includes the following: American…
Jon OggEach morning we publish the top analyst upgrades and downgrades that we see in the market. When you look through the detailed research reports more closely, there are always some critical research notes…
Earnings season is slowing down as we have over 80% of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011. We do still have key companies reporting earnings and we…
The big Greek rumors are already being refuted today, but it doesn’t matter. Friday’s big rumor is that Greece will leave the Eurozone. Our prediction: this rumor is not true now, but on a…
Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is about to get a huge stock makeover. This is its last week as a stock in the single-dollar digits. At least that is what the world hopes. Its 1…
Vale SA (NYSE: VALE), one of the world’s leading producers of iron ore posted record profit in the first quarter of $6.8 billion. Even discounting a one-time gain on the sale of $1.5 billion…
Today’s alternative energy news looks at a new joint venture for biodiesel in Brazil, a country that already has much more capacity than it uses. Solar and wind energy are fighting cuts to subsidies…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is holding up better than we might have expected following its secondary offering. The coffee conglomerate traded above $78.00 briefly this week after a huge jump in…
Master Limited Partnerships have been under pressure of late, in part because of oil. The major concern for this sector is not as much oil and energy prices, but Washington D.C. policymakers and the…