If you think that silver demand is tempering as prices have passed $40.00 and then some, the iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) is about to get even larger. After reviewing SEC filings, a filing…
We have been awaiting a disclosure from Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) over its current fiasco over David Sokol’s trading in the Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE: LZ). Now the data is out, ahead of the…
Ben Bernanke, nor any other FOMC chairman, has ever given a regular press conference immediately after a scheduled FOMC meeting. We are taking notes, some will be paraphrased… We will not be regurgitating any of the…
This coming weekend will mark the one weekend that the hotels, retailers, and restaurants all look forward to in Omaha, Nebraska… Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has its much-anticipated shareholder meeting and this…
Alternative energy news today begins with a new order for sapphire crystallization furnaces and ends with a story on development in China’s national electricity grid. We recently noted that a number of Chinese solar…
Ben Bernanke and the FOMC have decided to keep rates at roughly zero-percent all over again. The good news here is that we are seeing more hints that the end of QE2, quantitative easing, will…
Just last month CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) complete its $12.2 billion acquisition of Qwest. At the time the deal was announced, it seemed to make little sense because neither Qwest nor CenturyLink had any…
Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) is one of those companies that is categorized as a conglomerate by most financial analysis sector groupings. It is not quite diversified enough by our count to be a true…
It was just on April 13 that we noted how rare earths had become the new crack and meth for Wall Street and Main Street investors and speculators. Actually, all investors at this point…
Restaurant giant Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has made a preliminary offer to acquire China’s Little Sheep Group Ltd. and its 300 or so stores in China, the US, and Japan. Yum already owns…
Sirius XMIt was just late yesterday that we issued a “what to expect now” outlook on SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) after it hit the $2.00 mark for the first time July-2008. Apparently the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $220 at Oppenheimer;…
We have many after-hours movers after earnings and other reported events. We are tracking moves in Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD), Keynote Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: KEYN), LDK Solar Co., Ltd.…
Things have gone from bad to worse at Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE). Whether you spell “PWN” as “Powned” or not, Sony and its millions of PlayStation network users just got powned! The company’s severe issues…
Jeff Bezos and friends have delivered the Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) first quarter earnings figures for 2011. The online mega-store looks to be a very soft figure, which is puzzling when you consider what…
Sirius XMWhen penny stocks cross each new dollar level, speculators and investors generally take a look at what they are holding and decide if there is a reason to keep on holding on or…
Lawson Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN) has managed to figure out a way to greatly underwhelm investors and speculators alike. The company agreed to a sale price that is south of where the shares had…
Today’s commodities news leads off with a revelation on how the world’s largest commodity trader makes some of its profits and follows with a weather report that could push grain prices further skyward. Swiss-based…
Today’s news from the world of alternative energy highlights several stories from the solar sector, some pushback on wind farm development in Maine, and a change to BLM rules related to solar farm siting.…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is the largest Dow Jones Industrial Average component by far due to its share price. If it was based on market capitalization like most indexes, IBM would rank…