Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) just became the newest dividend player when it comes to health insurers. Maybe you aren’t happy about the cost of healthcare, but at least you can now collect higher income…
With pump prices for gasoline approaching $4/gal everywhere and $5/gal in some US cities, it would seem logical that crude oil refiners are a good bet to do well. It’s not that simple, though,…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) had some impressive growth numbers on the surface. The problem is that Wall Street and investors look ahead, and the devil is always in the details. We have seen some…
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has turned in its first quarter earnings for 2011. The beverage giant said earnings rose to $1.9 billion, or $0.82 EPS… On an adjusted basis the earnings came to…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (NYSE: APD) Reiterated Buy and $108 target at…
It may be a long three day weekend (or even four) but the 24/7 Wall Street team has brought in a special team this Easter weekend for some market research this week. To get…
Next week is going to get off to a slow start because of the post-Easter blues after a three-day weekend. We have pulled eleven earnings which we think traders will hone in on during the…
Casinos are not generally thought of for having the world’s highest dividend payouts. That may be slowly changing, particularly now that it seems that Las Vegas is fully mature and has more than enough…
Live from the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, or what is left of it, outside the NYSE Euronext HQ in Amsterdam… No Rembrandt, no Dutch East India Company, and not even Van Gogh… It is going…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report its first quarter earnings on Thursday morning and investors will view it as a proxy for the broader economy. Investors seem to have slightly higher…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings today after the close. The stock just got a huge break today after Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) managed to blow out earnings numbers and give…
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is one of the giant technology behemoths out there that has been criticized for quite some time for holding all of its cash for acquisitions and to keep its balance…
Jon OggThere are seriously diverging views on the demand for oil in Japan as the country works to recover from the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the country’s northeast coast…
Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) is indicated slightly higher this morning as its Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE: TLLP) is raising more than expected in its partial spin-off initial public offering. Tesoro Logistics priced 13,000,000 common…
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has just reported record net income of $3.8 billion on 49% year over year earnings growth to $0.67 EPS despite a near-5% sequential decline in revenues to $20.3…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Underperform at FBR. Bank of America…
We are seeing many stocks on the move in the after-hours session. We decided to break these out into a group rather than individual reports over and over. The after-hours movers we are tracking…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is out with earnings and the results are far better than what was expected under the circumstances. The chip and processor giant reported a monster number of $0.59 EPS and…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is out with better-than-expected earnings and the stock is reacting positively. Big Blue reported earnings at $2.41 EPS non-GAAP ($3.31 GAAP) and its revenues grew 8% (5% adjusted…
In today’s commodities news another automaker is raising prices to meet higher commodity prices, corn and wheat continue to jostle for position as the higher-priced food, and gold prices keep climbing. General Motors Co.…