This week marked the launch of yet another high-yield dividend exchange-traded fund. This one came from iShares and the field of dividend oriented ETFs is getting crowded. The name is the iShares High Dividend Equity…
GNC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GNC) is public again. The vitamin and nutrients retailer sold 22.5 million shares at a price of $16.00 per share. This was in the middle of the $15.00 to $17.00…
Bricks-and-mortar game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) has made a couple of acquisitions that the company expects to help it pick up some business in the online video gaming market. It could work, but…
The US Labor Department has just released the March unemployment data and the figures around the change in non-Farm Payrolls. The unemployment rate was listed as 8.8% on a official basis and the change…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Alexander & Baldwin (NASDAQ: ALEX) Raised to Market Perform at Wells Fargo. Baidu Inc.…
First it was the shame that one of America’s greatest names was going to effectively be foreign-owned. The NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) is currently in a pending merger agreement with Deutsche Boerse but…
It is April Fools’ Day but we are not going to propagate any hoaxes. What we do want to revisit is some of the great frauds which have originated outside of public companies and managed to…
It was just yesterday that we warned about mergers in the banks “Irish Style.” The fear is that Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) and Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) would be gobbled up by…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s news is dominated by two reports from the US Department of Agriculture. One provides the USDA’s latest figures on grain stocks, and…
Jon OggApollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) is looking like a bit of a dud of an IPO. Some will think that this could temper some of the excitement around private equity and the ambitions…
Here’s our daily report on developments in solar and wind power, alternative fuels, and other news related to the alternative energy sector. PricewaterhouseCoopers has released a report on M&A activity in renewable energy for…
There is sometimes a silver lining in any tragedy. After disasters, rebuilding takes place. Factory disruptions in one land can mean a boost in business in another land. That is the global economy at…
It is time for “The Daily Dividend.” By now it is well-known that Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) failed to win Federal Reserve approval to raise its dividend or repurchase stock. The reasons may…
When we first covered K-V Pharmaceutical Co. (NYSE: KV-A) for its Makena drug market exclusivity to prevent premature birth, we knew this was going to be a home run. But earlier in March when…
Weekly jobless claims from the US Labor Department are not likely to have much market impact this morning despite the pending unemployment report for March due Friday morning. The weekly claims will look like…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Archer Daniels Midland Inc. (NYSE: ADM) Cut estimates and maintained Outperform at Credit…
SciQuest, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQI) announced back on the evening of March 9 that it was raising cash via a stock offering. The original sale was supposed to be just over 3.935 million shares with…
A surprise has just been handed to Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B). David Sokol is resigning from the company. He has been considered one of Warren Buffett’s potential heirs to run…
Qihoo 360 Technology Co. (NYSE: QIHU) is not just another Chinese IPO for American investors. This one brought the growth theme of China, the internet, and security all in one offering. It might also…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Shareholders in Fronteer Gold Inc. (AMEX: FRG) have approved the company’s acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. (NYSE: NEM) in a $2.32 billion deal…