Jon OggInvestors are still trying to key off of which banks can and cannot hike their dividends under Federal Reserve approval. In short, it is the healthy versus the unhealthy. We have stated that…
After the close of trading today will come earnings from two key players in technology and communications: Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). Traders and investors alike will be looking closely…
We have seen a filing from SunCoke Energy, Inc. to come public via an initial public offering. What makes this deal stand out more than other IPO filing is that Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN)…
It was not that long ago that Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) sold off its PBM unit to Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI). The deal was valued around $525 million, and now Walgreen has…
It is time for “The Daily Dividend” and we have an interesting call ahead. How long has it been that Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) has been touted as a “Should Be” dividend stock? Too long. …
Randgold Resources Ltd. (NASDAQ: GOLD) is a gold mining and exploration company with operations mostly in Western and Central Africa. Needless to say, it operates in some countries where many of you who carry…
The good news from the US Department of Labor is that the old floor of 400,000 in weekly jobless claims may now be acting as a bit of a ceiling in the jobless claims…
Silver Wheaton Corp. (NYSE: SLW) is out with its reserves news this morning and it is showing why it has risen so much in the last year. The company showed a 9% increase in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at William Blair. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN)…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Copper prices rose to their highest level in nearly three weeks as the estimated cost to rebuild quake-devastated areas of Japan have come…
It’s time for our “Alternative Energy Daily” report covering solar, nukes, utilities and more. Utilities with large nuclear power generation assets are also seeing pressure as more concerns surface related to the reactors that…
Jon OggOur “Daily ETF Watch” begs a question… Have the record inflows of investing capital that have recently into Japan been too much too fast for too volatile of a situation? TrimTabs Investment Research and…
There was an interesting IPO filing from a company called Sequans Communications S.A., a French fabless semiconductor company that makes chipsets for 4G communications such as wireless broadband applications. Its solutions incorporate baseband processor…
It is time for “The M&A Daily” and we have what might normally appear as a red flag alert here today. Yesterday’s news that Sanofi-Aventis SA (NYSE: SNY) was borrowing $7 billion via debt sales…
It’s “The Daily Dividend.” Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) is getting hit this morning on news that the Federal Reserve denied a request by the largest bank by deposits to increase its quarterly…
Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have had a revelation. The company has added homebuilder PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) to its ‘Conviction Buy’ list. The only possible explanation is that the company’s…
Xoma Ltd. (NASDAQ: XOMA) is getting crushed this morning on news that its potential Type-2 diabetes drug failed to lower blood sugar levels. The news is bad, but there are a few things here which…
It turns out that the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan and the tsunami which followed has been shown to have more of a quantified impact on the DRAM markets in memory other than just what…
Talk about leaving a bad taste in your mouth… Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) is getting hit again on lower earnings guidance and shares may in fact be hitting 52-week lows. The problem is that…
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) Maintained Neutral but cut estimates at Credit Suisse.…