Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT) is getting to live up to its reputation as a price discovery mechanism rather than as an ETF. Egypt’s stock exchange reopened today and most shares were…
The Fresh Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) has enjoyed a solid performance since its IPO in late 2010. Those shares were recently up 100% from the pricing and the stock has never come close to…
It’s 4:00 pm and time for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s biggest upside move in ag products came in cotton, up about 3.5%, while wool was up about 2.5%. The…
The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT) is very close to getting prove whether it is an exchange-traded fund or whether it is an exchange-traded price discovery vehicle. After nearly two months of…
It’s time for the 3:00 PM “Alternative Energy Daily” for developments in solar and wind power, alternative fuels, and other news related to the sector. As with so much in the past week, alternative energy news…
There has been a ‘agribusiness ETF’ for some time via the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO). Now we have a new variation and that is the IQ Global Agribusiness Small Cap ETF (NYSE:…
It’s 1:00 PM and time for “The Daily IPO” for 24/7 Wall St. readers. We have noted on occasion how LinkedIn is planning to come public via an Initial Public Offering. While this is one…
It is 12:00 Noon and that means it is time for The M&A Daily. While news came out on Monday that Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) was acquiring optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OXPS), this…
It’s the Daily Dividend at 11:00 AM. We often look for value, growth, and dividends in financial stocks. Banks have been elusive on the dividend front until just the last couple of days, although…
It’s the BioHeath Daily for key developments in drugs, biotech, and medical developments. Prana Biotechnology Ltd. (NASDAQ: PRAN) is often overlooked here in the U.S. as it has such a small market cap. That…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Outperform at Credit Suisse; maintained Buy at Argus.…
Earnings season is supposed to be over, but we have a packed week full of earnings due from off-calendar quarterly earnings reports. We have compiled Thomson Reuters estimates and added color where applicable on…
Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) has filed to raise up to $1 billion in debt securities in the United States for its subsidiary Santander Holdings USA, Inc. Santander is the parent company of Sovereign…
It’s 1:00 PM and time for “The IPO Daily” covering anything and everything around initial public offerings. Last week it looked as though the IPO for Apollo Global Management, LLC was going to get…
Anadarko Petroleum Co. (NYSE: APC) has agreed to sell a stake in its Eagle Ford shale play to the Korean National Oil Company, KNOC, for $1.55 billion. KNOC’s investment gives Korea about a one-third…
It’s 12:00 PM and that means it is time for “The M&A Daily.” This weekend’s AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) $39 billion buyout of Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile is going to have some severe ramifications in the…
It’s time for “The Daily Dividend” at 11:00 AM and today’s coverage is a bit different. War is an awful thing to cover, particularly when you are talking about investing in defense companies. The new…
Jon OggAs Japan recovers from the devastating earthquake and its aftermath, the country will depend heavily on importing raw materials into the country and exporting finished goods. There are a number of publicly traded…
The U.S. Treasury is finally getting on with its asset disposition plan. This morning came the long-awaited announcement that it will start to sell its remaining portfolio of $142 billion held in agency mortgage-backed…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is announcing something that we are a bit surprised about this morning. It is not quite a shell game, but it is a strategy that rarely works well for investors. …