Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) has released its 2010 annual report. While there are plenty of Buffett-isms in there for some mild financial entertainment, there are some clues that investors need to be aware…
Analyst calls are sometimes favorable and sometimes off the mark. Still, analysts move stocks and often offer keen insight not seen elsewhere. Each week we review the major analyst calls for those standout research…
Next week looks like the wind-down of earnings season with the exception of the off-calendar quarter companies. There are no DJIA components we saw on the calendar but there are several big stocks that…
The iTunes store has been a huge success for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has yet to introduce a music marketplace, but hopes do so next month, according to the Financial…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is starting to enter into a no-man’s land after earnings. It is such that even the analyst community is very mixed on the stock both before and after earnings. …
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF) is one of the many widely held companies which filed its annual report under form 10-K with the SEC. Investors rarely look through these annual reports due to the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Neutral at BofA/ML. CBOE Holdings, Inc.…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is going to have a little bit for bulls and bears alike in its latest earnings report. The leader in solar panels beat earnings at $1.80 EPS versus Thomson…
With the turmoil out of Libya and Bahrain on the heels of North African and Egyptian strife in recent weeks, it is no wonder that $100.00+ oil prices rose and drove gasoline higher. Still,…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is getting hit hard today on news that Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group has sold shares in the stock in a registered offering. Don’t be fooled by this initial…
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) reports fourth quarter and full-year earnings after markets close today, and investors are pushing the share price up in advance of the company’s report. Given that most solar PV…
Many shareholders argue that share repurchase and stock buyback plans are generally a waste of shareholder capital aimed solely as a short-term share price targeting mechanism. Many would prefer to see dividends. Still, share…
Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) has buckled to the pressure to pay a dividend. At the end of January, we highlighted eight non-dividend payers that need to pay dividends. Kohl’s was among those. The company’s…
The elimination of the federal home buyer tax credit and the foreclosure documentation issue put a lid on fourth quarter 2010 foreclosure sales, but for the full year, foreclosure sales accounted for 26% of…
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU) is supposed to be the winner from the migration toward online tax return filings and the trend away from having actual people preparing tax returns. What if that turns out…
The Labor Department just released the weekly jobless claims data and showed that the weekly jobless claims fell down by 19,000 back under the 400,000 threshold to some 391,000 claims. Dow Jones was looking…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC. Chesapeake Energy Corporation…
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) has just jointed the waves and waves of companies which have filed their 2010 annual reports under the form 10-K with the SEC. Most investors do not read these to…
MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is raising capital. The silicon and solar panel materials maker intends to commence a private offering of $500 million in senior notes due 2019. The company said that…
Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) may be at a cycle peak. With shares above $400.00 and having more than doubled from its year lows, it would not be too much to point out that at…