Can the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise 12.65% more in 2011 after gaining about 11% in 2010? Our calculations show the the DJIA is likely to hit 13,042.06 in 2011. That’s a 12. 65%…
This may be the first day of 2011, but we still have several standout research calls from the last week that highlight some of the key widely held stocks going into 2011. We have…
Video game investing has been the pits lately and a disappointment of the home-bound trade for the recession and recovery. The fun and cool games have so far not translated to major gains that…
If there’s any single word that defines the solar market for 2011, it is “uncertainty.” Policy changes in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, and elsewhere in Europe are expected to slow growth in solar…
With crude oil prices hovering around $90/barrel, exploration and production companies are expected to increase their spending in 2011 by about 11%, for a total of about $490 billion. Oil field services companies can’t…
Rare Element Resources Ltd. (NYSE/AMEX: REE) is lower ahead of the market open this morning. Late on Tuesday afternoon came a Form D filing showing that insiders of the company had filed for a…
The research calls are running light as many markets either close early or are on very low volume with skeleton crews manning the trading desks. These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades,…
We do not need to bother telling you that 2010 was a great year for stocks with a return of the economy for the 90% of you with jobs. We probably don’t even need…
You have to love another Chinese company sneaking in an F-1 filing on December 30 with its intent to come public. That is just what China Dredging Group Co., Ltd. filed for late Thursday…
Water is perhaps one of the most misunderstood and most under-invested themes for most investors looking for income and stability year after year. It is also exceedingly harder and harder to invest in due…
The acquisition of XTO Energy by Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) instantly turned the oil giant into the largest natural gas producer in the US. We’ve already had our say about Exxon’s prospects for…
We have already introduced the 2011 Dogs of the Dow for investors looking into 2011. The term “dogs” might imply that they are the worst performers when they are actually just the highest dividend…
How big oil stocks perform in 2011 will be highly dependent on the price of crude oil. That’s not a particularly original thought, but it remains true nonetheless. The price of crude fluctuated from…
The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy which annually selects the ten highest dividend yields of all thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Because we are going for the timeless data, share…
The weekly jobless claims will sound great on the surface for the last report of the year. Much of this is due to seasonality as many were not heading to the jobless lines. This…
The research calls are running light this week with many firms still on skeleton crews. These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Alcoa…
Groupon has become rather well known for its web ads calling for local discounts for those who join. A possible buyout from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), which Groupon ultimately rejected, brought it even further…
2010 is ending and 2011 is about to begin. It has been a very interesting year for major biotech stocks, albeit with lower rewards than seen in 2009 as there have been far fewer…
After spending most of 2009 fighting passage of the health care reform act, insurers have gone quiet on efforts to repeal the legislation and have instead gotten busy figuring out how to turn a…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the stock market darling that almost no one wants to hate. Finding negative analyst reports is a difficult task. The company over-delivers on most products and continually exceeds estimates. …