Subscriber Adds Drive Netflix (NFLX)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is out with its earnings and the film rental giant reported earnings of $0.78 EPS and $553.2 million in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.72 EPS and $550.95 million…
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Jon C. Ogg
Fed’s Beige Book Acts As Economic Upgrade
The newest Beige Book from the Federal Reserve might make you wonder why on earth quantitative easing is necessary. Low growth is still okay, but the jobs issue is still front and center. Will…
Earnings Season Curse on High-Priced Stocks? (IBM, AAPL, ISRG, VMW, NFLX, AMZN, BIDU, GOOG, PCLN, GS, EMC, INTC)
There is an interesting theme that has been worth looking deeper into so far this earnings season. High-priced stocks that have seen significant runs higher have a bias against the stocks after the earnings…
Boeing, Airlines Flying High on Earnings (BA, DAL, LCC, AMR, LUV, UAL, JBLU, FAA)
Today’s earnings reports from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and three airlines have put a little jet fuel into the market. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL), US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC), and AMR…
Trading Gold Pullbacks on Charts (GLD, IAU, PHYS, SGOL, GLL, DZZ, DGZ)
Tuesday’s drop in gold may be a culmination of many things and Wednesday’s attempt at a recovery needs to be watched closely. Profit taking, China rate hike, currency extremes with reversal, and on and…
Troubles Mount in BHP and Potash Corp. Merger (BHP, POT, MOS, IPI, MOO)
Practically from the time of the announcement by BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) that it was offering $38.6 billion to acquire Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT), the provincial government of Saskatchewan has…
Today’s Must Watch Stock Alerts (ABK, AMLN, LLY, ALKS, BAC, CTIC, CREE, DEAR, FSII, ISRG)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or largest moves seen in…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMLN, BAC, KOF, LLY, JNPR, MOS, NIHD, STRA, WDC)
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup; Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank;…
Buffett’s Favorite Bank Gets It Done (WFC, BRK-A, C, BAC, JPM)
Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) managed to beat earnings this morning. Warren Buffett’s favorite bank posted a gain of 19% in net income of $3.15 billion, translating to $0.60 EPS on revenues of…
Yahoo! Earnings Mostly Good Enough (YHO)
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has issued its earnings. The lagging search and online content giant reported earnings of $0.17 EPS on $1.6 billion in revenues, but traffic acquisition costs were $476.8 million in the…
Defending Cree After Earnings Becomes Costly (CREE)
When you see high-growth stocks run into trouble for two quarters in a row, a stock reclassification for investors is necessary. That is the case for Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), and it is not…
Looking For Cover in Defensive Stocks (KO, JNJ, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MCD, AWK, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, CL)
The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower. After two huge ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions were followed by even more ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions,…
Tale of Two IPOs: NetSpend Vs. ShangPharma (NTSP, SHP, META, GDOT)
Overseas initial public offerings have been doing very well in the U.S.of late. Today brought on two more IPOs, with an American IPO doing well and a Chinese offering not doing well. Shanghai, China-based…
Molycorp, Where Debt & Leverage Is Favorable (MCP)
Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP) is one of 2010’s top performing initial public offerings. Usually, newly-IPO companies issuing debt or even selling shares after a recent successful IPO is a sign that the shares may…
Palm Phones Return… Palm Pre 2, With webOS 2.0 (HPQ, AAPL, GOOG, VZ)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) acquired Palm Inc. earlier in the year and there has been no new release, no new phones, and no new direction announced. Until now. H-P is showing off the Palm…
As Uncle Sam Telegraphs Stake Share Sales (C, AIG)
The US Treasury will offer for sale 1.5 billion shares of Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) of the 3.6 billion shares it still holds in the bank. The sale of the common stock will stop on…
Taking Stock of Massey’s Options (MEE, BTU, CLF)
Last April’s mine explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 miners in the worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. Massey Energy Co. (NYSE: MEE), the mine’s owner, has taken a beating…
Thoughts on SIRIUS XM, After Howard Stern? (SIRI)
SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is down again this morning after having recently hit a high of $1.44. The first drop had been a mixed market and profit taking after such a large…
Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (ABK, AAPL, ARMH, CTIC, CWTR, INFN, MSFT, OGXI)
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Some of the most active stocks or largest moves seen in…
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANF, AAPL, EAT, CREE, DLTR, AIXG, FLR, HL, INTC, DGX, ANDE, VECO, VMW)
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Cut to Sell at Brean Murray. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…