ThinkstockVisa Inc. (NYSE: V) reported first-quarter fiscal 2013 results after the markets closed today. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) were $1.93 on revenues of $2.85 billion. In the first quarter of 2011, the credit…
ThinkstockChinese New Year is almost upon us. The new year is the Year of the Snake. Other nations with stock markets that celebrate Chinese New Year with multiday holidays include Macau, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam…
ThinkstockHackers have scored another victory in a series that has extended from Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) China site, to the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) site, to The Wall Street Journal and to…
24/7 Wall St. is still a big fan of dividends. What is even better than a high dividend yield is when companies with solid dividends raise their dividend payouts. Dividend hikes have been noticeably…
http://www.amazon.com/amazon-coinsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is revisiting a blast from the past that never really took off due to the Internet and e-commerce still being in the infancy stage. The company has announced “another new…
ThinkstockThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has just seen a major move in January 2013, with gains of nearly 6%. That was even after two days of light profit taking at the end of the…
Jon OggBill Gross of PIMCO, aka the Bond King, probably got tired of having to fade the heat after his call about the death of the cult of equity. Bill Gross has been rather…
Today was far from a normal Fed-day as the FOMC announcement followed a GDP release that was negative for the first time in 13 consecutive quarters. Some things are the same and some things…
courtesy of Research In Motion Ltd.Smartphone maker Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) launched to new phones this morning, the Z10 touchscreen model and the Q10 with the familiar BlackBerry keypad. Oh, and RIM…
ThinkstockWhen well-known analysts make a major price call, investors and Wall St. usually listen. Outspoken bank analyst Richard Bove has done just that. The former Ladenburg Thalman and Rochdale securities analyst recently landed at Rafferty Capital…
ThinkstockThe Euro meltdown seen in 2012 looked as though it was going to bounce Greek out of the monetary union. That was then. We have noted on several occasions how investment is sneaking back…
ThinkstockAre investors still buying Treasury notes with their low rates of return? It seems so, although interest rates have been ticking higher as investors are committing new funds to stocks paying dividends rather than…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia Commons24/7 Wall St. tracks the spreads that corporations have to pay above Treasury rates to fund their cost of borrowing. This is one key barometer for measuring the market’s risk…
ThinkstockRoyal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE: RBS) may have to settle criminal charges with the United States based on allegations that it manipulated interest rates. This could, in turn, cause sharp cuts in…
ThinkstockBerkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) is about to raise some new debt financing. An SEC filing S-3ASR from Warren Buffett and friends was filed on behalf of the Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation unit to…