Companies seemed to prefer share buybacks in 2007 and 2008, and maybe part of 2009. Why not, if the stock is cheap? But then 2009 came and many companies were derailed by…
We have compiled from press releases and from company announcements a company-by-company donation and effort pledge to help in the relief efforts after the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. These are partial explanations…
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced poor earnings and its stock fell more than 11% ending the session on January 12th at $15.52. Some superstitious traders believe that because Alcoa is the first large American…
Reuters: US business investment is rising. Reuters: Another outage shut down RIM’s (NYSE:RIMM) BlackBerry network. Reuters: Geithner said tight lending could hurt US economy. Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) lost an appeal over IP…
Small biopharma stocks sometimes have that one big day, the day that there investors wait for. Array Biopharma (NASDAQ:ARRY) moved higher by 30% early in the day to $3.11. The little firm entered…
Douglas A. McIntyre Do you have to worry when biotech giants decide to spend their hard-earned cash repurchasing their own stock rather than using the cash to go purchase new pipelines? That is what we’d…
Douglas A. McIntyre Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) had a strong quarter. Biotech has been the most active part of the market in terms of trading volume. Amgen is the category’s grandfather. The company reported EPS of $1.49…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters: The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters: The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters: More US companies are…
These are this morning’s top day trader alert stocks with more detailed data on price, volume, and further analysis with links to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Allion Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALLI)…
These are the top early-bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls which we have seen from Wall Street early this Monday morning: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at UBS.…
Updated throughout the day. Update: Xerox (XRX) may find that IBM (IBM) or HP (HPQ) outbid it for ACS (ACS) (Barron’s) Update: Apple (AAPL) may be working on a touchscreen remote for…
These are this Monday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks in the pre-market. We have more details on each for volume and price moves at VSInvestor.com: Delta Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:…
It usually takes an event or a series of events for biotech stocks to ever look cheap compared to the overall market or even to sub-sectors within health care. They generally trade…
These are the ten top analyst upgrades,downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this Friday morning with roughly two hours until the market opens: Amgen (AMGN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup. Avery…
These are the top 10 pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: Amgen (AMGN) Started as Buy at RBC. Brightpoint (CELL) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.…
