The Wendy’s Co. (NASDAQ: WEN) reported first quarter earnings this morning and managed to post another profit — barely. The company reported adjusted EPS of $0.01 versus a consensus estimate of $0.03.…
Asian food eatery P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. (NASDAQ: PFCB) this morning announced that it is being taken private in a deal worth $1.1 billion. The buyer is private equity firm Centerbridge…
Paul Ausick Jon OggThis last week had many top analyst calls, but each week we review all of the calls looking for those which were very bold calls or that go against the grain. …
Just one week ago Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM) stock was available for about $1.50/share. Today the share posted a new 52-week high of $5.98 on no news. In fact the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) Started as Neutral at Credit Suisse;…
24/7 Wall St. has partnered with The Chart Lab to bring regular reviews of the strongest and weakest stock charts in the S&P 500 Index. This weekend’s review is tracking the strongest stock…
24/7 Wall St. has partnered with The Chart Lab to feature the standout names in the S&P 500 over the last week. This weekend’s chart represents the strongest names in the S&P…
Markets opened slightly higher this morning and about an hour before the markets close all three major indexes are more than 1% higher. The report on new unemployment claims was weaker than…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Adtran Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) Reiterated Buy with $39 target at Argus. Agrium Inc. (NYSE:…
By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size…
Economic uncertainty, higher food costs, and higher labor costs… Those are not usually supposed to be a worry for the likes of McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD). After all, it has proven to…
Imagine making $17 million short selling stocks. You would never want to buy a stock again other than the purchase used to cover a short sale. The SEC charged two brothers on…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is still going strong and Wednesday will have many big earnings reports to watch. These are not the only earnings reports coming from big companies, but these are the ones…
October may have been one of the best months of many of our lives in equities. The SPDRÂ S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) rose by 10.9%. in October, but the year-to-date gain has been…
A raft of good earnings reports pushed the markets higher at opening this morning, sending the Dow Industrials up about 200 points at mid-day. For some reason traders are hopeful that this…
