ThinkstockThis is a million-dollar question, literally. Maybe even a billion-dollar question, given all the lobbying money being spent on the debate. The United States has a top corporate income tax rate of…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. They include ARM Holdings, Cisco Systems, FireEye, Nike, Twitter and Yelp.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Friday, April 4, 2014. They include Anadarko, Cisco, GameStop, Micron, Forest Oil and Vodafone.
thinkstockApril 2, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Wednesday following in the ADP payroll data and n increase in factory orders reported early in the day. Mortgage applications were down again as mortgage…
ThinkstockA recent survey of chief information officers by UBS shows that expected information technology (IT) budget growth this year should be right-in-line with prior surveys. Most importantly, more than 60% of the…
thinkstockApril 1, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following a rise in the ISM manufacturing data that was a bit smaller than expected by solid nonetheless. Automakers sales reports were also stronger…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsThe market exploded to end the first quarter, and once again investors are shaking their heads. After three months with much more volatility than all of 2013, we end…
thinkstockMarch 28, 2014: Markets opened higher on Friday on hopes for more government stimulus to the economies of Japan and Europe. There might also have been some investors looking to pick up…
thinkstockMarch 27, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday even following an upwardly revised estimate of 2.6% growth for U.S. GDP in the fourth quarter and an unexpected drop in new claims for…
In a new report, the team at Oppenheimer highlights the stocks that are the market leaders in network security. Investors looking for solid growth in technology for their portfolios should consider these…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsWith volatility edging ever higher, investors have to look for at least a synthetic hedge to help them should there be a sizable correction. One of the best…
thinkstockMarch 25, 2014: Markets opened higher on Tuesday but dipped sharply in the late morning on weakness in consumer discretionary, financial, and biotech stocks. The Dow and the S&P 500 held on…
With the S&P 500 Index hitting new highs and certain areas in the equity markets being rewarded with very generous valuations, the Cantor Fitzgerald analysts believe the high-quality, mega-cap tech companies are…
thinkstockMarch 19, 2014: Markets opened lower on Wednesday and closed even lower after Janet Yellen’s debut as chairwoman of the U.S Federal Reserve. The major change is that the Fed is dropping…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. They include Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Michael Kors, Oracle and Shutterfly.
