The constant barrage of threats has turned what was initially a business designed for government security into one of the top areas in technology. Wall Street and portfolio managers are putting a…
thinkstockJanuary 2, 2014: Markets opened lower on Thursday likely due to some profit taking following an end-of-the-year buying spree. Trading volume was light again as traders presumably continued their holiday vacations. The…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 26% so far this year. While the index, which consists of stocks of 30 major U.S. companies, is a widely followed indicator of the…
ThinkstockCanaccord Genuity has lifted its price target on two tech firms, one very avidly followed and heavily traded, and the other significantly smaller and less actively traded. 3D Systems Inc. (NYSE: DDD)…
thinkstockDecember 23, 2013: Markets opened higher on Monday and remained well above the flat line all day. More opportunistic buying among value seekers probably gets the credit for the index increases on…
courtesy of the Walt Disney Co.Jack Dorsey, founder and chairman of the board at Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) and founder and CEO at electronic payment firm Square Inc., has been elected to…
In a new research report, the Merrill Lynch team points out that the sector is trading at the steepest discount to the market in its history. It seems that 2014 might be…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the close. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to bring an earnings preview on the matter, but we want to…
thinkstockDecember 16, 2013: Markets opened higher on Monday morning following better than expected economic data on productivity and industrial production. The Empire State manufacturing index missed expectations, but came in higher than…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsWhen you think of Cisco Systems. Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and ratings upgrades or downgrades, 99.9% of the time it would pertain to the Wall Street stock analyst ratings. This…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has said in a statement that it will vigorously fight the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan by shareholder Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund over…
bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsA year ago, the idea that the Nasdaq Composite could reach its record high, set on March 10, 2000, seemed preposterous. That high was 5,132.52, and it had been driven…
thinkstockDecember 13, 2013: Markets opened higher on Friday morning but struggled to hold onto those gains throughout the day. It was very close, but the three major indexes did manage only a…
ThinkstockStocks are still close to all-time highs as the new year approaches, and investors have to start positioning themselves for 2014. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall Street analyst reports each…
courtesy of Cisco SystemsJohn Chambers, the longtime CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) made a presentation to investment analysts. It contained dozens of PowerPoint slides, but the audience only cared about…
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